Scientific name: Farfugium Japonicum 'giganteum'
Date collected: April 18, 2011
Location collected: on the campus of UCLA in the Mathias Botanical Gardens
Habitat: rocky slopes by the sea
Nativity: Farfugium Japonicum is not native to California, it is ASIA-TEMPERATE:
-China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan
-Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan
Special Notes: In Japan, the stems are boiled with soy sauce and served as a side dish; known as Kyarabuki.
Resource(s):
-http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?446933
-http://www.freebase.com/view/en/farfugium_japonicum
-http://homepage3.nifty.com/plantsandjapan/page042.html
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