| Family |
Buxaceae |
| Scientific name |
Pachysandra terminalis Siebold et Zuccarini |
| Synonyms |
Pachysandra terminalis Siebold et Zuccarini forma subrhombea Makino; Pachysandra
termicalis Makino & Nemoto |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) fukki-sou [noble and wealthy weed] |
| (English common name) Japanese spurge, Japanese pachysandra, Chinese fever vine |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia (Sakhalin), China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=24, 48 |
| Description |
Plants 20-30cm. Leaves 5-10cm length, 2-4cm width. Flowers white, flowering
in March to May. Fruits white. Evergreen. Suffruticose plants. |
| Reference |
Pachysandra terminalis |
| Method for preserving plant material (US Patent 4287222/1981) |
| Synthesis of pharmaceutical compositions with lactams and β-lactams/oxo thia azabicyclo compounds (US Patent 6015808/2000) |
| Method for the control of vegetation using herbicidal composition containing carboxylic or phoshonic acid salt (US Patent 6323153/2001) |
| Polynucleotides and polypeptides that confer increased biomass and tolerance to cold, water deprivation and low nitrogen to plants (US Patent 7196245/2007) |
| Copper hydroxide dry flowable bactercide/fungicide and method of making and using same (European Patent EP0480614/1992) |
| Pharmaceutical mixture (WIPO Patent WO/1993/021925) |
