- Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 53917 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 81.01 ARALIACEAE Aralia cordata | Entry Book Number | 74.1878 | |
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| Iso Country | Japan | TDWG Region | Japan | ||
| Parts Held | Geography Description | Japan | |||
| Uses | Use: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Christy T | Donor No | 27 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1878 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Aralia edulis, Sieb. (?) Syn. Udo, Do-tooki, Sieb. et Zucc.p.57 Doku Quatz, Dosjen, Koempf. Amoen. p.826; Aralia cordata, Thunb. (p.127) F. et Sav. vol. i p 191. In external appearance and size this drug bares a strong resemblance to the rh, izome of Polygonatum officinale (Solomons Seal); the dise like scars left by the aerial stems are, however, arranged in a somewhat spiral manner, and are rarely more than half an inch apart. The transverse section of the root is of a dirty white colour, h, orny consistency, and is marked near the circumference with a ring of linear, loosely packed, radiating, vascular bundles. The taste is bitter. The rhizome has no distinctive odour. The Japanese name, according to Mr Takemura, means bamboo knotted ginseng, , Tsiku meaning bamboo, set a knot or joint, and nin-jin ginseng, or in other words a root similar to ginseng, but having scars like those of the bamboo rhizome. The above identification is given with uncertainity as I have not been able to obtain either, authenticated specimens of the root of Aralia edulis or a description of it. It is said to be often cultivated in Japan, and is also found wild, flowering in October. When young it is called Sika, when older udo, and when mature dosjen, according to Koemp, fer. | ||||
| Determinations: | 81.01 ARALIACEAE Aralia cordata Thb. 81.01 ARALIACEAE Aralia edulis Sieb. | ||||