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Internal ID UUID64400af49d616283716228
Scientific name Asarum asperum
Authority F.Maek.
First published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 573 (1932)

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Asarum asperum is a perennial plant found only in Japan, specifically on Shikoku and in western Honshu. It is most commonly found near Kyoto and Nara. This plant has thick, evergreen leaves that are ovate-orbicular in shape with a subhastate base. Its maroon flowers bloom in April and are pollinated by insects. It grows in colonies on the forest floor and is often found alongside Ainsliaea cordifolia, which it bears a resemblance to.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Asarum constrictum Maekawa Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 576 (1932)
Asarum minus Maekawa Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 575. 1932
Heterotropa aspera (F.Maek.) F.Maek. J. Jap. Bot. 9: 368 (1933)
Heterotropa constricta (Maekatoa) F.Maek. J. Jap. Bot. 9: 367 (1933)

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Language Common/alternative name
Japanese ミヤコアオイ
Japanese チョウジャノカマ
Chinese 都葵

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Asarum asperum var. geaster (F.Maek. ex Akasawa) T.Sugaw. Fl. Japan 2a: 375 (2006)

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000550768
Tropicos 2500367
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93462-1
The Plant List kew-2654259
Open Tree Of Life 644096
NCBI Taxonomy 76100
IPNI 93462-1
GBIF 7313651
Wikipedia Asarum_asperum

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Supplemental Studies on the Volatile Oils of Asarum Group. (2) YASUHISA SAIKI, EIO FUKUYAMA, TOMOYUKI TSUNEYA Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 20-Apr-2017
doi:10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Chemotaxonomy of Asarum Group Based on the Patterns of the Essential Oils YASUHISA SAIKI, EIO FUKUYAMA, TOMOYUKI TSUNEYA Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 20-Apr-2017
doi:10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_227
[Gas-chromatographical studies on nautural volatile oils. 3. The gas-chromatography on the volatile oils of the plants belonging to Heterotropa genus]. Saiki Y, Akahori Y, Morinaga K, Taira T, Noro T Yakugaku Zasshi 01-Jan-1970
doi:10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.87.12_1535
PMID:5628365

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Phenol ethers / Anisoles
Elemicin 10248 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1OC)OC)CC=C 208.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.87.12_1535
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids
2-Isopropyl-5-methylanisole 14104 Click to see CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(C)C)OC 164.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
p-CYMENE 7463 Click to see CC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)C 134.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Thymol 6989 Click to see CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(C)C)O 150.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol 64685 Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(C2)O)C)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_227
alpha-PINENE 6654 Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.87.12_1535
beta-Pinene 14896 Click to see CC1(C2CCC(=C)C1C2)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Camphene 6616 Click to see CC1(C2CCC(C2)C1=C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Camphor 2537 Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(=O)C2)C)C 152.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
trans-Borneol 44630107 Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(C2)O)C)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_227
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
4-Terpineol, (+/-)- 11230 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)(C(C)C)O 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
alpha-PHELLANDRENE 7460 Click to see CC1=CCC(C=C1)C(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
p-Menth-3-en-1-ol 11468 Click to see CC(C)C1=CCC(CC1)(C)O 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(-)-alpha-Curcumene 442360 Click to see CC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)CCC=C(C)C 202.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
(1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.02,7]dec-3-ene 92042749 Click to see CC1=CCC2C3C1C2(CCC3C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
(1S,5R,7S,10R)-4,10-dimethyl-7-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.01,5]dec-3-ene 134779875 Click to see CC1CCC(C2C13C2C(=CC3)C)C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
(3R,6E)-nerolidol 11241545 Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
(R)-beta-bisabolene 68128 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)CCC=C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_227
alpha-Cubebene 442359 Click to see CC1CCC(C2C13C2C(=CC3)C)C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
alpha-Curcumene 92139 Click to see CC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)CCC=C(C)C 202.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
beta-Bisabolene 10104370 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)CCC=C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_227
CID 16396350 16396350 Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C3C1C(C2=C)CC3)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Copaene 19725 Click to see CC1=CCC2C3C1C2(CCC3C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Isocaryophyllene 5281522 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C2CC(C2CC1)(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Longifolene 289151 Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C3C1C(C2=C)CC3)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
Nerolidol 8888 Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Eudesmane, isoeudesmane or cycloeudesmane sesquiterpenoids
beta-Selinene 442393 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(CCCC(=C)C2C1)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.107.3_209

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