Arisaema amurense




Family Araceae
Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Arisaemateae
Scientific name Arisaema amurense Maximowicz
Synonyms Arisaema amurense Maximowicz forma denticulatum Makino; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz forma integrifolium Makino; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz forma purpureum (Nakai) Kitagawa; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz forma serratum (Nakai) Kitagawa; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz forma violaceum (Engler) Y. Kim & S. Ko; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz subsp. robustum (Engler) Ohashi et J. Murata; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz var. denticulatum Engler; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz var. purpureum Nakai; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz var. robustum Engler; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz var. serratum Nakai; Arisaema amurense Maximowicz var. violaceum Engler; Arisaema robustum Nakai; Arisaema robustum Nakai forma abense Sugimoto; Arisaema robustum Nakai forma atropurpureum T. Koyama; Arisaema robustum Nakai var. furusei Sugimoto; Arisaema robustum Nakai purpureum Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) hiro-ha ten-nan-shou (ヒロハテンナンショウ, 広葉天南星 [meaning: broad leaved ten-nan-shou (ten-nan-shou = a kind of traditional Chinese medicine)])
(English common name) none
Habitat Mountane forest
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (Japan Sea side), Kyushu (northern region)
(Other nations) Russia (Sakhalin), Korea, China
Chromosomal number n=52, 56
Description Flowers green or purple spathes 8-13cm long, flowering in May to June. Perennial plants.
Reference Arisaema amurense Maxim.
Arisaema amurense Maxim.
International Ariod Society: The Arisaema Species
Alternate cigarette and method for preparing the same (US Patent 5992421/1999)
2-O-(9z,12z-octadecadienoyl)-3-O-[.alpha.-D-galactopyranosyl-(1"-6')-O-.alp ha.-D-galactopyranosyl]glycerol and pharmaceutical composition containing the same (US Patent 6531582/2003)
Use of glycosides of mono- and diacyglycerol as anti-inflammatory agents (US Patent 7084122/2006)




May 2006
at Yukiguni Botanical Garden
May 2006
at Yukiguni Botanical Garden
May 2006
at Yukiguni Botanical Garden




May 2006
at Yukiguni Botanical Garden