Shanyouma

Shanyouma

(records of medicinal plants of Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang Province)

[synonym] langshu (Tianmu yam flora of Zhejiang Province) and shanjiaoma (Chinese higher plant Atlas).

[source] it is the leaf of the Ulmaceae.

[plant morphology] shanyouma

Shrubs or small trees, 1-5m high. The branches of current year are reddish brown and densely hairy. Single leaf alternate; papery; ovate lanceolate to oblong elliptic, 4-7 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex acuminate or tail pointed, base rounded or broadly cuneate, both sides densely covered with short coarse hairs, veins 3, margin serrate; petiole 3-9 mm long, hairy. Flowers unisexual; cymes often paired axillary; pedicels and perianth segments hairy; perianth 5-lobed; male flowers with stamens 4-5, filaments short; female ovary superior, sessile, style 1, stigma 2-forked. Drupe ovoid, or subglobose, orange red, ca. 3 mm, glabrous. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows on sunny hillside, dry valley, open field or shrub. It is distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian.

The roots and leaves of Dioscorea angustifolia are also used for medicine in Guangxi.

[functions and indications] 1. Records of medicinal plants of Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang Province: "for the treatment of furuncle poison, mash the fresh leaves, apply sugar to the affected area, and change it once a day. "

② "Guangxi plant list": "roots and leaves: cool, analgesic, hemostatic. "

Chinese PinYin : Shan You Ma