Family | Orobanchaceae |
Scientific name | Aeginetia indica L. |
Synonyms | Aeginetia indica L. var. gracilis Nakai; Aeginetia japonica Siebold & Zuccarini; Orobanche aeginetia L.; Phelipaea indica (L.) Sprengel ex Steudel |
Common name | (Japanese common name) nanban-giseru (ナンバンギセル, 南蛮煙管 [meaning: foreign tobacco pipe]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka | |
Habitat | Field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=30 |
Description | Plants 15-25cm tall. Flowers calyxs ca. 2-3cm long, purple corollas 3-3.5cm long, flowering in August to October. Annual plants. |
Reference | Aeginetia indica L. |
Aeginetia indica Linnaeus | |
Method for the treatment of cancer (US Patent 5366725/1994) | |
Antiviral agents from plant extraxts and use for treatment of viral infections (Canada Patent 2271622) | |
Note | Parasitic plants (mainly Miscanthus sinensis, Saccharum officinarum or Zingiber mioga) |
September 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
September 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
October 2007 at lowland field |
October 2007 at lowland field |
October 2007 at lowland field |
October 2006 at lowland field |