Amomum villosum

Amomum villosum

FructusAmomiXanthioidis

Cocklebur like amomum fruit

[alias] Shasha, green shell Amomum villosum.

[source] it is a kind of honey from Zingiberaceae AmomumvillosumLour.Var.xanthioides ( Wwall.exBak The fruit of t.l.wuet senjen.

[plant morphology] perennial herb, 1.5-3m high. The rhizome is on the ground. Leaf blade lanceolate to linear, 20-35cm long, 3-7cm wide, smooth and glabrous on both sides; ligule semicircular, 0.3-0.5cm long. Inflorescence elliptic; bracts lanceolate, membranous; bracteoles tubular, membranous; flowers white, apex with 3 shallow teeth; corolla tube 1.8 cm long, lobes 16-2 cm long, white; labellum white, midvein raised, yellow and purplish red, base with 2 purple gate spots; connective appendages 3-lobed, both sides auricular; ovary pilose. The capsule is green at maturity and the soft spines on the pericarp are flat. The flowering period is from May to June and the fruiting period is from August to September.

Born in wet places under the forest. It is mainly produced in Yunnan.

[picking] when the fruit is ripe, the ear should be picked and dried on bamboo curtain or cement ground or with low fire. Take the seeds when you need them.

[characters] the capsule is round, 1.5-2CM long and 1-1.5cm in diameter, with yellowish brown or brown outer surface and flaky protuberances. The seed mass is round to oblong, obtuse trigonometric, with 12-24 seeds per petal; the seeds are polyhedral, about 2.5mm in diameter, brown or dark brown on the surface, and some are covered with white frost. It is fragrant and pungent.

[chemical constituents] it contains a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, carene-3, limonene, a-camphor, a-borneol, bornyl acetate, linalool, a-piperene, trans-b-farnesene, etc.

Warm in nature and pungent in taste.

[indications] Xingqi Kuanzhong, Jianwei Xiaoshi, antatocia. It is used for chest and abdomen pain, dyspepsia, fetal restlessness, etc.