Family | Ranunculaceae |
Subfamily | Ranunculoideae |
Tribe | Delphinieae |
Scientific name | Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai |
Synonyms | (Synonyms of Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai) Aconitum deflexum Nakai; Aconitum ibukiense Nakai var. hakonense (Nakai) Tamura ex Ohwi; Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. hakonense (Nakai) Tamura; Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai forma albididum (Nakai) Sugimoto (Synonyms of Aconitum japonicum Thunberg subsp. japonicum) Aconitum faurei Léveillé & Vaniot; Aconitum japonicum Thunberg subsp. subcuneatum (Nakai) Kadota; Aconitum lycoctonum L. var. ochroleucis Savatier; Aconitum subcuneatum Nakai |
Common name | (Japanese common name) yama torikabuto (ヤマトリカブト, 山鳥兜 [meaning: mountain aconite]) |
(English common name) monk's hood | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Central region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
Description | Plants electing 100cm tall. Leaves 18cm wide. Flowers blue 4-4.2cm, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Aconitum japonicum Thunb. |
Pharmaceutically active plant extract and composition thereof (US Patent 4352796/1982) | |
Hair growth stimulant (US Patent 5401503/1995) | |
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 | Recently many authors describe that Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai is a synonym of Aconitum japonicum Thunberg subsp. japonicum. See Aconitum japonicum. |
containing aconitine. |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Gardem |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Gardem |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Gardem |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Gardem |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Gardem |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Gardem |