Family | Brassicaceae |
Scientific name | Wasabia tenuis (Miquel) Matsumara |
Synonyms | Cardamine bracteata S. Moore; Eutrema hederifolia Franchet & Savatier; Eutrema tenue (Miquel) Makino; Nasturtium tenue Miquel; Wasabia hederifolia (Franchet & Savatier) Matsumura |
Common name | (Japanese common name) yuri-wasabi (ユリワザビ,百合山葵 [meaning: lily wasabi (wasabi = Wasabia japonica)]) |
(English common name) lesser wasabi | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Taiwan | |
Note | Mountane streamside or wet field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Leaves 2-7cm wide. Flowers white petals each 5-7mm long, flowering in March to May. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Wasabia tenuis (Miq.) Matsum. |
Products comprising an isothiocyanate preservative system and methods of their use (US Patent 6361812/2002) | |
Products comprising an isothiocyanate preservative system and methods of their use (US Patent 6558723/2003) | |
Products comprising an isothiocyanate preservative system and methods of their use (US Patent 7105190/2006) | |
Food, medicine and method relating to Bifidobacterium proliferation promoting action, allergy preventive action and human cholesterol lowering action (US Patent 20030165557) |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at mountane forest |