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| March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Scientific name | Lindera umbellata Thunberg |
| Synonyms | Benzoin erythrocarpum (Makino) Rehder; Benzoin hypoglaucum (Maximovicz) Kuntze; Benzoin thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini; Benzoin umbellatum Kuntze; Lindera hypoglauca Maximovicz; Lindera obtusa Franchet et Savatier; Lindera thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) Makino; Lindera umbellata Thunberg var. aurantiaca (S. Murai) Hiyama; Lindera umbellata Thunberg var. umbellata |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kuromoji [black letters] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
| Description | Plants 2-6m. Leaves 4-9cm. Flowers yellow, flowering in March to April. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Lindera umbellata Thunb. |
| Preparation for rectal or vaginal administration containing LH-RH or its analogs (US Patent 3917825/1975) | |
| Pharmaceutical preparations of penicillin compounds for rectal use (US Patent 3881012/1975) | |
| Control of protozoal disease (US Patent 5135746/1992) | |
| Bioactive Agent Compositions for Repair of Cell Injuries (US Patent 20060198900) | |
| Note | Most Japanese authors mat argue that Lindera umbellata Thunberg (Japanese common name - kuromoji), Lindera umbellata Thunberg var. membranacea (Maximovicz) Momiyama (syn. Lindera membranacea Maximovicz: Japanese common name - Oh-ba kuromoji), Lindera sericea (Siebold & Zuccarini) Blume (syn. Benzoin umbellatum Kuntze var. sericeum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Rehder; Lindera umbellata Thunberg var. sericea (Siebold & Zuccarini) Makino: Japanese common name - ke kuromoji), Lindera sericea (Siebold & Zuccarini) Blume var. glabrata Blume (Japanese common name - miyama kuromoji), Lindera lancea (Momiyama) H. Koyama (Japanese common name - hime-kuromoji) and Litsea cubeba (Loureiro) Persoon (Japanese common name - Taiwan kuromoji) should be distinguished from each other. |
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March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
