Dalbergia odorifera

Lignum dalbergiae odoriferae rosewood

[alias] jiangzhenxiang, zijiangxiang, hualimu.

[source] Dalbergia odorifera, a leguminous plant DalbergiaodoriferaT.Chen Heartwood of trunk and root.

[plant morphology] arbor. Young part, inflorescence and ovary slightly pubescent; bark brown, rough; branchlets nearly smooth, with dense pale lenticels. Leaflets 9-13, subleathery, ovate or elliptic, basal leaflets smaller, broadly ovate, lateral veins and reticulate veins slightly raised on both sides. Panicle axillary; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, upper 2-lobed, teeth short and broad; corolla butterfly shaped, light yellow or milky white, each petal nearly equal, clawed; stamens 9, 1 group; ovary narrowly elliptic, with a stalk about 2.5mm long. The pods are ligulate, oblong, 4.5-8 cm long, 1.5-1.8 cm wide and 5-10 mm long. The seeds are usually one and sparse two. The flowering period is from April to June.

It grows in the hillside sparse forest, forest edge or village side in the middle altitude area. It is produced in Hainan.

[harvesting] harvest all year round, remove sapwood and dry in the shade.

[character] heartwood is long strip or irregular fragment. The surface is purplish red or brown with dense texture and irregular profile. Hard and oily. It is fragrant and slightly bitter.

[chemical constituents] it contains volatile oil, and the main components of the oil are β - ene, trans - β - farnesene, trans - oleanol, etc.

Warm in nature and pungent in taste.

[indications] it can promote qi and blood circulation, relieve pain and stop bleeding. It is used for abdominal pain, liver depression and hypochondriac pain, chest pain, falling injury, traumatic bleeding.

Note: heartwood is long strip or irregular fragment. The surface is purplish red or brown with dense texture and irregular profile. Hard and oily. It is fragrant and slightly bitter.