Tree kidney

Tree kidney

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[source] it is the fruit, root and leaf of rutaecarpus azedarach.

[plant morphology] Evodia Azadirachta, also known as safflower tree, stinky oil forest, wild rice spicy, rub tree.

tree. Up to 20 m in height, branches nearly glabrous. Leaflets 5-11, stipitate, papery, glandular free, ovate to oblong, 5-12 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base oblique, margin undulate or slightly obtuse serrate, sparsely entire, below gray or pink green. Flowers are very small, usually unisexual, dioecious, terminal cymose panicles, male inflorescence larger than female inflorescence, 10-26 cm wide; sepals 5; petals 5; male flowers have stamens 6, hairy filaments below; female flowers have larger petals, white, ovary superior. Capsule purplish red, with reticular wrinkles on the surface, carpel not beaked. Seeds ovoid, black. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruiting period is November.

They are often found in shrubbery, and in villages and streams. Distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[nature and taste] textual research on names and facts of plants: "pungent, warm. "

[functions and indications] ① textual research on the names and facts of plants: "it can treat heartache and stagnate Qi. "

② "Guizhou plant medicine investigation": "root, fruit, treat stomachache. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-8 points.

Chinese PinYin : Shu Yao Zi