Desmanthus illinoensis




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
(Other nations) [native] USA
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).



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa



July 2008
at Okinawa