Clinopodium gracile




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
Scientific name Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) O. Kuntze
Synonyms Calamintha gracilis Bentham; Calamintha radicans Vaniot; Clinopodium confine (Hance) O. Kuntze; Satureja gracilis (Bentham) Briquet; Satureja ussuriensis Kudo
Common name (Japanese common name) tou-bana (トウバナ, 塔花 [meaning: tower flowers])
(English common name) slender wild basil
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, India
Habitat Roadside, field
Chromosomal number 2n=18
Description Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 1-3cm long, 8-20mm wide, petioles 5-15mm long. Flowers calyxs 3-4mm long, pale pueple corollas 5-6mm long, flowering in May to August. Fruits ca. 0.6mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Matsumura
Gene encoding a protein having acyl group transfer activity (US Patent 7105719/2006)
Oral compositions (European Patent EP0321180/1992)
Delovery of small doses of ingestible treatments (WIPO Patent WO/2001/022934)



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