Medicinal Plant Garden


Clic here to Japanese page

Medicinal Plant Garden is composed of the garden of specimens (ca. 1000 species), the cultivating field, and the laboratory. It is used for student practice and for research on tissue culture and phytotoxins.

The Key Plants

Classified on Family name (Japanese name)

Plant name : English name (Japanese name)

Apocynaceae (kyoutikutou-ka)

Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. et Kurz. : Indian snake root (indo-jyaboku)

Compositae (kiku-ka)

Echinops setifer Iljin : (higotai)
Echinops ritro L. : (ruritama-azami)
Cynara scolymus L. : (tyousennazami)
Achillea alpina L. var. brevidens (Makino) Kitam. : (aso-nokogiriso)

Solanaceae (nasu-ka)

Capsicum frutesens : Red pepper (tachi-tougarasi)

Legminosae (mame-ka)

Glychyrrhiza glabra L. : Licorice (supein-kanzou)
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi : Pueraria root (kuzu)
Mucuna sempervivens Hemse. : (airatobikazura)

Campanulaceae (kikyou-ka)

Campanula glomerata L. var. dahurica Fischer : (yatsushiroso)

Cornaceae (Mizuki-ka)

Cornus officinalis Sieb, et Zucc. : Cornus Fruit (sansyuu)

Ranunculaceae (kinpouge-ka)

Aconitum napiforme Lev. et Van. : Aconite root (tanna-torikabuto)

Scrophulariaceae (gomanohagusa-ka)

Digitalis purpurea L. : Digitalis (digitarisu)

Sapindaceae (mukuroji-ka)

Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm. : (mokugenji)

Lauraceae (kusunoki-ka)

Lindera strychnifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) F. Vill. : (tendaiuyaku)
Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume : Cassia (seiron-nikke)
Cinnamomum cassia Blume : Cassia (kannan-nikke)
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb. : Camphor tree (kusunoki)

Rosaceae (bara-ka)

Crataegus cuneata Sieb. et Zucc. : (sanzashi)

Verbenaceae (kumatuzura-ka)

Vitex cannabifolia Sieb. et Zucc. : (ninjinboku)

Hamamelidaceae (mansaku-ka)

Loropetalum chinense (R. BR.) Oliv. : (tokiwamansaku)

Theaceae (tubaki-ka)

Camellia japonica L. cv. higo : Camellia (higo-tsubaki)

Eucommiaceae (totyu-ka)

Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. : (totyu)

Ginkgoaceae (ityou-ka)

Ginkgo biloba L. : Ginkgo (ityou)

Rutaseae (mikan-ka)

Phellodendron amurense Rupr. : (kihada)

Orchidaceae (ran-ka)

Vanilla planifolia Andr. : Vanilla (banira)

Papaveraceae (kesi-ka)

Papaver somniferum L. : Opium (keshi)

Moraceae (kuwa-ka)

Cannabis sativa L. : Cannabis (asa)

KUMAYAKU home page