Family | Phytolaccaceae |
Scientific name | Phytolacca acinosa Roxburgh |
Synonyms | Phytolacca acinosa Roxburgh var. esculenta (Van Houtte) Maximovicz; Phytolacca acinosa Roxburgh var. kaempferi (A. Gray) Makino; Phytolacca esculenta Van Houtte; Phytolacca kaempferi A. Gray; Phytolacca pekinensis Hance |
Common name | (Japanese common name) yama-gobo (ヤマゴボウ, 山牛蒡 [meaning: mountain gobo (gobo = Arctium lappa L.)]) |
(English common name) Indian poke, Indian pokeweed | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) [native] Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bhutan, India | |
Habitat | Field, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 36, 72 |
Description | Plants ca. 100cm tall. Leaves 10-20cm long. Flowers white ca. 8mm, flowering in June to September. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. |
Phytolacca acinosa Roxburgh | |
Method of controling zebra mussels with extract of Phytolacca dodecandra (US Patent 5252330/1993) | |
Method of controlling Zebra mussels (US Patent 5334386/1994) | |
Fire retarding and extinguishing composite (US Patent 5425885/1995) | |
Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism test for the authentication of herbal Chinese medicines (US Patent 6309840/2001) | |
Sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) test for the authentication of traditional Chinese medicinal materials (US Patent 6803215/2004) | |
Note | Naturalized plants. |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |