Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subfamily | Teucrioideae |
Scientific name | Teucrium viscidum Blume var. miquelianum (Maximovicz) Hara |
Synonyms | Teucrium maximowiczii Probatova; Teucrium miquelianum (Maximovicz) Kudô |
Common name | (Japanese common name) turu-niga-kusa (ツルニガクサ, 蔓苦草 [meaning: vine bitter weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea | |
Habitat | Wet forest or forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
Description | Plants electing 20-40cm long. Leaves 4-10cm long, 1.5-5cm wide. Flowers inflorescences 3-5cm long, calyxs ca. 3mm long, purple corollas 8-10mm long, 4 stamens, flowering in July to September. Fruits ca. 1.2mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Teucrium viscidum Blume |
Teucrium viscidum Blume | |
Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008) |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |
July 2007 at lowland forest edge |