Haihong

Haihong

(Yin Shan Zheng Zheng)

[synonyms] Haitang (general records), Haitang pear (compendium), Tangqi pear (Yao Kecheng's food materia medica).

[source] it is the fruit of Xifu Begonia, a Rosaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Xifu Begonia (qunfangpu), also known as small fruit Begonia, eight ridge Begonia, real Begonia

Small trees, 3-5M high. Young branches sparsely pilose, smooth when old. Leaf elliptic oblong, 5-10 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin serrate, glabrous above, hairy below when young; petiole thin, 2-4 cm long. The flower is light red with deep red halo, 3-4 cm in diameter; pedicel is 2-3 cm long, pubescent with calyx tube; sepal is 5, ovate to oblong ovate, as long as calyx tube; corolla is 5-petal; ovary is inferior, style is 5. The fruit is subglobose, about 1-1.8 cm in diameter, red with yellow, base depressed, calyx exfoliated or persistent. The flowering period is April. The fruiting period is September.

Distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan and other places, mostly cultivated.

[flavor] Yinshan Zhengzheng: "sour, sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[function and indications] yinshanzhengzheng: "to treat diarrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.