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| July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |
July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |
July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |
| Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
| Subfamily | Lamioideae |
| Scientific name | Leucas chinensis (Retzius) R. Brown |
| Synonyms | Leucas mollissima Wallich ex Bentham subsp. chinensis (Bentham) Murata; Leucas mollissima Wallich ex Bentham var. chinensis Bentham; Phlomis chinensis Retzius |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yanbaru tsuru-hakka (ヤンバルツルハッカ, 山原蔓薄荷 [meaning: Yanbaru vine mint (Yanbaru = northern area of Okinawa)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (south of Tokara Islands), Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Seaside rocks |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
| Description | Plants electing or creeping ca. 20-60cm tall. Flowers white corollas ca. 1cm, flowering in all seasons. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Leucas chinensis (Retzius) R. Brown |
| Leucas mollissima Wallich | |
| Pharmaceutical preparations of bioactive substances extracted from natural sources (US Patent 6746695/2004) | |
| Note | Leucas chinensis (Retzius) R. Brown has been sometimes confused with or misidentified as Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze subsp. chinense (syn. Calamintha chinensis Bentham; Calamintha clinopodium Bentham var. chinensis (Bentham) Miquel; Satureja chinensis (Bentham) Briquet). Japanese common name of Clinopodium chinense (Bentham) O. Kuntze subsp. chinense is Okinawa kuruma-bana and its flower color is pale purple. |
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| July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |
July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |
July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |
