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| March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
| Family | Liliaceae |
| Sunfamily | Lilioideae |
| Tribe | Tulipeae |
| Scientific name | Erythronium japonicum Decaisne |
| Synonyms | Erythronium denscanis L. var. japonicum Baker; Erythronium japonicum Decaisne forma album C. F. Fang; Erythronium japonicum Decaisne forma immaculatum P. Y. Fu & Q. S. Sun; Erythronium japonicum Decaisne forma leucanthum (I. Yamamoto et Tsukamoto) Okuyama |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) katakuri (カタクリ, 片栗 [meaning of katakuri is not clear (estimated meaning A: tilting basket flower; estimated meaning B: leaflets of marron tree)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia (Sakhalin), Korea, China | |
| Habitat | Mountains, fields |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
| Description | Scapes 20-25cm tall, non hair. Leaves 10-22cm long including petioles, 2.5-6.5cm wide, non hair. Flowers purple or merely white (forma leucanthum) perianths each 4-5cm long, flowering in March to May. Fruits 12-15mm. Perennial plants. |
| References | Erythronium japonicum Decne. |
| Erythronium japonicum | |
| Process for the production of branching enzyme, and a method for improving the qualities of food products therewith (US Patent 4454161/1984) | |
| Polymers containing antimicrobial agents and methods for making and using same (US Patent 5906825/1999) | |
| Dehydrated gel composition from hydrated isolated acetylated gellan gum (US Patent 6458404/1999) | |
| Use of native gellan gum (US Patent 7147885/2006) | |
| Basidiomycetes, basidiomycetes extract composition, health foods, and immunopotentiators (US Patent 20060263384) |
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| March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
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| April 2007 at Akagi Nature Park |
April 2007 at Akagi Nature Park |
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| April 2007 at Akagi Nature Park |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
