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| June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Ruscaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Ophiopogon planiscapus Nakai |
| Synonyms | Ophiopogon planiscapus Nakai forma leucanthus Okuyama; Ophiopogon planiscapus Nakai var. leucanthus (Makino) Nakai; Ophiopogon wallichianus (Kunth) Hooker var. leucanthus Makino |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ohba-jya-no-hige (オオバジャノヒゲ, 大葉蛇髭 [meaning: broad leaved sonake beard]) |
| (English common name) black mondo, mondo grass | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=36, 72 |
| Description | Plants 14-26cm tall. Leaves 15-30cm long, 4-7mm wide. Flowers pedicels 5-6mm long, pale purple perianths each 6mm long, flowering in June to July. Fruits 8-9mm. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Ophiopogon planiscapus Nakai |
| Elongation inhibitor of dendrite of melanocyte and cosmetic containing the same (Japanese Patent JP3709363/2005) |
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