Schistosoma japonicum, an important parasite and one of the major infectious agents of schistosomiasis
The integument of the female is ridged and pitted and possesses fewer spines than in the oral sucker, the ventral sucker, and the gynecophoric canal of the male.
Schistosoma | Schistosoma haematobium | Ligustrum japonicum | Styphnolobium japonicum | Schistosoma mansoni | Schistosoma japonicum | Cercidiphyllum japonicum | Eupatorium japonicum | Erythronium japonicum |
Extracts of this plant have been effective at eliminating the freshwater snail Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum, a fluke that causes schistosomiasis.