Botrychium ternatum




Family Botrychiaceae (also placed in Ophioglossaceae)
Scientific name Botrychium ternatum (Thunberg) Swartz
Synonyms Osmunda ternata Thunberg; Sceptridium ternatum (Thunberg) Lyon
Common name (Japanese common name) fuyu-no-hana-warabi (フユノハナワラビ, 冬花蕨 [meaning: winter flowering warabi (warabi = Pteridium aquilinum)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, India
Chromosomal number n=45, 2n=90 (2x)
Description Leaves vegetative leaf 3-10cm long or over, sporophyll leaf 15-55cm tall. Terrestrial. Wintergreen. Perennial plants.
Reference  Botrychium ternatum (Thunb.) Sw.
Delivery of small doses of ingestible treatments (WIPO Patent WO/2001/022934)
Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP20060780703/2008)
Remedy for calculus or the like (Japanese Patent JP02237932/1990)



November 2008
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November 2008
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December 2008
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