Luli

Luli

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

[synonyms]? (the book of songs), chiluo (the biography of Mao poetry), Luo (Erya), Shanli, yanggui, Mousi, chiluo (the book of songs by Lu Ji), Shuli (the compendium of poems), Suanli (the chief editor of the textual research on plant names and facts), and Yeli (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the fruit of Rosaceae plant Douli.

[plant morphology] pisi

Deciduous trees or shrubs, up to 9 meters high. Bark gray black; branchlets smooth; winter buds hairy. Single leaf alternate, or clustered on short branches, broadly ovate or ovate, 4-8 cm long, 3.3-5.5 cm wide, apex short and acute, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margin with thin and blunt serrations, both sides glabrous; petiole 2-4 cm long. Corymbose is racemose, with 6-12 flowers, 2-2.5cm in diameter; pedicel is 1.5-3cm long; sepals 5, lanceolate, slightly shorter than calyx tube), glabrous on the outside and sparse hairs on the inside; petals 5, oval, white, with short claws; stamens 20; styles 2, sparse 3. The pear fruit is spherical, about 1-2 cm in diameter, dark brown, spotted, calyx lobes falling off, and the fruit stalk is slender. The seeds are dark brown. The flowering period is April. The fruiting period is September.

It is distributed in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

The branches and leaves (wild pear branches and leaves) and root bark (Luli root bark) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[chemical composition] it contains 75-80% water and 15-20% sugar.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sour and astringent, cold, non-toxic. "

[function and indications] Ben Cao Tu Jing: "simmer food for dysentery. "