Family | Rosaceae |
Scientific name | Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydberg subsp. fruticosa |
Synonyms | Dasiphora riparia Rafinesque; Pentaphylloides fruticosa (L.) O. Schwarz; Potentilla fruticosa L.; Potentilla fruticosa L. var. rigida (Wallich ex Lehmann) Th. Wolf; Potentilla rigida Wallich ex Lehmann |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kin-ro-bai [golden mist plum], haku-ro-bai [white mist plum] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) Russia, China, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=14 (2x), 28 (4x), 42 (6x) |
Description | Plants 30-100cm tall. Leaves 1-3 pairs leaflets each 8-20mm long. Flowers yellow (or merely white) 2-2.5cm, flowering in June to September. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. subsp. fruticosa |
Potentilla fruticosa Linnaeus | |
Process for extracting catechin polyphenols from potentillas, extract obtained and its use (US Patent 5928646/1999) | |
Tyrosinase inhibitors from plants (US Patent 6521267/2003) | |
Composition against cardiovascular diseases (WIPO Patent WO/2006/032115) | |
Compositions and methods for modulating pignent production in plants (WIPO Patent WO/2007/027105) |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |