Usuba saishin
Asarum sieboldii
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden- Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
- Flower nameUsuba saishin
- Scientific nameAsarum sieboldii
- Alias薄葉細辛, カンアオイ, 寒葵
- Place of originTokunoshima
- Place of floweringLow mountains
- Flowering seasonMarch, April, May
What is Usuba saishin
Usuba saishin (scientific name: Asarum sieboldii) is an inherent species of Tokunoshima and is a varieties of canoe odor. The leaf quality is thinner than the canopy, and the taste is hard. Flowering in spring. Roots and rhizomes are traditional Chinese medicine.
Common name: Usuba ssin (thin leaf slender), Scientific name: Asarum sieboldii, flowering period: March to May.
- OrderAristolochiales
- FamilyAristolochiaceae
- GenusAsarum
- SpeciesA. sieboldii
- Type of flowerRadial symmetrical flower
- Array of flowerMonopetal inflorescence
- Petal shapeBell-shaped
- Leaf typeovoid
- Edge of the leafEntire
- Life typeperennial grass
- Flower colorsGreen
- Colors of the leavesGreen
- Fruit colorGreen
- Height10.0 ~ 20.0 cm
- Diameter of flower1.2 ~ 1.5 cm
