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Angelica keiskei, commonly known under the Japanese name of Ashitaba (アシタバ or 明日葉, ashitaba?, literally "Tomorrow's Leaf"), is a not frost tender perennial plant from the angelica genus with an average growth height of 50–120 cm. It is endemic to Hachijō-jima, though it is artificially cultivated in Izu Ōshima, Mikura-jima, Nii-jima, To-shima and parts of Honshū as well.

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