Weasel Bean - Weasel Bean

Japanese: イタチササゲ - いたちささげ
Weasel Bean - Weasel Bean

A perennial plant of the legume family (APG classification: Fabaceae). The leaves are even-pinnate compound with branched tendrils at the tip and large stipules at the base. There are 4-8 leaflets, elliptical or oval, with whitish-green undersides. Flowers appear in July-August in racemes in the leaf axils, with 10-30 flowers that start out yellowish-white and later turn yellowish-brown. The name was given because the color resembles the coat of a weasel and the legumes resemble cowpeas. It grows in grasslands and forest edges in the mountains and fields of Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu, and is also distributed in Korea, China, and Ussuri.

[Yoichi Tateishi October 18, 2019]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

マメ科(APG分類:マメ科)の多年草。葉は偶数羽状複葉で先端は分枝した巻きひげとなり、基部には大形の托葉(たくよう)がある。小葉は4~8枚で楕円(だえん)形ないし卵形、裏面は白緑色。花は7~8月、葉腋(ようえき)の総状花序に10~30個つき、黄白色でのちに黄褐色に変わる。名は、この色がイタチの毛色に、また豆果がササゲに似るのでつけられたという。北海道、本州、九州の山野の草原や林縁に生え、朝鮮、中国、ウスリーにも分布する。

[立石庸一 2019年10月18日]

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