Family | Oleaceae |
Tribe | Oleeae |
Scientific name | Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini |
Synonyms | Ligustrum ibota Siebold var. regelianum Rehder; Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini var. leiocalyx (Nakai) H. Hara; Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini var. regelianum Rehder; Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini var. velutinum (Blume) H. Hara |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ibota-no-ki (イボタノキ, 水蝋木 [meaning: ibota wax tree (ibota = Ericerus pela)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=46 |
Description | Plants 2-3m tall. Leaves 2-7cm long. Flowers white corollas 7-10mm, flowering in May to June. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini |
Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. | |
Method for promoting plant growth using 5-aminolevulinic acid or a salt thereof (US Patent 5298482/1994) | |
Methods for inhibiting angiogenesis (US Patent 6632798/2003) | |
Compositions for potentiating glutatthione (US Patent 20060257351) |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
November 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
November 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
January 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |