| Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) | 
    
      | Scientific name | Wisteria floribunda (Willdenow) de Candolle | 
    
      | Synonyms | Dolichos japonicus Sprengel; Glycine floribunda Willdenow; Kraunhia brachybotrys
      (Siebold & Zuccarini) Greene; Kraunhia floribunda (Willdenow) Taubert;
      Kraunhia floribunda (Willdenow) Taubert forma albiflora Makino; Kraunhia
      floribunda (Willdenow) Taubert var. brachybotrys (Siebold & Zuccarini)
      Makino; Kraunhia floribunda (Willdenow) Taubert var. pleniflora Makino;
      Kraunhia floribunda (Willdenow) Taubert var. typica Makino; Kraunhia sinensis
      (Sims) Makino forma albiflora Makino; Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Makino var.
      brachybotrys (Siebold & Zuccarini) Makino; Kraunhia sinensis (Sims)
      Makino var. floribunda (Willdenow) Makino; Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Makino
      var. pleniflora Makino; Millettia floribunda (Willdenow) Matsumura; Phaseoloides
      brachybotrys (Siebold & Zuccarini) Kuntze; Phaseoloides floribunda
      (Willdenow) Kuntze; Rehsonia floribunda (Willdenow) Stritch; Wisteria brachybotrys
      Siebold & Zuccarini; Wisteria chinensis de Candolle var. flore-plena
      (Carriere) W. Miller; Wisteria chinensis de Candolle var. macrobotrys (Siebold
      ex Neubert) Lavallee; Wisteria chinensis de Candolle var. multijuga (Van
      Houtte) Hooker f.; Wisteria floribunda (Willdenow) de Candolle forma alba
      (Carriere) Rehder & E. H. Wilson; Wisteria floribunda (Willdenow) de
      Candolle forma macrobotrys (Siebold ex Neubert) Rehder & E. H. Wilson;
      Wisteria floribunda (Willdenow) de Candolle forma variegata (G. Nicholson)
      Rehder & E. H. Wilson; Wisteria macrobotrys Siebold ex Neubert; Wisteria
      multijuga Van Houtte; Wisteria multijuga Van Houtte var. alba Carriere;
      Wisteria multijuga Van Houtte var. rosea Bean; Wisteria multijuga Van Houtte
      var. variegata G. Nicholson; Wisteria polystachya K. Koch forma alba (Carriere)
      Zabel; Wisteria polystachya K. Koch forma multijuga (Van Houtte) Zabel;
      Wisteria polystachya K. Koch forma variegata (G. Nicholson) Zabel; Wisteria
      sinensis (Sims) Sweet forma violaceo-plena Rehder & E. H. Wilson; Wisteria
      sinensis (Sims) Sweet var. flore-plena Carriere; Wisteria sinensis (Sims)
      Sweet var. violaceo-plena C. K. Schneider | 
    
      | Common name | (Japanese common name) fuji | 
    
      | (English common name) Japanese wisteria | 
    
      | Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu | 
    
      | (Other nations) none | 
    
      | Chromosomal number | unknown | 
    
      | Description | Leaves 20-30cm, 5-9 pairs leaflets each 4-10cm length. Flowers pale purple
      1.2-2cm, flowering in April to July. Deciduous. Vine. | 
    
      | Reference | Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC. | 
    
      | Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC. | 
    
      | Immunological determination using lectin (US Patent 4289747/1981) | 
    
      | Gonorrhea diagnostic test (US Patent 4298689/1981) | 
    
      | Herpes sub unit vaccine (US Patent 4374127/1983) | 
    
      | Method for forming an isolated lectin-immunological conjugate (US Patent 4371515/1983) | 
    
      | Soluble immunoassay reagent comprising lectin covalently bonded to reactive component (US Patent 4493793/1985) | 
    
      | Methods and compositions for inhibiting the infectious activity of viruses (US Patent 4742046/1988) | 
    
      | Process for separating serum and plasma (US Patent 5364533/1994) | 
    
      | Synthesis and utilization of carbohydrate-binding polymer-lectin conjugates (US Patent 5284934/1994) | 
    
      | Larvicidal lectins and plant insect resistance based thereon (US Patent 5407454/1995) | 
    
      | Method of assaying whole blood for HDL cholesterol (US Patent 5460974/1995) | 
    
      | Device and method of seperating and assaying whole blood (US Patent 5558834/1996) | 
    
      | Non-crosslinked protein particles for therapeutic and diagnostic use (US Patent 5616311/1997) | 
    
      | Microcapsules of predetermined peptide(s) specificity (ies), their preparation and uses (US Patent 5686113/1997) | 
    
      | Prophylaxis against diseases tramsmittable by sexual contact, and therapy of such diseases (US Patent 5840771/1998) | 
    
      | Method of using lectins for contraception (US Patent 5766632/1998) | 
    
      | Method for making non-crosslinked protein particles for therapeutic and diagnostic use (US Patent 5945033/1999) | 
    
      | Devices and methods for separating cellular components of blood from liquid portion of blood (US Patent 6008059/1999) | 
    
      | Site-directed chemotherapy of metastases (US Patent 6074643/2000) | 
    
      | Method of using lectins for therapy of diseases transmittable by sexual contact (US Patent 6159174/2000) | 
    
      | Devices and methods for separating cellular components of blood from liquid portion of blood (US Patent 6069014/2000) | 
    
      | Pancreatic progenitor cells, methods and uses related thereto (US Patent 6326201/2001) | 
    
      | Devices and methods for separating cellular components of blood from liquid portion of blood (US Patent 6197598/2001) | 
    
      | Fibrinogen-coated particles for therapeutic use (US Patent 6391343/2002) | 
    
      | Opposable-element chromatographic assay device for detection of analytes in whole blood samples (US Patent 6528321/2003) | 
    
      | Progenitor cells and methods and uses related thereto (US Patent 6610535/2003) | 
    
      | Selective destruction of cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus (US Patent 6627197/2003) | 
    
      | Method of using lectins for contraception, prophylaxis against diseases transmittable by sexual contact, and therapy of such diseases, and apparatus for administering lectins (US Patent 6743773/2004) | 
    
      | Methods and devices for processing blood samples (US Patent 6689615/2004) | 
    
      | Composition having physiological activity and production method thereof (US Patent 6953580/2005) | 
    
      | Progenitor cells, methods and uses related thereto (US Patent 6946293/2005) | 
    
      | Cells producing antibody compositions with increased antibody dependent cytotoxic activity (US Patent 6946292/2005) | 
    
      | Selective destruction of cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus (US Patent 7018633/2006) | 
    
      | Diagnosis of human glycosylation disorders (US Patent 7273711/2007) | 
    
      | Materials for virus capture (WIPO Patent WO/1999/032707) | 
    
      | Compositions and methods for inducing the development and differentiation of hemopoietic stem cells (WIPO Patent WO/1999/000486) | 
    
      | Treatment of central nervous system damage (WIPO Patent WO/2003/074080) | 
    
      | Device and method for analysing the structure of complex glycostructures and for detecting same (WIPO Patent WO/2004/040307) | 
    
      | Tumor and infections disease therapeutic compositions (WIPO Patnt WO/2005/048950) | 
    
      | Composition against cardiovascular diseases (WIPO Patent WO/2006/032115) | 
    
      | Cosmetic preparation comprising hyaluronic acid and saponins for treatment of skin aging phenomena (WIPO Patent WO/2006/018454) |