Maple Leaf

Maple Leaf

(Tianmu Zhi Zhi, Zhejiang)

[source] it is the leaf of camphoriaceae.

[plant morphology] red leaf cassia, also known as Cassia.

Deciduous trees, up to 10 m high. Branchlets yellowish green. The leaves are alternate, ovoid, 3-11 cm long and 2.5-8 cm wide. The upper part of the leaves is often 3-lobed, sometimes entire, apex obtuse, base truncated or rounded, occasionally shallowly cordate, nearly leathery, pubescent on both sides when young, hairy only on the lower vein axil when old, with 3 veins; petiole 7-20 mm long. Umbels axillary, sessile; flowers unisexual, dioecious or heterozygous; involucre elliptic, brown, abaxially densely pilose; pedicels densely seriform hairy; perianth 6-lobed, lobes elliptic; male flowers with stamens 9, anthers 2-locular, intropetal lobed; female ovary spherical, stigma capitate. Drupe globose, dark red when ripe. The flowering period is from March to April. The fruit period is from July to August.

It grows in the mixed forest of mountain valley or hillside. Distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

[chemical composition] the seed contains fatty oil.

[function and indications] "Zhejiang Tianmu yam plant records": "treat sore poison, mash and apply to the affected area. "

Chinese PinYin : Ai Jiao Feng Ye