Cephalotaxus fortunei

Cephalotaxus fortunei

FoliumetRamulusCephalotaxi

Fortune plumye twin and leaf

[alias] peach pine and Torreya grandis.

[source] the twigs and leaves of Cephalotaxus fortunei hook. F.

[plant morphology] evergreen tree, 10-20m high. Bark grayish brown to reddish brown, flaking irregularly when old; branchlets opposite, with persistent bud scales at base. The winter buds are terminal, often 3 juxtaposed. The leaves are spirally arranged in two rows, sparsely spreading horizontally, linear lanceolate, slightly curved, 3.5-13mm in length and 3-4.5mm in width. The upper part is gradually narrowed, the apex is gradually pointed, the base is gradually narrowed, cuneate or broadly cuneate, and the lower stomata are white, 3-5 times wider than the green edge. The male flower has 6-16 stamens and 1 bract at the base. The female flower has a long stalk and grows in the axil of the lower part of the branch. It is composed of nine pairs of opposite bracts. Each bract has two upright embryo bulbs. The seeds are green, drupe shaped, the exotesta fleshy, purple or purplish red when ripe, and the endocarp hard.

Born in mixed forest. Distributed in the south of the Yangtze River Basin.

[harvesting] it can be harvested and dried all year round. Autumn harvest is the best.

[character] branchlets opposite, cylindrical, brown. The leaves are linear lanceolate and spirally arranged. The base is curved into two rows, 1-1.8 cm long and 2-4 mm wide. There is a long pointed tip at the top. The upper surface is gray brown and glossy, and the lower surface is yellow brown. There is a brown red stripe on both sides of the main vein. The taste is slightly bitter.

[chemical constituents] it contains cephalotaxine, epicephalotaxine, acetylcephalotaxine, demethylcephalotaxine, harringtonine, harringtonine and sequoyitol.

Cold in nature, bitter and astringent in taste.

[function indications] anticancer. For lymphosarcoma, lung cancer, etc.

Chinese PinYin : San Jian Shan