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Angelica acutiloba (Siebold et Zucc.) Kitag.






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

Angelica L. (シシウド)
Touki (トウキ, 当帰), Japanese angelica
Lifeform: perennial forb ≈ 40-90 cm tall
Distribution: Honshu (north to central Honshu) in Japan
Habitat: banks and valleys between mountainous and alpine zones
Stem: purple
Use: oriental medicine (root) to improve cold constitution, blood circulation and gynecological disorder, and medicinal food, represented by Samgyetang (参鶏湯)

Major chemical components: ligustilide
A. sinensis Oliv.) Diels (ホントウキ/カラトウキ), often used for medicinal food in Korea and China

ssp. iwatensis (Kitag.) Kitag. (ミヤマトウキ), in mountainous terrains and grasslands
var. sugiyamae Hikino (ホッカイトウキ)

Stem: green

f. tsukubana Hikino (ツクバトウキ)
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Angelica acutiloba transplanted in Hokkaido


ST1 ST2 ST3
ST4 ST5 ST6
[1-6] in the experimental station of medicinal plant studies, Hokkaido University. [1-3] on September 8 2021. [4-6] on May 11 2024.


var. sugiyamae (ホッカイトウキ)

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on May 11 2024.

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