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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) > Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (マメ科) > Glycyrrhiza glabra
Glycyrrhiza L. (カンゾウ)Kanzou (カンゾウ, 甘草, s.l.), liquorice (UK) or licorice (US)var. glandulifera (Waldst. et Kit.) Regel et Herder Seihokukanzou (セイホクカンゾウ, 西北甘草, s.s.) Lifeform: deciduous, perennial forb Distribution: western Asia (not including Japan), northern Africa and southern Europe Habitat: on sandy soils, in wastelands and dry river beds |
Use: medicinals by roots (radixes or licorice roots) and stolons for usign analgesia, spasmolysis, antitussive, digestive organ ulceration and corrigent
Chemicals: glycyrrhizin, etc. |
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[1-3] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on August 14 2024.