Alnus sieboldiana
| Alnus sieboldiana | |
|---|---|
| Alnus sieboldiana catkins | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Alnus |
| Species: | A. sieboldiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Alnus sieboldiana Matsum. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alnus sieboldiana (オオバヤシャブシ in Japanese) is an alder species found on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Suwanosejima in Japan.
A. sieboldiana contains the ellagitannins alnusiin, tellimagrandin I, pedunculagin, casuarinin, casuariin and 2,3-O-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-D-glucose.
The Latin specific epithet sieboldiana refers to German physician and botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866).