Rohdea japonica
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Rohdea japonica is a species of plant native to Japan, China and Korea.[1][2][3][4] Common names include Nippon lily, sacred lily, and Japanese sacred lily.
It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, with fibrous roots. The leaves are evergreen, broad lanceolate, 15–50 cm long and 2.5–7 cm broad, with an acute apex. The flowers are produced in a short, stout, dense spike 3–4 cm long, each flower pale yellowish, 4–5 mm long. The fruit is a red berry 8 mm diameter, produced in a tight cluster of several together.
Cultivation and uses
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant. In Chinese it is called wan nian qing (simplified: 万年青; traditional: 萬年青; lit. "evergreen"), and for this reason has been used symbolically in visual culture (e.g. on Mao badges Template:Webarchive). In Japanese it is called omoto.
The plant is also used in traditional Chinese medicine, though it is generally regarded as inedible and possibly toxic.
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- Flora of China: Rohdea japonica
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- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Tanaka, N. (2010). A taxonomic revision of the genus Rohdea (Asparagaceae). Makinoa , n.s., 9: 1-54.
- ↑ Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- ↑ Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.