Taxon: Eutrema japonica (Miq.) Koidz.

• the 6 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Japanese-horseradish   (Source: Econ Bot 28:119.1974 [as Wasabia japonica]) – English
  
• japanischer Meerrettich   (Source: Zander Ency [as Wasabia japonica]) – German
  
• wasabi   (Source: Econ Bot 28:119.1974 [as Wasabia japonica]) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• gochunaengi   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:98. [as Wasabia japonica]) – Transcribed Korean
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Econ Bot 28:119. 1974; 47:113. 1993, as Wasabia japonica)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Wasabia japonica; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Wasabia japonica)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Sakhalin
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan

References:

• Al-Shehbaz, I. A. & S. I. Warwick. 2005. A synopsis of Eutrema (Brassicaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 10:129–135.
• Chadwick, C. I. et al. 1993. The botany, uses and production of Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum. (Cruciferae). Econ. Bot. 47:114. [= Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum.].
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). [= Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum.].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [= Eutrema wasabi Maxim.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Eutrema japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Eutrema japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Eutrema japonica.

Synonyms:

• (=) "Cochlearia wasabi Siebold, nom. nud."
  
• (=) Eutrema koreana auct. nonn.
  
• (=) Eutrema wasabi Maxim.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (≡) Lunaria japonica Miq. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (≡) Wasabia pungens Matsum.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Wasabia wasabi (Maxim.) Makino
  

Check other web resources for Eutrema japonica (Miq.) Koidz.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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

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