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| July 2009 at mountane forest edge |
July 2009 at mountane forest edge |
July 2009 at mountane forest edge |
| Family | Apocynaceae (also placed in Asclepiadaceae) |
| Subfamily | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe | Asclepiadeae |
| Subtribe | Cynanchinae |
| Scientific name | Cynanchum caudatum (Miquel) Maximowicz, non Vellozo |
| Synonyms | Cynanchum boudieri H. Léveillé & Vaniot subsp. caudatum (Miquel) P. T. Li, M. G. Gilbert & W. D. Stevens; Cynanchum ikema (Siebold ex Ohwi) Ohwi; Cynanchum macrorhizon Carrière; Cynanchum maximoviczii Pobedimova; Endotropis caudata Miquel; Vincetoxicum caudatum (Miquel) Kuntze |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ikema (イケマ, 牛皮消 [meaning: thick roots]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest edge. |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=44 |
| Description | Leaves 5-15cm long, 4-10cm wide. Flowers inflorescences linear 5-12cm long, pedicelets 1-2cm long, white corollas, flowering in July to August. Fruits linear 8-11cm long, 8-10mm wide. Seeds 7-8mm long, with wing. Vine. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Cynanchum caudatum (Miq.) Maxim. |
| Cynanchum boudieri H. Léveillé & Vaniot | |
| Steroidal Glycosides from Roots of Cynanchum caudatum M. II | |
| Appetite-suppressing compositions and methods (US Patent 7265101/2007) | |
| Pharmaceutical compositions having appetite suppressant activity (US Patent 7166611/2007) | |
| Extracts, compounds and pharmaceutical compositions having anti-diabetic activity and their use (US Patent 7416744/2008) | |
| Composition for inhibiting thrombosis (European Patent EP1721533/2006) | |
| Plant germination inhibitor and method of use thereof (European Patent EP1736053/2006) | |
| Cynanchogenin glycoside and its preparation (Japanese Patent JP55167300/1980) |
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| July 2009 at mountane forest edge |
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| July 2009 at mountane forest edge |
July 2009 at mountane forest edge |
