Ulmus pumila fruit

Ulmus pumila fruit

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[synonym] nuomizhu.

[source] it is the fruit of Sorbus mandshurica.

[plant morphology] Sorbus mandshurica, also known as Fengyu, Qianjin tree, Huangshan elm and Shuiyu.

Deciduous tree, 5-20m high. Bark smooth, gray; branchlets glabrous or slightly pilose, also brown. Simple leaves alternate; thin or slightly herbaceous; ovate to elliptic ovate, 3-10 cm long, apex short acute, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin irregularly single serrated or double serrated, glabrous above, dark green below, smooth or slightly pilose below, lateral veins 6-13 pairs; stipules lanceolate. Inflorescence corymbose, sparsely, with 6-25 flowers, receptacle pilose; sepals 5; petals 5, white; stamens numerous, prominent; ovary inferior, style usually 2. Pear fruit slightly round, reddish yellow, 7-10 mm in diameter, with long stalk. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruit period is from September to October.

It grows in wet valley, mixed wood forest or stone crevice. It is distributed in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.

[function and indications] "Zhejiang Tianmu yam plant records": "for the treatment of blood deficiency and fatigue, four to five Liang, add yellow rice wine, water decoction, sooner or later. "

Chinese PinYin : Shui Yu Guo