Family | Molluginaceae |
Scientific name | Mollugo pentaphylla L. |
Synonyms | Mollugo stricta L. |
Common name | (Japanese common name) zakuro sou [zakuro weed (zakuro = Punica granatum)] |
(English common name) Indian chickweed | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia, India, Pakistan | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=36 |
Description | Plants 8-25cm. Leaves 1.6-4.5cm. Flowers tepals 1.8mm, flowering in July to October. Annual plants. |
Reference | Mollugo pentaphylla L. |
Mollugo pentaphylla Linn. | |
Mollugo stricta Linnaeus | |
3-Isoxazolylurea derivatives (US Patent 4062861/1977) | |
Herbicidal compositions containing 3-isoxazolylurea derivatives (US Patent 4111680/1978) | |
3-Isoxazolylcarbamate derivatives (US Patent 4116671/1978) | |
Spermicide (US Patent 6433022/2002) | |
Note | Some authoirs destribe that Mollugo pentaphylla L. is distinct species from Mollugo stricta L., and Japanese species should be identified as Mollugo stricta L. If such opinion is right then legal validity or status of some patens based on the species name of Mollugo pentaphylla L. would become uncertain. |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
October 2007 at rice paddy |
October 2007 at rice paddy |
October 2007 at rice paddy |
October 2007 at rice paddy |
October 2007 at rice paddy |