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May 2006 at mountane forest |
May 2006 at mountane forest |
| Family | Smilacaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Smilax nipponica Miquel |
| Synonyms | Coprosmanthus simadae (Masamune) Masamune; Smilax herbacea L. var. intermedia C. H. Wright; Smilax herbacea var. nipponica (Miquel) Maximowicz; Smilax herbacea var. oblonga C. H. Wright; Smilax longipedunculata Merrill; Smilax nipponica subsp. manshurica Kitagawa; Smilax nipponica var. manshurica (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; Smilax oblonga (C. H. Wright) J. B. Norton; Smilax simadae Masamune |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) tachi-shiode [standing shiode (meaning of shiode is unkonwn)] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest or fields |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 20 |
| Description | Plants 50-130cm long. Leaves 10-20cm long. Flowers pale green, 6 perianths each 10-22mm long in male flower, 2.5-3mm long in female flower, flowering in May to June. Fruits 6-10mm, seeds 4.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
| References | Smilax nipponica Miquel |
| Herbal composition and its use (WIPO Patent WO/2002/092109) | |
| Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008) |
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