Winternut

Winternut

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonym] black ox tendon, knife edge medicine (commonly used folk herbal medicine in Kunming).

[source] the leaves of cotyledons of Rosaceae.

[plant morphology] cotyledons

Evergreen shrubs, about 1 m high. The stem is erect, with many branches. The branchlets are reddish brown to dark brown, yellow pilose when young, and shed when old. Leaves alternate, obovate to obovate, oblong, 4-10 mm long, 3.5-7 mm wide, apex obtuse, a few concave or acute, base broadly cuneate, entire, glabrous or sparsely pilose above, gray pubescent below; petiole 1-2 mm long, pubescent. The flowers are usually solitary, a few of them have 2-3 flowers, and the pedicel is very short; the flowers are white, about 1 cm in diameter; the calyx tube is bell shaped, with fine hairs outside, and the sepals are triangular; the petals are flat, 5, nearly round. The pear is globose, 5-6 mm in diameter, red, often with 2 small nuclei.

In rocky hillsides or thickets. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet.

[collection] leaves are collected in autumn and used fresh or dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the branches of the plant contain lauroside.

[nature and taste] common folk herbs in Kunming: "warm in nature, sweet in taste, slightly sour and astringent, toxic. "

[functions and indications] common folk herbs in Kunming: "stop bleeding and promote muscle growth. Treat knife wounds. "

[usage and dosage] external use: yanmosa.