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| September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
| Subfamily | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe | Ocimeae |
| Scientific name | Isodon trichocarpus (Maximovicz) Kudô |
| Synonyms | Rabdosia trichocarpa (Maximovicz) H. Hara; Plectranthus inconspicuus Miquel; Plectranthus trichocarpus Maximovicz |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kuro-bana hikiokoshi (クロバナヒキオコシ, 黒花引起 [meaning: black flowers tonic weed]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (Japan sea coast of Tohoku region, Central region and Chugoku region) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountane field or forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
| Description | Plants 50-150cm tall. Leaves 6-15cm long, 3-7.5cm wide. Flowers calyxs 2.5mm long (after flowering ca. 3-3.5mm long), dark purple corollas 7-9mm long, flowering in August to September. Fruites ca. 1.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Method for inhibiting hyperlipemia with emmeisou or an extract thereof (US Patent 5885583/1999) |
| Note | Native to Japan |
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| September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
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| September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
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| September 2008 at mountane forest edge |
