Plants

GENJIPEDIA

Plants are also listed in the Tale using both English and Japanese names, so two different columns have been provided to best help you find information on the plant you're looking for.

There are plants that flower in the spring or summer, but if they are referred to in the text by their flower properties they are under the "Flower" tab.

Alphabetical by Japanese Name

Chigaya
ENG: Cogon Grass

Other Names: Asaji
Kana: チガヤ, アサジ
Kanji: N/A

chouji
eng: clove

Kana: チョウジ
Kanji: 丁子
Other Notes: Used to make a buff dye (pale yellow brown)

Futaba aoi
eng: asarum

Other Names: Aoi
Kana: フタバアオイ, アオイ
Kanji: 二葉葵
Other Notes: Sacred to Kamo Shrine, translated as Heart to Heart due to Kobun spelling "afuhi"

hozuki
eng: Chinese lantern plant

Kana: ホオズキ
Kanji: 酸漿

houkigi
eng: broom tree

Other Names: Hahakigi (archaic), Kokia
Kana: ホウキギ, ハハキギ (archaic),コキア
Kanji: N/A

injigo
eng: indigo

Kana: インジゴ
Kanji: N/A
Other Notes: Used to make a blue dye

karukaya
eng: kangaroo grass

Kana: カルカヤ
Kanji: 刈萱

kodani
eng: kodani*

Kana: コダニ
Kanji: N/A
Other Notes: unidentified vine, remains green well into Autumn
*There is no English name for this plant

kuzu
eng: kudzu vine

Kana: クズ
Kanji: 葛

mikuri
eng: branched burr-weed

Kana: ミクリ
Kanji: 実栗

miru
eng: green sea fingers

Other Names: Umimatsu, Stag Seaweed
Kana: ミル,ウミマツ
Kanji: 海松
Other Notes: Referring to a girls' hair as seaweed-like was praise

nagame
eng: konbu*

Kana: ナガメ
Kanji: N/A
Other Notes: Exact species unknow
*A guess

ninniku
eng: garlic

Kana: ニンニク
Kanji: 大蒜

ogi
eng: amur silvergrass

Kana: オギ
Kanji: 荻

sasa
eng: broad-leaf bamboo

Kana: ササ
Kanji: 笹

sawarabi
eng: bracken shoots

Kana: サワラビ
Kanji: 早蕨

shinobu
eng: squirrel's foot fern

Kana: シノブ
Kanji: 忍
Notes: also called "grasses of remembering"

susuki
eng: maiden grass

Kana: ススキ
Kanji: 薄
Other Notes: Also called Chinese Silver Grass or Plume Grass

tokoro
eng: wild yam

Kana: トコロ
Kanji: 野老

tsukushi
eng: horsetail

Kana: ツクシ
Kanji: 土筆

yabukouji
eng: spearflower

Kana: ヤブコウジ
Kanji:藪柑子
Other Notes: Known for its bright red berries

yadorigi
eng: ivy

Kana: ヤドリギ
Kanji: N/A

yamaai
eng: mercurialis

Kana: ヤマアイ
Kanji: 山藍
Other Notes: Used to make a green dye

yomogi
eng: mugwort

Kana: ヨモギ
Kanji: N/A
Other Notes: Weeds

Alphabetical by English Name

amur silvergrass
jp: ogi

Kana: オギ
Kanji: 荻

asarum
JP: Futaba aoi

Other Names: Aoi
Kana: フタバアオイ, アオイ
Kanji: 二葉葵
Other Notes: Sacred to Kamo Shrine, translated as Heart to Heart due to Kobun spelling "afuhi"