Family | Fumariaceae (alt. Papaveraceae) |
Scientific name | Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal |
Synonyms | Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma lineariloba Takeda; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma fumariaefolia (Maximovicz) Kitagawa; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma pectinata (Komarov) Kitagawa; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma rotundiloba (Maximovicz) Kitagawa; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal var. amurensis Maximovicz; Corydalis remota (Fisher) Komarov |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ezo engosaku [Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido, engosaku = a kind of traditional Chinese medicine)] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16, 24 |
Description | Leaves 1-3cm. Scapes 10-30cm. Flowers pale blue to purple (marely white) 15-25mm length, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Corydalis ambigua Cham. & Schltdl. |
Corydalis ambigua Cham. et Schlecht. | |
Pharmaceutical composition and the method for treating drug addicts' withdrawal syndromes and detoxifying addicts by the same (US Patent 5547956/1996) | |
Uses of dl-THP (US Patent 6521634/2003) | |
Method for decreasing nicotine and other substance use in humans (US Patent 20040156932) |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |