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| June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
| Family | Apocynaceae (also placed in Asclepiadaceae) |
| Subfamily | Asclepiadoideae |
| Scientific name | Jasminanthes mucronata (Blanco) W. D. Stevens & P. T. Li |
| Synonyms | Apocynum mucronatum Blanco; Stephanotis chinensis Champion ex Bentham; Stephanotis japonica Makino ex Nakai; Stephanotis mucronata (Blanco) Merrill; Stephanotis lutchuensis Koidzumi; Stephanotis lutchuensis Koidzumi var. japonica (Makino) Hatusima |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) shitaki-sou (シタキソウ, 舌切草 [shitaki weed (meaning of shitaki is unknown)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Chiba Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest near sea |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Leaves 6-17cm long, 3-12cm wide, petioles 1.5-3cm long. Flowers calyx 10-12mm long, white corollas ca. 2-3cm across, open flat, flowering in June. Fruits 10-12cm long, ca. 2cm wide. Seeds ca. 12mm long. Vine, Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Jasminanthes mucronata (Blanco) W. D. Stevens & P. T. Li |
| Steroidal Glycosides from the Fresh Stem of Stephanotis lutchuensis var.japonica (Asclepiadaceae). Chemical Structures of Stephanosides K-Q | |
| Components of Stephanotis japonica MAKINO | |
| Asclepiadaceae: Stephanotis floribunda | |
| Pharmaceutical compositions having appetite suppressant activity (US Patent 6376657/2002) | |
| Extracts, compounds and pharmaceutical compositions having anti-diabetic activity and their use (US Patent 7033616/2006) | |
| Pharmaceutical compositions having appetite suppressant activity (US Patent 7166611/2007) | |
| Plant extracts having appetite suppressant activity (European Patent EP0973534/2006) |
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| June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
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| June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
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| July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
