Pollia

Japanese: Pollia
Pollia

...A perennial herb of the Commelinaceae family that grows under evergreen broad-leaved forests (illustration). When it has no inflorescences, it looks very similar to ginger. It is distributed from Honshu (west of Kanto) to Kyushu, Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan. The stem is 50-100 cm tall and forms a panicle at the top. There is a thin rhizome underground. The leaves are alternate, 20-30 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, slightly glossy on the surface, and have fine hairs on the underside. They usually grow in clusters in the middle of the stem. However, in non-flowering individuals, the leaves are not clustered, and are somewhat alternate in two rows, similar to ginger. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pollia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…照葉樹林の林下に生えるツユクサ科の多年草(イラスト)。花序をつけていないときには外見がミョウガによく似ている。本州(関東以西)~九州,朝鮮,中国大陸,台湾に分布する。茎は高さ50~100cmで,上部は円錐花序となる。地下には細い根茎がある。葉は互生し,長さ20~30cm,幅3~6cm,表面はやや光沢があり葉裏に細毛がある。通常,茎の中ほどに集まってつく。ただし無花個体では葉は集まらず,やや2列互生状でミョウガに似る。…

※「Pollia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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