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) |
May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |
May 2006 at open field |