Plants in Autumn . . . SAIJIKI

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Plants in Autumn

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation


Many plants have their main entry in a different season and when mentioned in autumn, this has to be added explicitly

plants in autumn

Please check the entries carefully!

In Autumn, we have trees, red leaves and flowers,
berries, fruit, mushrooms and many more.

Flowers have an extra entry.
. Flowers in Autumn



LIST of the Plants in our WKD database

PLANTS - in all AUTUMN kigo



kusa くさ【草】
this word is used for all kinds of grass, weeds, herbs, wild plants, wild flowers and such.
I use "plant" as a general translation.


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Kigo for early autumn

kusa no ka 草の香 (くさのか) fragrance of plants
(and flowers)

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daimonjisoo 大文字草 (だいもんじそう)
Saxifraga fortunei var.incisolobata
lit. "plant like the character DAI 大 "
It grows on high mountains, close to the summer snow line.


jakoosoo 麝香草 じゃこうそう wild thyme
..... reishikoo 鈴子香（れいしこう）
lit. "moshus plant"
Chelonopsis moschata. wilder Thymian



matsumushisoo, matsumushi soo 松虫草 (まつむしそう)
"pine beetle plant" , teasel family
..... rinboogiku 輪鋒菊（りんぽうぎく）
Scabiosa japonica. biennial herb
Flowers come in various colors. It grows in sunny places of high mountain slopes. It brings the feeling of early autumn to the world way below it.



mehajiki めはじき Chinese motherwort
yakumosoo 益母草（やくもそう）
Leonurus japonicus Houtt
Women used to play with a leaf, putting it on the eyelids pretending to sleep and then snip it off when "waking up". It is also used as a medicine before and after giving birth.



nezumi no o 鼠の尾 (ねずみのお) "rat tail"
Sporobolus fertilis



numerigusa ぬめり草 (ぬめりぐさ) "slimy plant"
It grows in wetlands. When you rub the leaves, they become slimy.



onamomi 葈耳 (おなもみ) Xanthium strumarium
Gewöhnliche Spitzklette


tentsukugusa 点突草 (てんつきそう) forked fimbry
..... tentsuki てんつき
Fimbristylis dichotoma


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Kigo for mid-autumn


kusa no ho 草の穂 (くさのほ) ears of plants and grasses
..... hogusa 穂草（ほぐさ)
kusa no wata 草の絮（くさのわた）fluffs of plants
kusanoho wata 草野穂絮（くさのほわた） fluffs of wild plants


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hoshikusa, hoshi kusa 星草 (ほしくさ) "star plant"
..... mizutamasoo 水玉草（みずたまそう）
shiratamakusa 白玉草（しらたまくさ）
Circaea mollis



iwarenge, iwa renge 岩蓮華 (いわれんげ) horse leek
Orostachys iwarenge
Grows mostly in Kyushu. It used to grow on the thatched roofs of old farmhouses.




kurara くらら Sophora flavescens
medical plant. For treatment of viral hepatitis, cancer, viral myocarditis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and skin diseases (colpitis, psoriasis and eczema).




nunamomi 豨薟 (めなもみ) Siegesbeckia pubescens
nunamomisoo 気連草（めなもみそう）Kiren
mochinamomi もちなもみ




oobako 車前子 (おおばこ) Chinese Plantain, Arnoglossa
..... onbako おんばこ
Plantago asiatica 大葉子




taukogi 田五加 (たうこぎ) threelobed beggartricks
Trifid Bur Marigold
shiramigusa, shirami gusa 虱草（しらみぐさ）
uohasoo 狼把草（ろうはそう）
Bidens tripartita. Dreiteiliger Zweizahn



torikabuto 鳥兜 (とりかぶと) aconite
..... 鳥頭（とりかぶと）
..... kabutogiku 兜菊（かぶとぎく）
kabutobana 兜花（かぶとばな） "helmet flower"
Aconitum chinense
Sturmhut; Schierling


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Kigo for late autumn




kusamomiji, kusa momiji 草紅葉 (くさもみじ)
red and colorful leaves of wild plants
..... kusa no momiji 草の紅葉（くさのもみじ）
kusa no nishiki 草の錦（くさのにしき）"brocade of wild plants"
irozuku kusa 色づく草（いろづくくさ） plants getting colorful


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atsukeshisoo 厚岸草 (あつけしそう) Salicornia europaea
..... yashi sango 谷地珊瑚（やちさんご）
..... hamasugi 浜杉（はますぎ）
sangosoo 珊瑚草（さんごそう） "coral plant"
Samphire
. . . CLICK here for Photos !


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gamazumi no mi 莢蒾の実 (がまずみのみ) fruit of viburnum
Viburnum dilatatum Thunb. Japanischer Schneeball



kuchinashi no mi 梔子の実 (くちなしのみ) gardenia fruit
..... kuchinashi no mi 山梔子の実（くちなしのみ）
Gardenia jasminoides



misebaya 見せばや（みせばや）October Daphne
..... tamanoo, tama no o たまのお (玉の緒)
Sedum sieboldii, Hylotelephium sieboldii
It is planted in the garden or enjoyed as a bonsai.
. . . CLICK here for Photos !





omoto no mi 万年青の実 (おもとのみ) omoto berry
Rohdea japonica. a kind of evergreen
omoto 万年青 Japanese sacred lily
lit. "ten thousand years green" was an auspicious plant, considered a good gift with a wish for many generations to prosper.


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Kigo for all autumn



akikusa 秋草 (あきくさ) autumn plants
aki no kusa 秋の草（あきのくさ）plants in autumn
chigusa 千草（ちぐさ）"a thousand plants"
various plants and flowers in the garden
yachigusa 八千草（やちぐさ）"eight thousand plants"
irokusa, iro kusa 色草（いろくさ） "colorful plants"


kusa no hana 草の花 (くさのはな) flowers of plants
wildflowers, wild flowers
chigusa no hana 千草の花（ちぐさのはな）flowers of a thousand plants
momokusa no hana 百草の花（ももくさのはな）flowers of a hundred plants
kusabana 草花（くさばな）flowering plant
kusabana uri 草花売（くさばなうり） vendor of flowering plants


kusa no mi 草の実 (くさのみ) seeds of plants
kusa no mi tobu 草の実飛ぶ（くさのみとぶ） seeds of plants are flowing around



. Seven Herbs and Flowers of Autumn
(aki no nanakusa 秋の七草) 　
..... aki nanakusa 秋七草（あきななくさ）
aki no nagusa 秋の名草（あきのなぐさ）famous plants of autumn
("plants with a name")



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inokozuchi 牛膝 いのこずち Inokuzuchi, Enokozuchi
fushidaka ふしだか
komanohiza, koma no hiza こまのひざ "knee of a horse"
Achyranthes bidentata var. japonica
lit. "knee of a cow", because it grows to about this hight.



matatabi 木天蓼 (またたび) silvervine
Valeriana officinalis / Actinidia polygama
Baldrian, Katzeminze



sumoogusa 相撲草 (すもうぐさ) "sumo plant"wire-grass
..... sumoogusa 角力草（すもうぐさ）/ sumaigusa, tail grass
sumootorigusa 相撲取草（すもうとりぐさ）Sumotorigusa. sumo wrestling plant
chikaragusa 力草（ちからぐさ）"power plant"
..... mehijiwa, me hijiwa めひじわ Digitaria adscendens
雌日芝 （めひしば）
..... ohijiwa, o hijiba おひじわ Eleusine indica
Children hook the small stems together and pull for a winner, hence the name.
ohishiba 雄日芝: Eleusine indica
another plant is chikarashiba チカラシバ
Pennisetum alopecuroides


as a plant name of the viola family 相撲草 is
Viola mandshurica
as a plant name of the oguruma family 相撲草 is
Inula britannica var. chinensis





yabujirami 藪虱 (やぶじらみ) hedge parsley
kusajirami 草虱（くさじらみ）"plant louse"
Torilis japonica
lit. "louse of the underbush" .
shirami 虱 louse, lice
. . . . . but
yabujirami no hana 藪虱の花 (やぶじらみのはな)
flowers of hedge parsley
kigo for late summer


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MORE


. Flowers in Autumn


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道ほそし相撲取り草の花の露
michi hososhi sumotorigusa no hana no tsuyu

this narrow road -
dew on the flowers
of wire grass

Matsuo Basho, 1694


a narrow path,
wire grass blossoms
filled with dew
Tr. Barnhill


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Autumn - - - PLANTS
Introduction to this saijiki
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

Autumn - The complete SAIJIKI
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

Autumn flowers ... LIST
touch-me-not (hoosenka), marvel-of-Peru (oshiroibana). "ox knees" (inokozuchi). commelina (tsuyukusa)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2010/08/autumn-flowers.html

B . . . Autumn - - - - - vegetable SAIJIKI . herbs and spices
a SAIJIKI of its own ... to check for more kigo
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

acebia (akebi), akeby fruit (akebi no mi)
Akebia quinata and other acebia types
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/acebia-akebi.html

acorn (donguri)
Eichel
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/05/berry-berries.html

angelica tree flowers (tara no hana)
more Aralia elata kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/buds-of-trees.html

apple (ringo)
Malus pumila
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/01/apple-ringo-05.html

aronia in autumn (shuukaidoo)
Malus halliana. Zierapfelbaum
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/03/plants-in-spring-saijiki.html

asters of all kinds
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/nogiku.html

autumn plants (akikusa, aki no kusa) / various plants and flowers in the garden
chigusa, yachigusa, irokusa ...
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html


bamboo spring (take no haru). bamboo fruit (take no mi)
more BAMBOO information
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/04/baby-suit.html w

banana plant leaves (bashoo)
Musa paradisiaca. plantain. Bananenstaude
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/skunk-cabbage-mizu-bashoo.html

beans in autumn (daizu, azuki and more)
soy beans, azuki beans, black beans, green beans, peanuts
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/04/beans-in-autumn.html

begonia in autumn, two-colored begonia
Begonia evansiana. (shuukaidoo,shuudoo) hardy begonia
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/02/begonia-shuukaidoo.html

berry, berries and nuts (konomi)
a KIGO list. blueberry, elderberry, mistletoe, mountain ash, rosehip, tonburi . . .
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/05/berry-berries.html

bilberry, Preiselbeere (kokemomo)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/06/fujisan-specialities.html

bottle gourd (the fruit) yuugao no mi
Lagenaria siceraria. more bottle gourd kigo
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/morning-glory-asagao.html w

buckwheat blossoms (soba no hana)
more BUCKWHEAT kigo. "buckwheat in the ditch", Polygonum thunbergii
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/02/buckwheat-soba.html

bud, buds in autumn (aki no me)
sprouts in autumn (akime)
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/buds-of-trees.html

bushclover, bush clover (hagi)
Lespedeza fam.
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-clover-hagi.html


calabash fruit (hyon no mi)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda. Flaschenkuerbis; Kalebasse
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2008/06/gourd-hyootan.html

camellia fruit (tsubaki no mi)
The oil is used for cooking in Oshima island.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/camellia-tsubaki.html

canna, Kanna, canna lily (kanna)
Canna generalis
http://databaseworldkigo.blogspot.com/2008/01/canna-lily.html

chestnut, sweet chestnut (kuri)
Castanea sativa. and horse chestnut (tochi)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/chestnut-kuri.html

chrysanthemum (kiku, ... giku)
a KIGO list
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/chrysanthemum-kiku.html

citrus fruit (kankitsurui) in autumn
yuzu, kabosu, sudachi, kizu, and many more
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kankitsurui.html

clematis stans (kusabotan, kusa botan)
Clematis stans
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/04/peony-botan.html

cockscomb (keitoo). and amaranth (hageitoo)
Celosia cristata. Amaranthus tricolor.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/09/cockscomb-keitoo.html

conch trumpet plant (horagaisoo)
Impatiens textorii. and more about the HORAGAI and yamabushi
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/10/conch-trumpet-plant-horagaisoo.html

cosmos flowers (kosumosu, akizakura)
Cosmos bipinnatus. Schmuckkbchen
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/10/cosmos-flowers.html

cotton (wata), cotton bolls (wata no momo)
Gossypium spp. more COTTON kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/cotton-wata.html

cotton rose, rose mallow (fuyoo)
Hibiscus mutabilis. and seed pods (fuyoo no mi)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/cotton-rose-fuyoo.html

crinum lily fruit (hamayuu no mi)
Crinum asiaticum
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/plants-in-summer-saijiki.html


date, dates (natsume)
Ziziphus jujuba
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/02/yakuzen-food-as-medicine.html

dogwood fruit, dogberry (mizuki no mi)
more DOGWOOD kigo. Cornus family
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/04/dogwood-cornus-family.html


fennel seeds (uikyoo no mi)
Foeniculum vulgare. Fenchel
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/yakumi.html

fig, figs (ichijiku)
Ficus carica
http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/04/pipal-tree-ficus-religiosa.html

foxtail, giant foxtail (neko jarashi)
Setaria faberi, Setaria viridis.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/cat-neko.html

frosty morn (Benkeisoo, chidomegusa ...)
Sedum erythrostictum. Japanische Fetthenne
http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/02/warrior-tsuwamono.html


gardenia fruit (kuchinashi no mi)
Gardenia jasminoides
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/08/gardenia-kuchinashi.html

gentian (rindoo) and other rindoo
Gentiana nipponica. senburi : green gentian
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-herbs-autumn.html

ginger (shooga), ginger lily (hana shukusha)
Zingiber officinale . Hedychium coronarium
http://databaseworldkigo.blogspot.com/2005/07/ginger.html

goldenrod (awadachisoo)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/07/goldenrod-seitaka-awadachisoo.html

gourds and melons (suika, uri ...). snake gourd (karasu uri)
Oriental melon, Cucumis melo var. makuwa. and more
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/melon-uri.html

grape, grapes (budoo)
red leaves from the grape vine (budoo momiji) and more
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/07/grapes-budoo.html

great burnet (waremokoo)
Sanguisorba officinalis. Wiesenkopf
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2010/08/autumn-flowers.html


hazelnut (hashibami)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/08/hazel-hashibami.html

heartleaf false pickerelweed flowers (konagi no hana)
Monochoria vaginalis. oval-leafed pondweed
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/05/pickerel-weed.html

hemp seeds (asa no mi)
more HEMP kigo
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/hemp-asa.html
hop, hops (hoppu) Hopfen . . . and beer
Humulus lupulus
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/06/jibiiru-local-beer.html

horsetail fern (tokusa)
Equisetum hyemale. Schachtelhalm
http://fudosama.blogspot.com/2004/12/tokusa-fudo-temple-kanagawa.html

indian spinach (tsurumurasaki)
Basella rubra. Malabar-Spinat. Basellgewaechse
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/12/shin-yasai-new-vegetables.html
indigo flowers (ai no hana)
Polygonum tinctorum. more INDIGO kigo
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/indigo-ai.html

ivy and vines (tsuta kazura)
all kinds of creepers
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/acebia-akebi.html

job's tears, tear grass (hatomugi)
Coix lacryma-jobi
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/02/barley-wheat.html

kangaroo grass (karu kaya)
Themeda triandra var. japonica
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/10/pampas-grass-susuki.html

kichijoo-plant / kichijoosoo. Kannonsoo
Reineckea carnea
http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2008/06/kichijooten.html

lampionflowers (hoozuki)
Physalis alkekengi. Chineselantern, ground cherry. "Demon Lamp"
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/08/lampionflowers-hoozuki.html

leaves are falling from many trees
a KIGO list
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/06/fallen-leaves-ochiba.html

leek of the mountain (sanran, hiyodoribana)
Eupatorium chinense
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/naganegi-leek.html

lemon (remon)
Citrus limon
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kankitsurui.html

lotus in autumn (aki no hasu), lotus withered (yarehasu)
Nelumbo nucifera. more LOTUS / LOTOS kigo
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/06/lotus.html

madder, Indian madder (akane)
Rubia cordifolia
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-farmers-work.html

maize (toomorokoshi), corn (koon)
more MAIZE kigo
http://kenyasaijiki.blogspot.com/2006/01/maize-corn.html

michaelmas daisy, aster (shion)
Aster tataricus
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/gerbera-gaabera.html

millet (hie, awa, kibi) foxtail millet, barn millet, egg millet
more MILLET kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/millet-hie.html

morning glory (asagao)
Ipomea species. seed of the morning glory (asagao no mi)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/morning-glory-asagao.html

morning glory (asagao)
Convolvulaceae family
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/01/morning-glory-asagao.html

mountain pepper (sanshoo). Sansho
Zanthoxylum piperitum. more SANSHO information
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/mountain-pepper-sanshoo.html

mulberry in autumn (akikuwa, aki no kuwa)
more about mulberries, silkworms and silk
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/08/silk-kinu.html

mushroom, mushrooms (kinoko, ki no ko)
a KIGO list
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/ki-no-ko-mushrooms-pilze.html

myoga in autumn, aki myooga
kind of Japanese ginger
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/04/myoga-japanese-ginger.html

nashi pear, Japanese pear (nashi)
Pyrus serotina var. culta
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kudamono-fruits-obst.html

nori from the river (kawanori)
and more RIVER kigo
http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/05/river-kawa.html

nut, nuts (konomi, ko no mi) NOT : kinomi, ki no mi
a . long . KIGO list
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/02/nuts-and-fruits-of-trees-konomi.html


orchid (ran)
more ORCHID kigo
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/12/orchid-daruma.html

pampas grass (susuki, kaya) Miscanthus
reed grass (ashi / yoshi) Phragmites australis
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/10/pampas-grass-susuki.html

paulownia in autumn (kiri no aki)
one paulownia leaf (kiri hitoha, kiri ichi yo) ... and more PAULOWNIA kigo
http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2007/05/paulownia-kiri.html

peanuts (rakkasei)
Nanking mame, piinatsu ...
http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2010/08/koohii-pii.html

pear, Western pear (seiyoo nashi)
Pyrus communis. and round Japanese pear (ari no mi)
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/kudamono-fruits-obst.html

peppermint blossoms (hakka no hana), cutting pepperming
peppermint from Hokkaido
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/05/hokkaido.html

persimmon (kaki)
Diospyros kaki
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/05/persimmon-kaki.html

pigweed fruit (akaza no mi)
Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/05/plants-in-summer-saijiki.html

pinecones, new and green pinecones (aomatsukasa)
(shinchijiri)
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/04/pine-matsu.html

pipe plant (kiserubana)
Aeginetia indica. omoigusa 思草 (おもいぐさ) "remembering plant"
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/05/tobacco-pouch.html

plum blossoms on August first (hassakubai)
more PLUM kigo
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/04/plum-ume.html

pomegranate (zakuro)
Punica granatum. Granatapfel
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/08/pomegranate-zakuro.html

quince fruit (boke no mi), Marumero quince
more QUINCE kigo. Cydonia oblonga. Chaenomeles sinensis and others
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/05/quince-blossom-boke-no-hana.html

red leaves of autumn (momiji)
a KIGO list
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/01/autumn-leaves-momiji.html

rice plant (ine). rice is the most important food in Japan
a . long . KIGO list
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/rice-plant-ine.html

rose in autumn (akibara)
more ROSE kigo
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2007/06/rose-bara.html

rose of sharon (mukuge)
Hibiscus syriacus. althea
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/01/hibiscus-bussooge.html

saffron (safuran) . Herbstzeitlose
Zephyranthes candida. Zephirblume
http://europasaijiki.blogspot.com/2005/03/crocus.html

sesame (goma) .
Sesamum indicum. Sesam
http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/07/sesame.html

seven herbs of autumn (aki no nanakusa)
bush clover (hagi), pampas grass (susuki), arrowroot (kuzu), pinks (nadeshiko), valerian (ominaeshi) , boneset (fujibakama), bellflower from China (kikyoo)
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-herbs-autumn.html

shoki-orchid (shookiran), Shoki-narcissus (shoki-zuisen)
Yoania japonica and Lycoris aurea. more about Shoki, the Demon Queller
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/05/shoki-and-daruma.html

silvervine (matatabi)
Valeriana officinalis / Actinidia polygama. Baldrian
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

smartweed/knotweed/jointweed (aka no manma, inu tade)
Polygonum longisetum
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/06/indigo-ai.html

snake gourd (karasuuri, karasu uri)
Trichosanthes cucumeroides
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/sponge-gourd-hechima.html

soy beans (daizu) and other beans
Glycine max
http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/beans-mame.html

spider lily (manjushage, higanbana)
Lycoris radiata
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/spider-lilies-higanbana.html

sponge gourd, luffa, loofah (hechima)
Luffa aegyptiaca, Luffa cylindrica
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/sponge-gourd-hechima.html

starwort flowers (yomena no hana)
Kalimeris yomena. and starwort food
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/starwort-cooked-rice.html

sugarcane, sugar cane (satookibi, satoo kibi)
Saccharum officinarum. Zuckerrohr
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/11/kagoshima-satsuma.html

sumo wrestling plant (sumootorigusa)
Eleusine indica. Ohisihba, sumoogusa
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

sweet osmanthus (mokusei, kinmokusei), sweet olive
Osmanthus fragrans et al.
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/10/sweet-osmanthus.html

tabacco flower (tabakko no hana) tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum. More Tabacco kigo. Tabak, Tabakpflanze
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-farmers-work.html

thistle from Mount Fuji (Fuji azami)
also called Fuji burdock (Fuji goboo) . Cirsium purpuratum
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/07/goboo.html

thistle in autumn (aki azami)
more THISTLE kigo. Cirsium fam.
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/10/thistle-azami.html

toad lily (hototogisu)
Tricyrtis hirta
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/toad-lily-hototogisu.html

tumeric (ukon no hana)
more TUMERIC information
http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/08/tumeric-ukon.html


vegetables of autumn ... potatoe, maize, millet. pumpkin, taro ... and and and
a SAIJIKI of its own. Please check in here !
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

vines and ivy of all kinds (kazura, tsuta)
Euonymus japonicus, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Candiospermum halicacabum . . .
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/10/acebia-akebi.html


walnut (kurumi)
Juglans regia. Walnuss
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/chestnut-kuri.html

water chestnut (hishi)
Trapa japonica. a KIGO list
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/03/chestnut-kuri.html

weeping fern, hare's foot fern (shinobugusa)
Lepisorus thunbergianus. noki shinobu, itsumade gusa
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/11/wind-chimes-fuurin.html

wild chrysanthemum (nogiku)
wild chrysanthemum by the roadside
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/nogiku.html

wild grapes (yamabudoo)
Vitis coignetiae
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/04/mori-no-megumi.html

wild rice flowers (makomo no hana)
Zizania latifolia, Z. cauducifolia.
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/12/ship-boat-fune.html

wild rose fruit (ibara no mi)
more about Wild Roses
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2010/05/wild-roses-nobara.html

wildflowers (kusa no hana)
flowers of the weeds, flowers of the grasses
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2010/08/plants-autumn-saijiki.html

winterberry (ume modoki) Ilex serrata
. . . bittersweet (tsuru modoki) Celastrus orbiculatus/ holly
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/08/holly.html

wisteria seeds (fuji no mi)
more WISTERIA kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/03/wisteria-fuji.html w

withered twigs and plants (uragare)
more WITHERED kigo
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/07/withered-fields-kareno.html

wolfberry (kuko no mi)
more WOLFBERRY kigo and food
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/08/wolfberry-cooked-rice.html


yakushi plant (Yakushisoo), kill the younger brother plant (otogiri soo)
Youngia denticulata
http://fudosama.blogspot.com/2005/11/yakushi-nyorai.html

yuzu citron fruit (yuzu)
Citrus medica
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/12/yuzu-citron-family.html


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