ヤブミョウガは茎葉がミョウガに似ていますが、真っ直ぐ伸びた茎先に着花。白い花が終わると緑色の果実になり、熟すと青紫色になります。
Pollia japonica has similar stems and leaves to Japanese ginger, but flowers are set on the straight stem tips. When the white flowers are finished, they become green fruits, and when they ripen, they become bluish purple.
【仮名】ヤブミョウガ
【和名】薮茗荷
【英名】Pollia Japonica
【学名】Pollia japonica
【誕生】08/ 05
【開花】06, 07, 08, 09月
【花色】White
ヤブミョウガ
ヤブミョウガの自生
ヤブミョウガはツユクサ科の多年草です。東アジアの中国から朝鮮半島、台湾、日本まで分布。日本では関東以西の暖地に分布し、林縁など湿気の多いところに自生しています。花は夏の季語、果実は秋の季語。花言葉は「報われない努力」「苦しみを和らげる」「謙譲の美徳」です。
ヤブミョウガの茎葉
ヤブミョウガの名前の由来は、茎葉がミョウガに似ているから。茎は直立して葉鞘に巻かれ、葉は長楕円形の互生です。葉の表面はザラザラしていて、そこがミョウガと違うところ。葉は開ききらない初夏の頃なら食べられます。若芽を採取し、塩茹でにしたり、炒め物や汁物などに。
ヤブミョウガの花
ヤブミョウガの花は１日花。真っ直ぐ伸びた茎先に、白い卵形の蕾が固まってつきます。花が咲くと、白い花弁が ３枚、萼が３枚、雄しべ が６本、雌しべ が１本。花は２種類あります。１つは白い雌しべが目立つ「両性花」。もう１つは黄色い葯の付いた雄しべが目立つ「雄花」です。
ヤブミョウガの果実
ヤブミョウガの果実は球形。若いうちは緑色ですが、熟すと濃い青紫色になります。果実は熟しても裂開せず、カラカラに乾燥。果実を割ると果皮がパリパリと砕けます。果実の中は果汁もなく、小さな種子が入っているだけ。この種子のほか、地下茎を伸ばしても増殖、群生します。
Pollia Japonica
Pollia japonica native
Pollia japonica is a perennial plant of the Commelina communis family. Distributed from China in East Asia to the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and Japan. In Japan, it is distributed in warm regions west of the Kanto region and grows naturally in humid places such as forest edges. Flowers are the summer season words, and fruits are the autumn season words. The flower language is “unrewarded effort,” “relieving suffering,” and “virtue of humility.”
Pollia japonica foliage
The origin of the name of pollia japonica is that the stems and leaves are similar to Japanese ginger. The stems are upright and wrapped around the leaf sheath, and the leaves are oblong alternate. The surface of the leaves is rough, which is different from Japanese ginger. The leaves can be eaten in early summer when they do not open completely. Collect young shoots and boil them in salt, or use them for stir-fry and soup.
Pollia japonica flower
The flower of Pollia japonica is a one-day flower. White egg-shaped buds stick to the straight stem tips. When the flowers bloom, he has three white petals, three calyxes, six stamens and one pistil. There are two types of flowers. One is the “amphoteric flower” where the white pistil stands out. The other is the “male flower” with stamens with yellow anthers.
Pollia japonica fruit
The fruits of Pollia japonica are spherical. It is green when young, but becomes deep bluish purple when ripe. The fruits do not dehiscence even when ripe and dry to dryness. When you break the fruit, the peel will crumble. There is no juice in the fruit, only small seeds. In addition to these seeds, even if the rhizome is extended, it will grow and grow in clusters.
