Alpine bearberry

Japanese: Alpine bearberry（英語表記）Alpinebearberry

...It is distributed from central Honshu northwards, Hokkaido, Sakhalin, the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, and Kamchatka. The basic variety, A. alpina (L.) Spreng. (English name Alpine bearberry), is distributed in the cold zone of the Northern Hemisphere, and has small leaves and flowers. Another species of the same genus, A. uva - ursi (L.) Spreng. (English name bearberry) (illustration), is an evergreen small shrub distributed in the circumpolar regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and its leaves contain the glycoside arbutin and tannins, and the dried leaves are used as an antiseptic, astringent, and diuretic, and in some places as a substitute for tea. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Alpine bearberry" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…本州中部以北，北海道，サハリン，朝鮮半島北部，カムチャツカに分布する。　基本変種のA.alpina (L.) Spreng.(英名Alpine bearberry)は北半球の寒帯に分布し，葉や花が小さい。同属の別種ウワウルシ(一名クマコケモモ)A.uva‐ursi (L.) Spreng.(英名bearberry)（イラスト）は北半球の周極地方に分布する常緑小低木で，葉に配糖体アルブチンarbutin，タンニンなどを含み，乾かした葉を防腐収れん薬や利尿薬として用いるし，茶の代用にしている所もある。…

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