Enmeichiku bamboo

Japanese: 延命竹 - えんめいちく
Enmeichiku bamboo

...The fruit is almost spherical, about 2.5 mm long, with thick ribs and somewhat woody. When ripe, it falls off and floats to the water surface and spreads. The underground stems are bamboo shoot-shaped in winter, and are sometimes cultivated in water basins and are known as long-lasting bamboo or mannen bamboo. The whole plant, especially the rhizomes, contains cicutoxin and a type of aldehyde, making it a well-known highly poisonous plant.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Enmei Bamboo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…果実はほぼ球形で,長さ約2.5mm,肋は太くてやや木化し,熟すと落ちて水面に浮いて散布する。地下茎は冬季にたけのこ形をしており,水盤に栽培して延命竹,万年竹などと呼んで観賞することもある。全草,特に根茎にシクトキシンcicutoxinや一種のアルデヒドなどを含み,有名な猛毒植物である。…

※「延命竹」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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