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| March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
| Family | Melanthiaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Tribe | Heloniadeae |
| Scientific name | Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunberg) C. Tanaka |
| Synonyms | Helonias orientalis (Thunberg) N. Tanaka; ; Heloniopsis grandiflora Franchet & Savatier; Heloniopsis japonica Maximovicz; Heloniopsis japonica Maximovicz var. purpurea Nakai; Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunberg) C. Tanaka var. purpurea Nakai; Heloniopsis pauciflora A. Gray; Sugerokia japonica Miquel var. racemosa Miquel; Sugerokia orientalis (Thunberg) Koidzumi |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) shoujo-bakama (ショウジョウバカマ, 猩猩袴 [meaning: Orangoutang's hakama (hakama = a Japanese skirt for formal wear)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea | |
| Habitat | Mountane wet fields or forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=34 |
| Description | Leaves 7-15cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, non hair. Scapes 10-30cm tall in flowering time, ca. 50cm tall after flowering time. Flowers pedicels 7-10mm long, 6 red, purple or white (var. flavida) perianths each 10-13mm long, flowering in March to April. Seeds 5mm long. Perennial plants. |
| References | Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunb.) Tanaka |
| Helonias Linnaeus | |
| Plant secretory signal peptides and nectarins (US Patent 5939288/1999) | |
| Remedies (US Patent 20060039998) | |
| Cerebral function improver comprising sucrose acryl compound as active ingredient (Japanese Patent JP07179348/1993) | |
| Brain function impruver (Japanese Patent JP07179342/1995) | |
| New xanthone glycoside and its use (Japanese Patent JP07179487/1995) | |
| Note | Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunberg) C. Tanaka var. flavida (Nakai) Ohwi is a white flower form of Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunberg) C. Tanaka, but is not a synonym of Heloniopsis breviscapa (Maximovicz) N. Tanaka. However, sometimes confused. |
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| March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
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| March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
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| April 2007 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
July 2006 at Hachimantai highland |
July 2006 at Hachimantai highland |
