Family | Fumariaceae (alt. Papaveraceae) |
Subfamily | Fumarioideae |
Tribe | Corydaleae |
Scientific name | Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon |
Synonyms | Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon forma liuchiuensis Nakai; Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon forma pallescens Makino; Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon var. alba S. Y. Wang; Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon var. koreana Fedde; Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon var. pseudomakinoana Fedde; Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon var. tschejiangensis Fedde; Corydalis japonica Siebold ex Miquel; Fumaria incisa Thunberg |
Common name | (Japanese common name) murasaki-keman (ムラサキケマン, 紫華鬘 [meaning: purple Keman (Keman = an ornament which is used in Buddhism temple)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants electing 20-50cm tall. Leaves 3-8cm long. Flowers purple (or merely white) 12-20mm, inflorescences 4-12cm long, flowering in April to June. Seeds ca. 15mm long, 3-3.5mm wide. Winter annual plants. |
Reference | Corydalis incisa (Thunberg) Persoon |
Corydalis incisa (Thunb.) Pers. | |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising chelidonine or derivatives thereof (US Patent 6887882/2005) | |
Quaternary chelidonine and alkaloid derivatives, process for their preparation and their use in the manufacture of medicaments (European Patent EP1459753/2004) |
April 2009 at my home |
April 2007 at my home |
April 2008 at my home |
April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
April 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
April 2009 at lowland forest |
April 2009 at my home |
April 2009 at my home |