garland flower

Japanese: garland flower(英語表記)garlandflower
garland flower

…A perennial herb of the ginger family with fragrant white flowers (illustration). A pseudostem with overlapping petioles 1-2 m tall grows from a branched underground stem, and the leaves grow alternately in two rows. The leaf blade is oblong to oblong, hairy, and 30-60 cm long. The inflorescence grows from the apex of the stem and forms a raceme, surrounded by numerous green, boat-shaped bracts. The flower has a long tube of about 10 cm, broad linear tepals, and a large, conspicuous white lip that opens flat. It blooms year-round in the tropics and from summer to early autumn in Japan. It is thought to have originated somewhere from India to the Indochina Peninsula, but is now widely cultivated for cut flowers and as an ornamental plant. …

From 【Daphne daphne】

...All are shrubs, and the bast fibers of their bark are strong and are used in papermaking. Many also flower in early spring, such as the European native D. mezereum L. (English name: february Daphne) (illustration) and D. cneorum L. (English name: garland flower), and the Chinese and Taiwanese native D. genkwa Sieb.et Zucc. (English name: lilac Daphne), all of which are deciduous shrubs and are cultivated as garden trees. Some contain the toxic glycoside daphnin, but they are sometimes used for medicinal purposes. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…芳香のある白い花をつけるショウガ科の多年草(イラスト)。分枝した地下茎から高さ1~2mの葉柄のまき重なった偽茎を出し,葉を2列に互生する。葉身は長卵形~長楕円形で有毛,長さ30~60cm。花序は茎頂から出て総状の花序をなし,緑色舟形の多数の苞につつまれる。花は約10cm近い長い花筒部を有し,広線形の花被片と白色で目だつ大きな平開する唇弁を有している。熱帯では周年,日本では夏から初秋にかけて咲く。原産地はインドからインドシナ半島のどこかであろうが,現在は切花や観賞用に広く栽培されている。…

【ジンチョウゲ(沈丁花)】より

…すべて低木で,樹皮の靱皮繊維が強く,製紙などに利用される。また,春先に開花するものが多く,ヨーロッパ原産のヨウシュジンチョウゲD.mezereum L.(英名february Daphne)(イラスト)やD.cneorum L.(英名garland flower),中国・台湾原産のサツマフジD.genkwa Sieb.et Zucc.(英名lilac Daphne)などは,いずれも落葉低木で庭木として栽植される。有毒な配糖体のダフニンdaphninなどを含有するものもあるが,薬用とされることがある。…

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