Ikema

Japanese: 生馬 - いけま

〘Noun〙 (ikema) A perennial climbing plant of the Asclepiadaceae family. It grows in mountainous regions throughout Japan. The roots are large and spindle-shaped. The leaves are heart-shaped, 5-15cm long and 4-10cm wide, with pointed tips, long stalks, and grow in pairs. In summer, stalks slightly longer than the petioles emerge from the leaf axils , and many small white flowers grow at the top in a scattered pattern. The fruit is a slender pod, 8-10cm long and 1cm wide, with many white pappus hairs at one end of the seeds, which are dispersed by this. The roots contain a type of alkaloid that causes brain spasms , and is used as a diuretic in traditional Chinese medicine. The Chinese name is "gyūhi jiǔ". [Butsurui Hinzoku (1763)]

Iki-uma [live horse]

〘 noun 〙 A live horse. A horse that is alive and healthy. ※Kobun Shinpo Shounsho (1525) 2 "Without even a bridle, I will ride a live horse tightly."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (ikema) ガガイモ科のつる性多年草。各地の山地に生える。根は紡錘形で大きい。葉は長さ五～一五センチメートル、幅四～一〇センチメートルの心臓形で先がとがり、長い柄をもち、対生する。夏、葉腋(ようえき)から葉柄よりもやや長い柄を出し、その頂に白色の細かい花を多数散形状につける。果実は長さ八～一〇センチメートル、幅一センチメートルと細長いさやで、種子の一端に多数の白い冠毛があり、これで飛散する。根に脳痙攣(けいれん)を起こす一種のアルカロイドを含み、漢方では利尿薬とする。漢名には「牛皮消」を用いる。〔物類品隲（1763）〕