Family | Ericaceae |
Subfamily | Ericoideae |
Tribe | Phyllodoceae |
Scientific name | Elliottia paniculata (Siebold & Zuccarini) Bentham & Hooker f. |
Synonyms | Tripetaleia paniculata Siebold & Zuccarini; Tripetaleia paniculata Siebold & Zuccarini forma latifolia (Maximovicz) Kitamura; Tripetaleia paniculata Siebold & Zuccarini var. latifolia Maximovicz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ho-tutuji (ホツツジ, 穂躑躅 [meaning: spica tutuji (tutuji = Rhododendron plants)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 1-2m tall. Leaves 3-7cm long. Flowers white or pale pink corollas ca. 1.5cm, flowering in July to September. Fruits ca. 3mm long. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Elliottia paniculata (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook. f. |
Studies on the Constituents of Tripetaleia paniculata SIEB. et ZUCC. IV. On the Constituents of the Wood. (2). Structure of Lyoniside | |
Detection and Distribution of Chrysanthemin and Idaein in Autumn Leaves of Plants by High Performance Liquid Chromatography | |
Process for producing corosolic acid (US Patent 7071229/2006) | |
Cosmetic composition containing plant steam distillation water (Japanese Patent JP2001226219/2001) |
July 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |