Lindera obtusiloba




Family Lauraceae
Scientific name Lindera obtusiloba Blume
Synonyms Benzoin cercidifolium (Hemsley) Rehder; Benzoin obtusilobum (Blume) Kuntze; Lindera cercidifolia Hemley; Lindera mollis Oliver; Lindera obtusiloba Blume forma ovata (Nakai) T. B. Lee; Lindera obtusiloba Blume forma velutina T. B. Lee; Lindera obtusiloba Blume var. praetermissa (Grierson & D. G. Long) H. P. Tsui; Lindera praetermissa Grierson & D. G. Long
Common name (Japanese common name) danko-bai [scented ume]
(English common name) Japanese spicebush, Korean spicebush
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China
Chromosomal number 2n=24
Description Plants 3-7m. Leaves 5-15cm length. Flowers yellow, flowering in March to April. Deciduous. Subarbor trees.
Reference Lindera obtusiloba Blume
Lindera obtusiloba
Control of protozoal disease (US Patent 5135746/1992)
Fibers of variable wettability and materials containing the fibers (US Patent 20060292951)
Composition comprising Hovenia Dulcis Thunb. extract, Lindera obtusiloba Blume extract, or herbal mixture extract thereof (WIPO Patent WO/2005/072758)




Male plants


March 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
March 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
March 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



Female plants


March 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
March 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
March 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden