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| July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
| Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
| Subfamily | Mimosoideae |
| Tribe | Mimoseae |
| Scientific name | Desmanthus illinoensis (Michaux) MacMillan ex B. L. Robinson & Fernald |
| Synonyms | Acacia brachyloba Muhlenberg ex Willdenow; Acacia glandulosa (Michaux) Willdenow; Acuan illinoense (Michaux) Kuntze; Acacia virgata Rafinesque; Acuan glandulosum (Michaux) A. Heller; Acuan illinoense (Michaux) Kuntze; Darlingtonia brachyloba (Willdenow) de Candolle; Darlingtonia brachyloba (Willdenow) de Candolle var. glandulosa (Michaux) Torrey & A. Gray; Darlingtonia brachyloba (Willdenow) de Candolle var. illinoensis (Michaux) Torrey & A. Gray; Darlingtonia brachyloba (Willdenow) de Candolle var. intermedia (Torrey) Torrey & A. Gray; Darlingtonia brevifolia Rafinesque; Darlingtonia glandulosa (Michaux) de Candolle; Darlingtonia illinoensis (Michaux) de Candolle ex Torrey; Darlingtonia intermedia Torrey; Darlingtonia virgata Rafinesque; Desmanthus brachylobus (Willdenow) Bentham; Desmanthus brachylobus (Willdenow) Bentham var. glandulosus (Michaux) Engelmann & A. Gray; Desmanthus falcatus Scheele; Desmanthus illinoensis (Michaux) MacMillan ex B. L. Robinson & Fernald var. glandulosus (Michaux) J. F. Macbride; Mimosa contortuplicata Zuccagni; Mimosa glandulosa Michaux; Mimosa illinoensis Michaux; Mimosa virgata W. Bartram; Neptunia virgata (Rafinesque) Trelease ex Branner & Coville |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hai-kusanemu (ハイクサネム, 這草合歓 [meaning: creeping kusanemu (kusanemu = Aeschynomene indica)]), america goukan (アメリカゴウカン, 亜米利加合歓 [meaning: American goukan (goukan = Aeschynomene indica)]) |
| (English common name) Illinois bundleflower | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa |
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| Habitat | Roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
| Description | Plants 30-60cm tall. Leaves bipinnate, 15-30 pairs leaflets. Flowers white ca. 1cm across, flowering in July to August. Fruits 1.5-2.5cm long, 5-6mm wide. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill. ex B. L. Rob. & Fernald |
| Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill. ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill. ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald | |
| Delivery of drugs to the lower GI tract (US Patent 5811388/1998) | |
| NSADI delivery employing a powdered hydrocolloid gum obtainable from higher plants (US Patent 5993860/1999) | |
| Purified galactomannan as an improved pharmaceutical excipient (US Patent 6063402/2000) | |
| Myricitrin compounds for sleeping disorders (WIPO Patent WO/2005/115547) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (first collected at Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, but naturalized mainly in Okinawa). |
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