| Accepted name: |
Iris ensata Thunb. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Iris kaempferi Sieb. ex Lem.
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| English names: |
Kaempfer's Iris
Japanese Iris
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| French names: |
Iris du Japon
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HIRIEN
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In China, Japan and Kashmir cultivated for the leaves which are a useful fodder, the dried leaves are used as twining material and for basketry, and the flowers and seeds medicinally as astringens. In gardens grown as ornamental perennial(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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