| Family |
Asparagaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name |
Asparagus cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill |
| Synonyms |
Asparagopsis sinica Miquel; Asparagus cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill
var. longifolius F. T. Wang & T. Tang; Asparagus dauricus Link var.
elongatus Pampanini; Asparagus gaudichaudianus Kunth; Asparagus insularis
Hance; Asparagus lucidus Lindley; Asparagus sinicus (Miquel) C. H. Wright;
Melanthium cochinchinense Loureiro |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kusa-sugi-kazura (クサスギカズラ, 草杉蔓 [meaning: herbal
cedar vine]), ten-mon-dou (テンモンドウ, 天門冬 [meaning: ten-mon-dou (Japanese
pronunciation of a traditional Chinese medicine)]) |
| (English common name) Chinese asparagus |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos |
| Habitat |
Fields near seaside |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=20 |
| Description |
Plants 1-2m long. Leaves 1-2cm long, 1-1.5mm wide. Flowers pedicels 2-5mm
long, white perianths each 3-4mm long, stamens shorter than perianths,
flowering in May to June. Fruits ca. 7mm. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. |
| Asparagus cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill |
| Phylogenetic Relationships in the Genus Asparagus Based on the Restriction
Enzyme Analysis of the Chloroplast DNA |
| Constituents of the Radix of Asparagus cochinchinensis. I. Isolation and
Characterization of Oligosaccharides |
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| Gas barrier film and production process thereof (US Patent 5498662/1996) |
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| Note |
Asparagus cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Merrill var. pygmaeus Makino has no flower. |
