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| May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
| Family | Melanthiaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Paris tetraphylla A. Gray |
| Synonyms | none |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) tsukubane-sou (ツクバネソウ, 衝羽根草 [meaning: tsukubane weed (tsukubane = a kind of balls for battledore game of Japan)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Subalpine forest or forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=10 |
| Description | Plants electing 15-40cm tall, non hair. Leaves verticillate (4 (merely 3 or 5) leaves), each 4-10cm long. Flowers single, pedicels 3-15cm long, 4 outer perianths each 9-15mm long, non inner perianths, flowering in May to August. Fruits 1-1.2cm. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Remedies (US Patent 20060039998) |
| Topical herbal formulations (US Patent 20070298135) | |
| Food beverage or feed for the promotion of osteogenesis comprising umbelliferae, liliaceae or compositae plant species (US Patent 20080008773) |
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| May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
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| May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
