...To make it bloom around Christmas or New Year, the rootstock is refrigerated in late autumn and then heated to 30°C in a greenhouse. In Europe, this flower bouquet is used to celebrate May Day, hence the English name May lily. The whole plant contains three types of glycosides, convallamarin, convallarin, and convallatoxin, which are toxic, but these compounds are also used medicinally. *Some of the terminology that mentions "May lily" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…クリスマスや正月のころ開花させるには,根株を晩秋に冷蔵しておき,温室で30℃に加温する。ヨーロッパでは五月祭をこの花束で祝うため,May lilyの英名もある。全草にコンバラマリンconvallamarin,コンバラリンconvallarin,コンバラトキシンconvallatoxinという3種類の配糖体を含み有毒であるが,またこれらの成分は薬用にも利用される。… ※「May lily」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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