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| August 2007 at Higashiyama Botanical Garden |
August 2007 at Higashiyama Botanical Garden |
August 2007 at Higashiyama Botanical Garden |
| Family | Verbenaceae |
| Scientific name | Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl |
| Synonyms | Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchcock; Cymburus urticifolius Salisbury; Stachytarpheta bogoriensis Zollinger & Moritzi ex Moritzi; Stachytarpheta friedrichsthalii Hayek; Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl var. jamaicensis (L.) Razi; Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl forma atrocoerulea Moldenke; Stachytarpheta marginata Vahl; Stachytarpheta subincisa Turczaninow; Stachytarpheta surinamensis Miquel ex Pulle; Valerianoides jamaicensis (L.) Kuntze; Valerianoides jamaicensis (L.) Kuntze var. sloaneana Kuntze; Valerianoides jamaicensis (L.) Kuntze var. spathulata Kuntze; Verbena jamaicensis L.; Verbena pilosiuscula (Kunth) Endlicher; Vermicularia decurrens Moench; Zapania jamaicensis (L.) Lamarck |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) futobo-nagabo-so (フトボナガボソウ, 太穂長穂草 [meaning: thick and long infrolescence weed]), futobo-nagabo-so (ナガボソウ, 長穂草 [meaning: long infrolescence weed]) |
| (English common name) bastard-vervain, blue porterweed, blue snakeweed, Brazilian-tea, Jamaica-vervain, light-blue snakeweed, nettleleaf vervain | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Ogasawara Island, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] USA, Mexico, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil | |
| Habitat | Field, forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 60-120cm tall. Leaves 2.5-8cm long, 2-5-4.5cm wide. Flowers inflorescences 20-30cm long, blue corollas 7-12mm long, flowering in all seasons. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl | |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (Linnaeus) Vahl | |
| Process for preparing dry extracts (WIPO Patent WO/2003/039515) | |
| Use of natural products to prepare cosmetic compositions (European Patent EP1145709/2001) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (introduced after World War II) |
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| August 2007 at Higashiyama Botanical Garden |
August 2007 at Higashiyama Botanical Garden |
August 2007 at Higashiyama Botanical Garden |
