Udonoki - Udonoki

Japanese: ウドノキ - うどのき
Udonoki - Udonoki
A genus of about 60 species in the family L. indica (Burmit.) Merr., distributed in the Old World tropics. Common in forest edges and riverside wetlands. Herbaceous shrubs with simple or large compound leaves resembling L. indica pinnately divided into two or three times, sometimes growing to over 5 m in height, with well-developed pith in the stems. The leaves at the top of the stems bear small, small, yellow-green, yellow or red flowers in corymbs, arranged opposite each other. The fruit is a globular berry sometimes over 1 cm in diameter, containing a large seed. Like L. indica (Burmit.) Merr., the young shoots and fleshy fruits are sometimes eaten, but it is cultivated in greenhouses primarily for the leaves, colored inflorescences and fruit.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
旧世界熱帯域に約60種が分布するウドノキ科の属(イラスト)。林縁や川岸の湿地に多い。 単葉あるいは2~3回羽状分裂のウドに似た大きな複葉を有する草本状の低木,時には高さ5mをこえるが,茎には髄が発達する。茎頂部の葉に対生して多数の花が散房状に集まった花序をつけるが,花は小さく黄緑色,黄色あるいは赤色。実は時には直径1cmをこえる球形で大きな種子を入れた液果である。 オオウドノキL.indica (Burmit.) Merr.のように若芽や多肉質の果実を食べることもあるが,もっぱら葉や色づいた花序や実を観賞するため温室で栽植される。

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