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April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Cornaceae |
| Scientific name | Aucuba japonica Thunberg |
| Synonyms | Aucuba japonica Thunberg var. australis Hara & Kurosawa; Aucuba japonica Thunberg var. concolar Regel; Aucuba japonica Thunberg var. ovoidea Koidzumi; Aucuba japonica Thunberg var. typica Nakai; Aucuba japonica Thunberg var. variegata Dombrain; Eubasis dichotoma Salisbury |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ao-ki [green trees] |
| (English common name) Japanese aucuba, Japanese-laurel, spotted-laurel | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Miyagi Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16, 32 |
| Description | Plants 1-2m. Leaves 8-10cm length. Flowers flowering in March to May. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Aucuba japonica Thunb. |
| Aucuba japonica Thunberg | |
| Hair dyeing by iridoid glycosides and aglycons thereof (US Patent 5078750/1992) | |
| Method for production of petroselinic acid and OMEGA12 hexadecanoic acid in transgenic plants (US Patent 5430134/1995) | |
| Pharmaceutical preparations which inhibit hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication (US Patent 5929038/1999) |
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| April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
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April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| December 2007 at lowland forest edge |
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| April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
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| December 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at lowland forest edge |
December 2007 at lowland forest edge |
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| December 2007 at lowland forest edge |
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| April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
April 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
