Mitsuba
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Mitsuba , a Japanese common name 三 つ 葉 , which literally means “three-leaf”, is a Japanese herb . Cryptotaenia japonica is a species of the genus Cryptotaenia within the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae).
description
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Foliage leaves and inflorescences are very variable.
Vegetative characteristics
In Cryptotaenia japonica is more or less bare, perennial herbaceous plants , the stature heights of 20 to 100 centimeters reach. The long-stalked leaves are in three parts, the leaflets are rhombic to broadly oval. the leaf margin is double serrated.
Generative characteristics
The flowering time is in early summer . The tiny flowers stand together in loose, double-gold inflorescences . The umbels, i.e. the second-order umbels, have few flowers . The stems of the flowers are of unequal length, which blurs the strictly geometrical structure of the inflorescence, as can be easily recognized in most other umbelliferae. Bracts are missing or only one is present. There are one to three husk leaves under each umbel. The petals are white.
Occurrence
Cryptotaenia japonica is found wild in Japan , Korea and China . It grows there in damp, shady places in forests or in ditches, especially in mountain regions.
Mitsuba is widely cultivated in Japan.
Systematics
The first publication of Cryptotaenia japonica was done by Justus Carl Hasskarl .
The delimitation of the approximately five species in the genus Cryptotaenia is very difficult. Cryptotaenia japonica was therefore earlier also known as the subspecies Cryptotaenia canadensis subsp. japonica or variety Cryptotaenia canadensis var. japonica (Hassk.) Makino of the North American species Cryptotaenia canadensis .
use
In Japan , fresh Mitsuba leaves and stems are used to make e.g. B. To season soups, but also other different dishes. Mitsuba can be rolled up in sushi rolls or fried with vegetables ( tempura ). In no case will the leaves and stems be boiled for a long time.
The Mitsuba leaves, which are widespread in Japan, are not yet available in Germany, but efforts have been made since 2000 to make various Japanese vegetables that thrive in Germany more palatable to German vegetable farmers . Mitsuba is one of them. Seeds for growing are available from specialist garden shops.
Mitsuba is also used as a medicinal plant in East Asia.
Sources and further information
literature
- Hayashi Yasaka: Nihon no Yasō ( 日本 の 野草 ). Yama to Keikoku Sha, Tokyo 1983, ISBN 4-635-09016-7
- Pan Zehui (潘泽惠), Mark F. Watson: Cryptotaenia. : Cryptotaenia japonica , p. 80 - the same text online as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi & Peter H. Raven (Eds.): Flora of China , Volume 14 - Apiaceae through Ericaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2005. ISBN 1-930723-41-5 . (Sections Description and Systematics)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Pan Zehui (潘泽惠), Mark F. Watson: Cryptotaenia. : Cryptotaenia japonica , p. 80 - the same text online as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi & Peter H. Raven (eds.): Flora of China , Volume 14 - Apiaceae through Ericaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2005. ISBN 1-930723-41-5 .
Web links
- Cryptotaenia japonica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.