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(First upload on August 1 2010. Last on August 12 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]

Houttuynia cordata Thunb.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)

Saururaceae Martynov


Nomenclature: Ohwi and Kitagawa (1983)
Two genera in Saururaceae are recorded from Japan
Saururus L. (ハンゲショウ)
S. chinensis (Lour.) Ball. (ハンゲショウ): not in Hokkaido
Houttuynia Thunb. (ドクダミ)
H. cordata Thunb. (Dokudami, ドクダミ, 毒溜), lizard tail, or Korean houttuynia
Lifeform: deciduous perennial forb
Distribution: east Asia, incluidng Japan
Habitat: semi-mesic sites
Medical use: aboveground used for diuretic, laxative and detoxification

Crude drug name: Houttuyniae herba
Ingredient: decanoylacetaldehyde, etc.

f. plena (Makino) Okuyama (ヤエドクダミ)
f. variegata (Makino) Sugim., n. n. (フイリドクダミ)
f. viridis J. Ohara (ミドリドクダミ)
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Houttuynia cordata in Japan


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ST5 ST6 ST7
[1] in Oi Pier Seaside Park, Tokyo, on June 3 2016. [2/3] clonal growth observed at Toya Lake Experimental Station, Hokkaido University, on July 22 2010. [4] at Yushima Temple (seido), Tokyo, on May 30 2014. [5] at a bank along Sophia Street, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on May 26 2017. [6] along a paved road in N26E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on June 12 2021. [7] at Kanda Bridge Park, Tokyo, on June 6 2023.

f. plena (ヤエドクダミ)

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in the experimental station of medicinal plant studies, Hokkaido University, on July 18 2019.

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