Polygonatum odoratum

Family	Ruscaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Scientific name	Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce
Synonyms	Convallaria angulosa Lamarck; Convallaria graminifolia Salisbury; Convallaria obtusifolia Günther ex Steudel; Convallaria odorata Miller; Convallaria parviflora Poiret; Convallaria polygonata St Lager in Cariot; Convallaria polygonatum L.; Convallaria polygonatum Thunberg; Convallaria rupestris Salisbury; Evallaria polygonata Necker; Polygonatum ambiguum Link ex J.H. Schult; Polygonatum anceps Moench; Polygonatum angulosum Bubani; Polygonatum glaberrimum K. Koch; Polygonatum hondoense Nakai ex Koidzumi; Polygonatum japonicum C. Morren & Decaisne; Polygonatum japonicum C. Morren & Decaisne var. maximowiczii (F. Schmidt) Makino & Nemoto; Polygonatum japonicum C. Morren & Decaisne var. variegatum Nakai; Polygonatum koreanum Nakai; Polygonatum langyaense D. C. Zhang & J. Z. Shao; Polygonatum maximowiczii F. Schmidt; Polygonatum obtusifolium Weinmann; Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce forma ovalifolium Y. C. Chu et al.; Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce var. japonicum (C. Morren & Decaisne) Hara; Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce var. maximowiczii (F. Schmidt) Koidzumi; Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce var．pluriflorum (Miquel) Ohwi; Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce var. quelpaertense (Ohwi) Hara; Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce var. thunbergii (C. Morren & Decaisne) Hara; Polygonatum officinale Allioni; Polygonatum officinale Allioni var. japonicum (C. Morren & Decaisne) Maximovicz; Polygonatum officinale Allioni var. japonicum (C. Morren & Decaisne) Miquel; Polygonatum officinale Allioni var. maximowiczii (F. Schmidt) Maximovicz; Polygonatum officinale Allioni var. papillosum Franchet; Polygonatum officinale Allioni var. pluriflora Miquel; Polygonatum officinale Allioni var. pluriflorum Miquel; Polygonatum officinale Allioni var. robustum Korshinsky; Polygonatum planifilum Kitagawa & Takahashi; Polygonatum polygonatum Jiraselk ex J. H. Schltes; Polygonatum polygonatum (L.) Voss; Polygonatum quelpaertense Ohwi; Polygonatum robustum (Korshinsky) Nakai; Polygonatum simizui Kitagawa; Polygonatum thunbergii C. Morren & Decaisne; Polygonatum thunbergii C. Morren & Decaisne var. maximowiczii (F. Schmidt) Nakai; Polygonatum uniflorum Gilibert; Polygonatum uniflorum Jaume St.-Hilaire; Polygonatum vulgare Desfontaines
Common name	(Japanese common name) amadokoro (アマドコロ, 甘野老 [meaning: sweet roots])
	(English common name) Solomon's seal
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Europe
Habitat	Mountane fields
Chromosomal number	2n=20
Description	Plants 35-85cm tall (Polygonatum odoratum var. maximowiczii: 60-100cm tall). Leaves 8-16cm long (Polygonatum odoratum var. maximowiczii: 10-20cm long). Flowers white perianths 16-20mm long, flowering in April to June. Perennial plants.
Habitat	Forest edge
References	Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce
	Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce
	Polygonatum odoratum Druce
	Use of steroidal saponins for the prophylaxis or treatment of dementia, and novel steroidal saponin compounds (US Patent 6593301/2003)
	Galenical composition (US Patent 20060105061)
	Isolated proteins from a traditional Chinese medicine Yuzhu and use thereof (US Patent 20070027078)
Note	Some Japanese authors might have argued that there are some local variations of Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce - Polygonatum odoratum var．pluriflorum [amadokoro], Polygonatum odoratum var. thunbergii [yama-amadokoro] and Polygonatum odoratum var. maximowiczii [oh-amadokoro].

May 2007 at lowland forest	May 2007 at lowland forest	May 2007 at lowland forest

April 2009 at my home	April 2009 at my home	April 2009 at my home