闊葉樓梯草

English translation: Elatostema platyphylloides

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Chinese term or phrase:闊葉樓梯草
English translation:Elatostema platyphylloides
Entered by: Wenjer Leuschel (X)

13:19 Apr 28, 2007
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Chinese term or phrase: 闊葉樓梯草
I'm looking for the common (or best alternative) English name for this particular Taiwanese plant. Apparently the scientific name is Elatostema platyphylloides.
Geof Aberhart (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 01:31
Elatostema platyphylloides
Explanation:
http://plant.climb.com.tw/modules/mediawiki/index.php/闊葉樓梯草

An English common name is not to be found with Google.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-28 14:54:52 GMT)
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I am afraid that you wouldn't be able to find a common name in English for this plant. It is specifically found in Taiwan.
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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 01:31
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Thanks again
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4 +2Elatostema platyphylloides
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
3 +1FYI
pkchan


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Elatostema platyphylloides


Explanation:
http://plant.climb.com.tw/modules/mediawiki/index.php/闊葉樓梯草

An English common name is not to be found with Google.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-28 14:54:52 GMT)
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I am afraid that you wouldn't be able to find a common name in English for this plant. It is specifically found in Taiwan.

Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 01:31
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks again
Notes to answerer
Asker: So I discovered, much to my chagrin. Heck of a resource you linked to though, thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denyce Seow: Elatostema platyphylloides - seems to be the only name
53 mins
  -> Thanks. I tried to find out a common name, but this plant is only to be found in Taiwan and I don't think there is an English common name. Japanese common name is "Randai Mizu," though.

agree  peiling
2 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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FYI


Explanation:
FOC Vol. 5 Page 154 Login | eFloras Home | Help

FOC | Family List | FOC Vol. 5 | Urticaceae | Elatostema

104. Elatostema platyphyllum Weddell, Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 301. 1856.
宽叶楼梯草 kuan ye lou ti cao

Elatostema ebracteatum W. T. Wang; E. edule C. B. Robinson; E. platyphylloides B. L. Shih & Yuen P. Yang; E. platyphyllum var. polycephalum Hara.

Subshrubs dioecious, 100-150 cm tall, glabrous. Stems erect, branched. Leaves alternate; nanophylls absent; stipules lanceolate, 2-4 × 0.2-0.8 cm, with cystoliths; petiole 2-6 mm; leaf blade obliquely elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 14-25 × 6-10 cm, herbaceous, major basal lateral veins both arising at base of leaf blade or 1 arising above base, sometimes not extending beyond middle of leaf blade, cystoliths conspicuous or obscure, dense; base with broader half auriculate (auricle 1-1.4 cm), margin denticulate, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate. Male inflorescences solitary or in pairs, simple, 10-25 × 7-18 mm; peduncle 0.5-1 mm; receptacle nearly papilionaceous, 10-25 × 7-18 mm; bracts connate, narrowly ovate, obscure; bracteoles spatulate-oblong. Female inflorescences solitary, nearly oblong, 6-7 × 2-5 mm; peduncle ca. 5 mm; receptacle 6-7 × 2-5 mm; bracts narrowly ovate; bracteoles spatulate. Male flowers 4-merous. Fl. Mar-Oct.

Valley forests, shaded areas along streamsides; 700-1900 m. Hainan, S Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, S Japan, N India, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim].

















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Note added at 6小时 (2007-04-28 19:23:29 GMT)
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    Reference: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=2...
pkchan
United States
Local time: 13:31
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for all the information!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  tulip855: Agree. 宽叶楼梯草(药物手册)药物手册,宽叶楼梯草. ... 为荨麻科植物宽叶楼梯草的全草。 【功效】 清热解毒。 【主治】 用于痈肿疮疡、咽喉肿痛、肺痈、痢疾。 【性味归经】 苦,寒。 ... 原植物宽叶楼梯草Elatosfema platyphyllum wedd 【考证】 始载于东北林学院《植物研究室汇刊》。
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