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Japanese: タイマ(大麻) - タイマ

An annual plant of the Cannabaceae family. Native to Central Asia. It grows 1-3m tall in temperate regions and 6m tall in tropical regions. The stems are square and erect, with palmate compound leaves consisting of 3-9 leaflets. The flowers are dioecious and wind-pollinated in summer, with male flowers in racemes and female flowers in spikes on the veins near the ends of the branches. The seeds are about 3mm in size, slightly flattened, spherical, gray-brown to black, and hard. It is sown in spring and the stems harvested in summer. The stems are moistened with water to ferment, and then peeled to extract fiber. The fiber is used for textiles, mosquito nets, ropes, and fishing nets, and the peeled stems are called ogara, and are used to light welcoming and sending-off fires during Obon, and as chopsticks to be added to offerings. The seeds are used as a seasoning, and the oil is used for soap and paint. Drugs such as marijuana are also extracted from the inflorescences and leaves of the Indian thaim. Although it is often classified as part of the Moraceae family, it is classified as part of the Cannabaceae family because the stipules are not fused together and the seeds have endosperm, and is therefore distinguished from the Moraceae family. → Cannabis poisoning / Cannabis Control Act → Related topics Cannabis (hemp) | Hallucinogenic drugs | Plant fiber | Fiber crops | Narcotics

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Japanese:

アサ科の一年草。中央アジア原産。高さは温帯では１〜3m，熱帯では6mに達する。茎は方形で直立，３〜９枚の小葉からなる掌状の複葉をつける。花は夏につく雌雄異株の風媒花で，雄花は総状，雌花は枝の先端に近い葉脈に穂状につく。種実は3mmほどのやや扁平な球形，灰褐色から黒色でかたい。春に播いて夏に茎を収穫。茎に水湿を与えて発酵させたのち剥皮(はくひ)して繊維をとる。繊維は織物，蚊帳(かや)，ロープ，漁網に用い，皮をはいだ茎は苧殻(おがら)と呼ばれ，お盆の際に迎え火・送り火をたいたり，供え物に添える箸とされる。種実は調味料のほか，その油をセッケン，ペイント等に用いる。またインドタイマの花房や葉からはマリファナmarihuanaなどの麻薬をとる。しばしばクワ科に所属させられるが，托葉が相互に合着しない，種子に胚乳がある等の理由でアサ科としてまとめられ，クワ科からは区別される。→大麻中毒／大麻取締法
→関連項目アサ（麻）｜幻覚薬｜植物繊維｜繊維作物｜麻薬

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