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Brief introduction of the lampstand tree
Lighthouse tree (Latin scientific name: botrocaryum contraversum), also known as Ruimu, daughter wood, hexagonal tree. It is a deciduous tree of dogwood family and lampstand, 6-15 meters high and 20 meters thin; the bark is smooth, dark gray or yellowish gray; the branch is developed, cylindrical, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, the current year's branch is purplish red green, the biennial branch is light green, with a half moon shaped leaf mark and circular lenticel. [1] Like warm climate and half shade environment, strong adaptability, cold resistance, heat resistance, fast growth. It is suitable to grow on fertile, moist, loose and well drained soil. Due to the natural growth of beautiful tree shape, generally do not need to shape and trim. The management is simple and extensive. [2] It is distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Anhui, Taiwan, Henan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces and regions south of the Yangtze River.
Effect and function of lampstand tree
[Pinyin name] d ē n ɡ T & Aacute; I sh & ugrave; Gu ǒ
[English name] botrocaryum conrouersa (Hemsl.) poyark
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Source of medicinal materials: it is the fruit of the lampstand tree of the dogwood family.
Mineral name of Latin plant and animal: botrocaryum conrouersa (Hemsl.) poyark
Harvest and storage: harvest and dry fruits in summer and autumn when they are ripe.
[original form] deciduous tree, 6-15m high. Bark dark gray; branches purplish red, glabrous. Leaves alternate; petioles 2-6.5cm long; leaves wide ovate or wide elliptic, 6-13cm long, 3.5-9cm wide, apex acuminate, base round, dark green above, gray green below, sparsely appressed pilose; lateral veins 6-7 pairs. Corymbose cymes terminal, slightly appressed pubescence; flowers small, white; calyx teeth triangular; petals 4, long lanceolate; stamens 4, extended, 4-5mm long, glabrous; ovary inferior, obovoid, densely gray appressed pubescence. Drupe globose, purplish red to blue black, 6-7mm in diameter. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from July to August.
[sexual taste] bitter; cool
[function indications] clearing away heat and detoxifying; moistening intestines and defecating; expelling Ascaris. Main hepatitis; dryness and constipation; ascariasis [usage and dosage] internal administration: decoction, 3-10g.
[excerpt] Chinese Materia Medica
Market information of lampstand tree
1. Price of Lighthouse tree
No clear price
2. How to choose a lamp stand tree
The branches are dark purplish red. Leaves alternate, clustered on slightly branched, broadly ovate. Corymbose cymes on top of new branches, 9 cm long, white. The drupe is nearly spherical, the flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from September to October.
3. How to save the lampstand tree
Storage: harvest and dry fruits in summer and autumn when they are ripe.