Momordica grosvenori

Chinese Name: Siraitia grosvenorii

[category] fruits

[synonym] lahangguo and pseudomomordica charantia (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii.

[plant morphology] Siraitia grosvenorii

Climbing vines perennial. Tender stems covered with white pubescence and red glandular hairs, stems dark purple, longitudinally ribbed. Leaves alternate, ovate or long ovate, 11-16 cm long, 10-13 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base heart-shaped, entire, green above, pubescent, densely distributed along veins, dark green below; tender leaves dark brown red, densely covered with red glandular hairs, densely pubescent along veins; petiole 4-5 cm long, tendril lateral, apex two. Flowers unisexual, dioecious; inflorescence stalk, petiole, sepals, petals are pilose and glandular hair; male flowers axillary, 5-7 arranged in racemose; bracts 1, rectangular round; calyx 5 lobed, lobes with linear pointed tail; petals 5, pale yellow, reddish, ovate, about 2 cm long, apex with pointed tail; stamens 3, anthers separated. Female flowers solitary in leaf axils, apex of calyx tube 5-lobed; petals 5-obovate, apex short pointed, ovary inferior, connate with calyx tube, style 3, stigma 2-divergent, staminodes 3. The bottle gourd is round, oblong or obovate, dark brown red when young, cyan when mature, and fluffy. The flowering period is from June to August. The fruit period is from August to October.

Most of them are cultivated products, which are widely cultivated in Guangxi.

The leaves of this plant (Siraitia grosvenorii) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

With different fruit shape, this product has some horticultural varieties, such as chashanzi, changdanguo, lajiangzi, hongmaoguo, etc.

[collection] the fruits are picked when they are ripe from September to October, and then put on the floor to make them ripen. About 8 to 10 days later, the peel turns from green to yellow, and the Kang is heated by fire. After 5 to 6 days, the fruits become dry fruits with sound percussion, and then they are brushed, wrapped in paper and boxed.

[medicinal material] the dried fruit is round to oblong, 5-8 cm in diameter, yellowish brown to dark brown in appearance, glossy, slightly hairy with dark longitudinal stripes. There is a round base mark in the center and a narrow base mark in the center. It is brittle and fragile. After crushing, the inner surface is yellowish white, loose and spongy. After removing mesocarp, there were 10 longitudinal ridges. Seeds flat, oblong or oblong, brown, margin thick, central concave, with 2 cotyledons. It's sweet. It's better to be round, big, solid, not shaking, and yellowish brown.

It is mainly produced in Guangxi.

[chemical composition] it contains a lot of glucose, etc.

[nature and taste] 1. Lingnan medicine collection record: "it tastes sweet. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "sweet taste, cool nature, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the lung and spleen meridians. "

Functions and indications: clearing lung and moistening intestines. Treatment of pertussis, phlegm fire cough, blood dry constipation.

① "Lingnan medicine collection record" says: "it's better to treat phlegm and fire, cough, and take it with pig meat decoction. "

② "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "relieving cough, clearing heat, cooling blood and moistening intestines. Cough, blood dryness, stomach heat, constipation, etc. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[prescription] for pertussis: one Siraitia grosvenorii and five yuan persimmon. Take it in water. (Fujian)

Chinese PinYin : Luo Han Guo