Asian baneberry (tentative translation)
Actaea asiatica H. Hara [Ranunculaceae]
Ruiyoushouma (ルイヨウショウマ, 類葉升麻)
Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan (northern part)
Habitat: forest floor
Seed dispersal: endo-zoochore (animal dispersal)
Actaea Kurita in Japan
A. erythrocarpa Fisch. (アカミノルイヨウショウマ)
- var. leucocarpa Miyabe et Tatew. (シロミノルイヨウショウマ)
A. asiatica Hara (ルイヨウショウマ)
Actaea asiatica in Hokkaido
[Left/Center] In Teshio Experimental Forest, HU, northern Hokkaido, on September 14 2010. [Right] A shoot. [Center] Close-up of inflorescences. The flowers are gray and white. The berries are black-purple. [Right] In a forest dominated by Betula platyphylla var. japonica and Quercus mongolica near Tokai University Dai-yon High School on July 31 2009. The species is a poisonous plant (毒草) to humans.