Fruit

Fruit

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonyms] anluoguo (Kaibao materia medica), xianggai (Unified records of the Ming Dynasty), Miwang and wangguo (new words of Guangdong), mangguo (records of Zhaoqing prefecture), shaguoli (textual research on the names and facts of plants), mengguo (botanical Dictionary), mango (Chinese tree taxonomy).

[source] it is the fruit of lacqueraceae.

[plant morphology] busy fruit

Evergreen large trees, smooth glabrous, 10-27 m high. The branches expand and the crown is dense. The bark is thick, grayish brown, with many small holes, falling off in scales. The leaf blade is oblong to oblong lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, variable width, glossy, apex pointed or acuminate, margin often wavy, without serration, leaf base cuneate; petiole 4-6 cm long, base expanded. Flowers are heterozygous, panicles often as long as or over the leaves, branches pilose; flowers sessile or short petiole, fragrant, 3-4 mm long, sepals ovate or oblong, 5-lobed, pilose; petals 5, pale yellow, about twice as long as the calyx; disk fleshy, 5-lobed; stamens 5, 4 degenerate, stamens 1 developed, anthers purplish red; pistil 1, located in the center of disk, style linear, stigma not visible. Drupe oval or kidney shaped, slightly flat, 8-15 cm long, yellow when ripe; large, flat, fibrous stone. It blooms in spring. The fruit period is June.

Tropical or subtropical fruit trees cultivated in gardens or as roadside trees. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Taiwan and other places.

The fruit core, bark and leaf of this plant are also used for medicine.

[collection] harvest in summer.

[chemical constituents] the fruit contains triterpenoid acids such as? Fruit ketone acid, isofructanolic acid, abolone acid and abololic acid; polyphenols such as gallic acid, m-diglycolic acid, gallic tannin, quercetin, isoquercetin, β - fructoside and gallic acid; and a variety of carotenoids (0.505-0.527%, 2.061-7.765%) with skin, among which β - carotene accounts for about 60%, and others are also found There are more than 10 kinds of them.

The fruit with skin contains 78.1-82.1% water, 11.4-12.4% total sugar, 2.97-5.32% reducing sugar, 0.4-0.9% protein, 0.90-1.24% crude fiber, 0.63-1.13% ash and 6.4-98.6 mg vitamin C. It was also reported that the juice contained sucrose, glucose, fructose and so on. The immature fruits contain dextran, Arabian and polygalacturonic acid. The content of thiamine, riboflavin and folic acid were 57-63 mg, 37-73 mg and 7.26 mg, respectively.

Water content of dried fruit is 14.74%, tartaric acid is 6.10%, citric acid is 4.23%, oxalic acid is 1.08%, glucose is 3.00%, ash is 5.44%.

? fruit flower contains Gallic tannin, quercetin, isoquercetin, gallic acid and diglycolic acid.

[pharmacological action] immature fruit, bark and stem can inhibit pyogenic cocci and Escherichia coli, but it has also been reported that there is no antimalarial or antibacterial effect in the laboratory. It has been reported that eating too much fruit can cause nephritis. Its gum resin is used in medical treatment, such as Arabic gum.

Sweet and sour, cool.

① "Edible Materia Medica": "slightly cold, non-toxic. "

② Kaibao materia medica: "it tastes sweet and warm. "

③ "Gangmu Shiyi": "sweet, sour. "

Functions and indications: benefiting stomach, stopping vomiting, relieving thirst and diuresis.

① "Eating materia medica:" the main woman's meridians are blocked, but her husband's blood is not. Leaves can be used as soup to cure thirst. "

② Kaibao materia medica: "food quenches thirst. "

③ In the compendium of compendium, it is said that "benefiting stomach qi, stopping vomiting and dizziness. "

④ Chinese tree taxonomy: diuretic. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: raw food.

[taboo] "Kaibao Materia Medica" says: "if you move the wind, you can't eat it when you are sick or full, and you can't eat it with garlic. It makes you suffer from yellow disease. "

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