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| Family | Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) |
| Scientific name | Sium sisarum L. |
| Synonyms | Apium sisarum (L.) Calestani; Apium sisarum (L.) Calestani var. sativum Calestani; Carum sisarum Baillon; Pimpinella sisarum (L.) Jessen, non Koso-Poljanski; Selinum sisarum (L.) E. H. L. Krause; Seseli sisarum (L.) Crantz; Sison anisum (L.) Sprengel; Sium diversifolium H. Wolff; Sium lancifolium M. Bieberstein, non Schrank; Sium ninsi L.; Sium sisarum L. var. lancifolium (M. Bieberstein) Thellung; Sium sisarum L. var. vulgare Alefeld; |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) mukago-ninjin (ムカゴニンジン, 零余子人参 [meaning: aerial tuber carrot]) |
| (English common name) skirret | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Turkey [cultivated as skirret herb in Europe] | |
| Habitat | Swamp |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
| Description | Plants electing 30-80cm tall. Leaves 3-5 (merely 7) leaflets each 1-8cm long, 2-10mm wide. Flowers white, inflorescences 2-4cm, flowering in June to October. Fruits ca. 2mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Sium sisarum L. |
| Sium suave Walter | |
| Plant extracts and compositions comprising extracellular protease inhibitors (US Patent 20040175439) | |
| Plant extracts and dermatological uses thereof (US Patent 20070122492) | |
| Note | Some authors may argue that wild skirret found in Japan and Korea should be identified as Sium ninsi L., and also argue that Sium ninsi is not a synonym of Sium sisarum L. as cultivated skirret. |
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