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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Acanthaceae (キツネノマゴ科) > Strobilanthes alternata
Strobilanthes Blume (イセハナビ)Shisomodoki (シソモドキ, 紫蘇擬), red ivy, red-flame ivy or waffle plantLifeform: stoloniferous, evergreen, perrenial forb, with 30 cm in height Distribution: eastern Malaysia Habitat: moist, shaded habitats, such as forest edges, riverbanks and low thickets, in tropical regions |
Use: groundcover (escaped) and medicine (traditionally for wound healing, bleeding control, infections, ulcers, kidney stones, anemia and digestive disorders) Synonyms:
Hemigraphis alternata (Burm. f.) T. Anders. |
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[1-3] in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025.