Eupatorium japonicum




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Eupatorium japonicum Thunberg ex Murray
Synonyms Eupatorium chinense L. var. simplicifolium (Makino) Kitamura; Eupatorium fortunei Turczaninow var. simplicifolium (Makino) Nakai; Eupatorium fortunei Turczaninow var. simplicifolium forma aureo-reticulatum (Makino) Nakai; Eupatorium japonicum Thunberg ex Murray var. simplicifolium forma aureo-reticulatum Makino; Eupatorium japonicum Thunberg ex Murray var. simplicifolium Makino; Eupatorium japonicum Thunberg ex Murray var. wallichii (de Candolle) Yamamoto; Eupatorium wallichii de Candolle
Common name (Japanese common name) fuji-bakama (フジバカマ, 藤袴 [meaning: fuji hakama (fuji = Wisteria floribunda, hakama = a pleated skirtlike Japanese garment)])
(English common name) boneset, Chinese eupatorium, fragrant thoroughwort, thoroughwort
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China
Chromosomal number 2n=40
Description Plants electing 100-150cm tall. Leaves 8-13cm long, 3-4.5cm wide. Flowers purple or white involucres 7-8mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Eupatorium japonicum Thunb.
Eupatorium japonicum
Compositions and methods for the control of smoking (US Patent 5883137/1999)
Compositions and methods for the control of smoking (US Patent 6749870/2004)
Complex prescription of chinese medicine for the treatment of extensive cancer (US Patent 7005146/2007)
Note Naturalized plants (introduced from ancient China in Nara era).
Many Japanese authors believe that Eupatorium fortunei Turczaninow (syn. Eupatorium caespitosum Migo; Eupatorium chinense L. var. tripartitum Miquel; Eupatorium formosanum Hayata var. quasitripartitum (Hayata) Kitamura; Eupatorium fortunei Turczaninow var. angustilobum Y. Ling; Eupatorium quasitripartitum Hayata; Eupatorium stoechadosmum Hance) is a synonym of Eupatorium japonicum Thunberg ex Murray.



October 2006
at Ibaraki Botanical Garden
October 2006
at Ibaraki Botanical Garden
October 2006
at Ibaraki Botanical Garden



April 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden