Hydrocotyle maritima




Family Araliaceae (also placed in Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae))
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
Scientific name Hydrocotyle maritima Honda
Synonyms Hydrocotyle formosana Masamune var. maritima (Honda) Hatusima; Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximovicz var. maritima (Honda) M. Hiroe
Common name (Japanese common name) no-chidome (ノチドメ, 野血止 [meaning: field hemostasis weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat Roadside, field
Chromosomal number 2n=72, 96, 108
Description Leaves 2-3cm across, hairy (especially backside). Flowers flowering in June to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximowicz
Chromosome Numbers of Six Species of Hydrocotyle (Umbelliferae) in Japan
Plant culture cell and use thereof (US Patent 4970151/1990)
A blood coagulation component obtained by cultured cells (European Patent EP0443635/1991)
Method for producing l-sesamin using plant cell cultures (European Patent EP0443635/1995)
A mental disease therapeutic agent (European Patent EP0442537/1995)
Blood coagulating component (Japanese Patent JP62030723/1987)
Note Hydrocotyle maritima Honda (Hydrocotyle formosana Masamune var. maritima (Honda) Hatusima; Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximovicz var. maritima (Honda) M. Hiroe) is not a synonym of Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maximowicz.



June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden



June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden