Family | Iridaceae |
Subfamily | Iridoideae |
Tribe | Irideae |
Scientific name | Iris domestica Goldblatt & Mabberley |
Synonyms | Belamcanda chinensis (L.) Redouté; Belamcanda chinensis (L.) de Candolle; Belamcanda chinensis (L.) de Candolle var. taiwanensis S. S. Ying; Belamcanda pampaninii H. Léveillé; Belamcanda punctata Moench; Epidendrum domesticum L.; Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze; Ixia chinensis L.; Moraea chinensis (L.) Thunberg; Pardanthus chinensis (L.) Ker Gawler; Vanilla domestica (L.) Druce |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hi-ougi (ヒオウギ, 緋扇 [meaning: scarlet fan or Japanese cypress fan]) |
(English common name) blackberry-lily | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bhutan, Nepal, India | |
Habitat | Seaside, mountane fields |
Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
Description | Plants 50-120cm tall. Leaves 25-50cm long, 2-4cm wide. Flowers pedicelets 1-6cm long, orange 5-6cm across, 6 perianths, flowering in August to September. Fruits ca. 3cm long, seeds black ca. 5mm across. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Iris domestica Goldblatt & Mabb. |
Belamcanda chinensis (Linnaeus) Redouté | |
Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb. | |
The Genus Iris: hylogeny of the genus Iris based on DNA sequence data | |
Antiviral agent containing crude drug (US Patent 5411733/1995) | |
Cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions containing, as active ingredient, mangiferine or its derivatives, in pure form or in plant extracts (US Patent 5824320/1998) | |
Cleansing and conditioning article for skin or hair (US Patent 6153208/2000) | |
Cleansing and conditioning products for skin or hair with improved deposition of conditioning ingredients (US Patent 6190678/2001) | |
Antiwrinkle cosmetic/pharmaceutical compositions comprising iridaceae extracts (US Patent 6224850/2001) | |
Cleansing articles for skin and/or hair which also deposit skin care actives (US Patent 6338855/2002) | |
Herbal compositions for prostate conditions (US Patent 6790464/2004) | |
Multi component controlled delivery system for soap bars (US Patent 6825161/2004) | |
Estrogen receptor modulators (US Patent 7151196/2006) |
July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
October 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |