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| August 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
August 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Commelinaceae |
| Subfamily | Commelinoideae |
| Scientific name | Pollia japonica Thunberg ex Murray |
| Synonyms | Aneilema japonicum (Thunberg) Kunth ex Murray; Commelina japonica Thunberg ex Murray; Pollia Japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. minor (Honda) Walker; Pollia minor (Hayata) Honda |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yabu myoga (ヤブミョウガ, 藪茗荷 [meaning: bush myoga (myoga = Zingiber mioga)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Indochina | |
| Habitat | Forest, forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=38 |
| Description | Plants 50-100cm tall. Leaves 15-30cm long, 2.5-7cm wide. Flowers white 7-10mm across, inflorescences 20-30cm long, calyx lobes ca. 5mm long, 6 stamens, flowering in August to September. Fruits blue ca. 5mm across. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Pollia japonica Thunberg |
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| August 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
August 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
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| September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
