Dipsacaceae

Japanese: Dipsacaceae
Dipsacaceae

...In Europe, it is considered a folk medicine, and its English name, scabious, is said to come from the fact that it cures scabies. The only other member of the Dipsacaceae family that grows wild in Japan is the Nabena, but there are eight genera and about 150 species in the world. It is mainly distributed in the temperate zone of Eurasia, but is also known to grow in some tropical highlands and in Africa.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なおヨーロッパでは民間薬とされ,その英名scabiousは疥癬(かいせん)scabiesを治すところからきたといわれる。 マツムシソウ科Dipsacaceaeは日本にはほかにナベナが自生するだけだが,世界に8属約150種ある。おもにユーラシア大陸の温帯に分布するが,一部熱帯の高地やアフリカからも知られている。…

※「Dipsacaceae」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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