| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Atractylodes japonica Koidzumi ex Kitamura |
| Synonyms | Atractylis japonica (Koidzumi ex Kitamura) Kitagawa; Atractylis lyrata (Siebold & Zuccarini) Handel-Mazzetti forma ternata (Komarov) Nakai; Atractylis lyrata (Siebold & Zuccarini) Handel-Mazzetti var. ternata (Komarov) Koidzumi; Atractylis ovata Thunberg forma pinnatifolia Komarov; Atractylis ovata Thunberg var. ternata Komarov; Atractylis pinnatifolia (Komarov) S.Y. Hu |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) okera |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
| Description | Plants 30-100cm. Flowers white or pale pink, male flower 10-12mm, female flower 9-11mm, flowering in September to October. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Atractylodes japonica Koidz. ex Kitam. |
| Pharmaceutical liquid composition containing bezoar bovis and preparation for its manufacture (US Patent 5133964/1992) | |
| Process for the preparation of pharmaceutical liquid composition containing Bezoar bovis (US Patent 5164184/1992) | |
| Pharmaceutical liquid composition containing Bezoar bovis (US Patent 5225203/1993) | |
| Pharmaceutical liquid composition containing bezoar bovis and preparation for its manufacture (US Patent 5190757/1993) | |
| Lipolysis acceleration method (US Patent 5698199/1997) | |
| Skin whitening composition containing bearberry extract and a reducing agent (US Patent 5980904/1999) | |
| Media for the tissue culture of plants and method of culture with the same (US Patent 6218184/2001) | |
| Method for slowing the decomposition of a cosmetic composition (US Patent 6759033/2004) | |
| Medicines manufactured from old platycodon extracts (US Patent 6902748/2005) | |
| Composition of health food for prophylaxis and treatment of constipation (European Patent EP1287828/2003) | |
| Note | Atractylodes japonica Koidzumi ex Kitamura is a native plant of Japan. Atractylodes lancea (Thunberg) de Candolle (syn. Acarna chinensis Bunge; Atractylis chinensis (Bunge) de Candolle; Atractylis lancea (Thunberg) de Candolle var. chinensis (Bunge) Kitamura; Atractylis lyrata Siebold & Zuccarini; Atractylis ovata Thunberg; Atractylis separata L. H. Bailey; Atractylodes chinensis (Bunge) Koidzumi; Atractylodes errosodentata Koidzumi; Atractylodes ovata (Thunberg) de Candolle; Giraldia stapfii Baroni) is not a native plant of Japan which was introduced from China and cultivated as a traditional Chinese medicine. |
| October 2007 at Kosishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Kosishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| October 2007 at Kosishikawa Botanical Garden |
| September 2007 at Kosishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |