Family | Berberidaceae |
Subfamily | Berberidoideae |
Tribe | Berberideae |
Subtribe | Epimediinae |
Scientific name | Epimedium diphyllum (C. Morren et Decaisne) Loddiges |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) baika ikari-sou (バイカイカリソウ, 梅花碇草 [meaning: cherry floweranchor weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Chugoku region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=12 |
Description | Plants 20-30cm. Leaves 2.5-5cm long. Flowers white 10-12mm, flwering in April to May. Evergreen. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Epimedium diphyllum Graham |
Polysaccharide PS-A obtained from barrenwort deriving from plants belonging to the genus Epimedium, process for preparation thereof and phylactic and immunostimulating agents comprising said polysaccharide PS-A effective component (US Patent 4528188/1985) | |
Compositions comprising icariside I and anhydroicaritin and methods for making the same (US Patent 6399579/2002) | |
Medicament containing Epimedium extract for treatment of prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis (US Patent 7250182/2007) | |
Note | Many Japanese authors have believed that Epimedium diphyllum (C. Morren et Decaisne) Loddiges subsp. kitamuranum (T. Yamanaka) K. Suzuki (syn. Epimedium kitamuranum T. Yamanaka) is not a synonym of Epimedium diphyllum (C. Morren et Decaisne) Loddiges. |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |