Angelica acutiloba subsp. acutiloba ("Toki")

Japanese name: トウキ （当帰）
Scientific name: Angelica acutiloba subsp. acutiloba

[Overview]
A perennial found in the mountains.
The stem is 20–80 cm tall, slender and much branched.
The stems and leaves are hairless and strongly fragrant.
The leaves are alternate, 2–3 times ternately pinnately compound, with slender leaflets whose margins are cut.
The leaflets are thick and glossy on the upper surface, with serrated margins.
Compound umbels at the stem tips bear many small white 5-petaled flowers.
The fruit is an oblong schizocarp with wings on both sides.

[Uses]
The root is called toki and is used medicinally.

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