Family | Ranunculaceae |
Subfamily | Ranunculoideae |
Tribe | Delphinieae |
Scientific name | Aconitum isidzukae Nakai |
Synonyms | Aconitum senanense Nakai subsp. senanense var. isidzukae (Nakai) Kadota |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ohsawa torikabuto (オオサワトリカブト, 大沢鳥兜 [meaning: Ohsawa aconite (Ohsawa = an area in Mt. Fuji)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Mt. Fuji) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Subalpine rocks |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants electing 50-140cm tall. Leaves ca. 15cm wide. Flowers blue 3-3.5cm long, flowering in August. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Notes on Aconitum (Ranunculaceae) from Mt. Fuji in Central Japan |
Transdermal delivery system for alkaloids of aconitum species (US Patent 6896898/2005) | |
Secondary metabolite production via manipulation of genome methylation (WIPO Patent WO/2006/113481) | |
Note | Endemic to Japan. Rare species. |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Gardem |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Gardem |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Gardem |