| Family |
Acoraceae |
| Scientific name |
Acorus gramineus Solander ex Aiton var. japonicus M. Hotta; Acorus gramineus
Solander ex Aiton var. pusillus (Siebold) Engler; Acorus humilis Salisbury;
Acorus pusillus Siebold; Acorus tatarinowii Schott |
| Synonyms |
Acorus gramineus var. pusillus (siebold) Engler; Acorus humilis Salisbury;
Acorus pusillus Siebold; Acorus tatarinowii Schott |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) seki-sho (セキショウ, 石菖 [seki-sho = Japanese pronunciation
of a traditional Chinese medicine]), seki-shobu (セキショウブ, 石菖蒲 [seki-shobu
= Japanese pronunciation of a traditional Chinese medicine]) |
| (English common name) grass-leaf sweet flag, dwarf sweet flag |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, India |
| Habitat |
Stream in forest |
| Chromosomal number |
n=18, 22, 24 |
| Description |
Aerial stems ca. 8mm wide. Leaves 20-50cm long, 5-11mm wide. Scapes 7-20cm
tall, bracts 7-20cm long. Flowers inflorescences 8-10.5cm long, 5mm wide,
6 perianths each 1mm long, filaments 1.3mm long, flowering in April to
May. Fruits 2.5mm across, seeds 2.2mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Acorus gramineus Sol. ex Aiton |
| Acorus gramineus Soland extract for preventing and treating ischemic heart disease and pharmaceutical composition and health food containing the same (WIPO Patent WO/2005/120531) |
| Agent containing an ellagic acid series compound for external application and use thereof (US Patent 5073545/1981) |
| Volatile attractants for diabrotica species (US Patent 4880624/1989) |
| Herbal drug composition for the prevention and treatment of dementia (US Patent 6010702/2000) |
| Polynucleotides and polypeptides derived from corn ear (US Patent 6476212/2002) |
| Process for the preparation of pharmacologically active .alpha.-asarone from toxic .beta.-asarone rich acorus calamus oil (US Patent 6590127/2003) |
| Process for the preparation of substituted trans-cinnamaldehyde, a natural yellow dye, from phenylpropane derivatives (US Patent 6566557/2003) |
| Herbal compositions for prostate conditions (US Patent 6790464/2004) |
| Herbal composition for the prevention and treatment of dementia (US Patent 7083811/2006) |
| Method for detecting proteins under mutual interaction (US Patent 7122382/2006) |
| Transgenic expression of a phytochrome a gene (US Patent 7271004/2007) |
