Atractylodes japonica




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





cf. Atractylodes lancea


September 2007
at Kosishikawa Botanical Garden
September 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden