Family | Melanthiaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
Scientific name | Trillium smallii Maximovicz |
Synonyms | Trillium apetalon Makino; Trillium smallii Maximovicz var. apetalon (Makino) Takeda |
Common name | (Japanese common name) enrei-sou (エンレイソウ, 延齢草 [meaning: longevity weed]) |
(English common name) Japanese trillium | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia (Sakhalin) | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=20 |
Description | Leaves 6-16cm long. Plants 20-40cm tall. Flowers 2-3cm across, calyx lobes 12-25mm, flowering in April to May. Fruits 1-2cm across, seeds 2.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
References | Trillium smallii Maxim. |
Remedies (US Patent 20060039998) |
March 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
March 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
March 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |