Zizania latifolia

Zizania latifolia

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonyms] Cistanche tubulosa, Tongtian candle (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), and Trichoderma spp. (Hainan flora).

[source] it is the whole plant of Elaeagnus polymorpha.

[plant morphology] Zizania latifolia

Perennial herbs, 5-15 cm high. Rhizome fleshy, often divided into several branches. They are monoecious or dioecious, with dark red stems, 5-8 bracts at the base, ovoid, 1.5-2.5 cm long. The male inflorescence is rod-shaped; the male flower is sessile; the perianth lobes are 4-6, slightly fleshy; the filaments are hemispherical, with about 20 anthers of unequal size; the female inflorescence is long ovate, 2-4 cm long, with dense female flowers; the ovary is long ovate, and the appendage is rod-shaped elliptic. The flowering period is from October to December.

It grows in mountain or valley forests and parasitizes on the roots of broad-leaved trees. It is distributed all over South China.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[function indications] nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. Treatment of blood deficiency, bleeding, gonorrhea.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.