オオケタデは「庭の扉の上からキスをして」という長い英名があります。深紅の花穂を揺らし、あたかも逢瀬を待っているように見えるから。
They have a long English name that means “kiss me over the garden gate”. The reason for this is that the crimson flowers sway and look as if they are waiting for a meeting.
【仮名】オオケタデ
【和名】大毛蓼
【英名】Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
【学名】Persicaria orientalis
【誕生】08/ 17, 09/ 07, 10/ 19
【開花】06, 07, 08, 09, 10月
【花色】Pink, Red
オオケタデ
オオケタデの生態
オオケタデはタデ科の一年草です。原産地はアジア南東部の熱帯～亜熱帯地域で、インド、マレーシア、インドネシア、フィリピン、中国、台湾、朝鮮半島などに分布。日本へは江戸時代に観賞用で渡来し、野生化しました。北海道から沖縄まで日当たりがよく、湿ったところで自生。
オオケタデの和名
オオケタデの和名の由来はイヌタデ属の中で草丈が大きく、全体に細かい毛が密生しているからです。花の紅色が濃いものは別名で「大紅蓼」「紅花大毛蓼」とも。ラテン語の属名は「桃の」で葉の形が似ていることを、種名は「東方の」で欧州から見た原産地の方角を表しています。
オオケタデの英名
オオケタデは「庭の扉の上からキスをして」という長い英名があります。庭に植えられた大毛蓼が、閉められた扉の上から深紅の花穂を揺らし、あたかも逢瀬を待っているように見えるから。さらに風に揺れる花穂の様子から「お姫様の羽根」「王子様の羽根」という英名もあります。
オオケタデの形態
オオケタデの葉は互生です。幅広の卵形で先が尖り、表も裏も短毛が密生。茎は分枝し、先端で稲穂のように小さな花々を咲かせます。花は萼片が５枚、雄しべが真ん中に２本、周りに５本、雌しべの花柱が２裂。花穂は下から順に咲き進んで垂れ下がります。花後は黒褐色の痩果に。
オオケタデの利用
オオケタデは変異しやすく、観賞用には茎葉の毛が短く、花穂が長く、花色の濃い系統が栽培されています。かつては毒虫や毒蛇の解毒、漆かぶれの緩和などに柔らかい生葉を揉み、その汁を患部に塗布。花言葉は「雄弁」「思いやり」「汚れない心」「申し分のない愛らしさ」です。
Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
Ecology of Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
They are an annual plant of the Polygonaceae family. It is native to the tropical and subtropical regions of southeastern Asia, and is distributed in India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, and the Korean Peninsula. It was introduced to Japan during the Edo period as an ornamental and became wild. It grows naturally in sunny and damp places from Hokkaido to Okinawa.
Japanese name of Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
The origin of their Japanese name: Big Hairy Persicaria is that the plant is taller than other species of the genus Persicaria, and the entire plant is densely covered with fine hairs. The deep crimson flowers are also known as ‘Crimson Hairy Persicaria’. The Latin genus name is “Peach”, which means that the leaves are similar in shape, and the species name is “Eastern”, which means the direction of the place of origin as seen from Europe.
English name of Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
They have a long English name that means “kiss me over the garden gate”. That’s because they are planted in the garden, and the crimson flowers sway above the closed door, making them look as if they are waiting for a meeting. In addition, there are English names such as “princess’s feather” and “prince’s feather” because of the appearance of the flower heads swaying in the wind.
Morphology of Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
The leaves of Them are alternate. It has a broad oval shape with a pointed tip, and the front and back are densely covered with short hairs. The stem is branched, and at the tip it blooms small flowers like ears of rice. The flower has 5 sepals, 2 stamens in the middle and 5 around them, and 2 cleft pistils. The flower spikes bloom in order from the bottom and hang down. After flowering, it becomes dark brown achene.
Use of Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
They are easy to mutate, and for ornamental purposes, strains with short foliage, long flower spikes, and dark flower colors are cultivated. In the past, it was used to detoxify poisonous insects and poisonous snakes, and to alleviate lacquer rashes. The soft fresh leaves were rubbed and the juice was applied to the affected area. The language of flowers is “eloquence”, “compassion”, “pure heart” and “perfect loveliness”.
