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botanical illustration of Japanese Cryptotaenia, Cryptotaenia japonica

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Japanese Cryptotaenia

Cryptotaenia japonica

Japanese Cryptotaenia · Japanese Honewort · Mitsuba · Ya Er Qin · Stone Parsley · East Asian wildparsley · Japanese cryptotaenia · Japanese honewort · japaninyrttiputki · mitsuba · petržlenovka japonská · ya er qin · Скрытница японская · ミツバ · 鴨兒芹 · 반듸나물, 파드득나물 · 파드득나물

At a glance

Origin / distribution: TW

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: ALANINE, PHENYLALANINE, ARGININE, ASPARTIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Apiaceae

Scientific name: Cryptotaenia japonica

Common names: Japanese Cryptotaenia, Japanese Honewort, Mitsuba, Ya Er Qin, Stone Parsley, East Asian wildparsley, Japanese cryptotaenia, Japanese honewort, japaninyrttiputki, mitsuba, petržlenovka japonská, ya er qin, Скрытница японская, ミツバ, 鴨兒芹, 반듸나물, 파드득나물, 파드득나물

POWO: 840846-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in TW.

Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • TW

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Cryptotaenia japonica extract attenuates glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy via regulation of the AKT/mTOR-FOXO/E3 ubiquitin ligase axis. · 2026 source ↗
  • <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>crypti</i>, a novel forma specialis causing Fusarium wilt of mitsuba, <i>Cryptotaenia japonica</i>. · 2026 source ↗
  • The high-quality genome of Cryptotaenia japonica and comparative genomics analysis reveals anthocyanin biosynthesis in Apiaceae. · 2024 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ALANINE
  • PHENYLALANINE
  • ARGININE
  • ASPARTIC-ACID
  • CYSTINE
  • D-GLUCOSE
  • GLUTAMIC-ACID
  • GLUTAMINE
  • GLYCINE
  • HISTIDINE
  • LEUCINE
  • ISOLEUCINE
  • LINOLEIC-ACID
  • LYSINE
  • METHIONINE
  • PALMITIC-ACID
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  • DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE
  • DIISOOCTYLPHTHALATE
  • SERINE
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • STIGMASTEROL
  • THREONINE
  • TYROSINE
  • VALINE

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Cryptotaenia japonica
Cryptotaenia japonica · No machine-readable author provided. Mbc assumed (based on copyright claims).

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

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