By FUMI YADA/ Staff Writer
June 28, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Asarum simile Hatus, a type of wild ginger that is known for its pungent aroma (Provided by Yudai Okuyama, a senior researcher of evolutionary biology at the National Museum of Nature and Science)
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