Taxon: Aspidistra elatior Blume

Common names:

• ba-ran   (Source: F JapanOhwi )
  
• barroom-plant   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• cast-iron-plant   (Source: Websters Dict )
  
• ha-ran   (Source: F JapanOhwi )
  
• Schusterpalme   (Source: Zander ed14 as Aspidistra)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aspidistra elatior.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aspidistra elatior. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Aspidistra elatior Blume:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Ctrl P to print