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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) > Berberidaceae (メギ科) > Podophyllum peltatum
Podophyllum L. (アメリカハッカクレン)Amerikahakkakuren (アメリカハッカクレン, 亜米利加八角蓮/ポドフィルム), mayapple, American mandrake, wild mandrake and ground lemonLife form: perennial forb, with 20-40 cm tall Distribution: eastern United States and southeastern Canada Habitat: woodlands |
Flower: yellow or red Fruit: poisonous when immature Synonyms: Anapodophyllum peltatum Moench Use: rhizomes and resins used for medicine (aperient) by poisonous podophyllotoxin |
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[1-3] in the experimental station of medicinal plant studies, Hokkaido University, on April 23 2021.