...It is rarely cultivated in Japan. This Chinese giant water log is a cultivated plant bred by the Chinese from a different species, white water log, also known as Inukuroguwai (E. dulcis Trinius), which is very similar to the Japanese water log found in China, India and Southeast Asia. The original white water log grows wild in Japan on the Kii Peninsula, Fukuoka Prefecture and Okinawa Island, but it is unclear whether it is native or was brought from the south by migratory birds or the like. *Some of the terminology that refers to "Inukurogwai" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…日本でもまれに栽培されている。この中国のオオクログワイは,中国,インド,東南アジアに見られる日本のクログワイに酷似した別種,シログワイ,別名イヌクログワイE.dulcis Triniusから中国人によって育種された栽培植物である。原種のシログワイは日本では紀伊半島,福岡県と沖縄本島にまれに自生しているが,在来のものか,渡り鳥などにより南方からもたらされたものかは不明である。… ※「イヌクログワイ」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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