Mahonia tenuifolia

Mahonia tenuifolia

FoliumMahoniae

Chinese Mahonia leaf

[alias] Coptis chinensis Franch. And Coptis chinensis Franch.

[source] Mahonia fortunei (Lindl.).

[plant morphology] evergreen shrub, up to 2m high. The cross section of root and stem is yellow, and the leaf is bitter. One pinnate compound leaves alternate, 15-30cm long; leaflets 3-9, leathery, lanceolate, 5-12cm long, 1-2.5cm wide, lateral leaflets of equal length, terminal leaflets the largest, all sessile, apex acute or acuminate, base narrowly cuneate, margin with 6-13 spiny sharp teeth; stipules small, exomorphic. Raceme erect, 4-8 ethnicities; sepals 9,3-whorled; petals yellow, 6-whorled; pedicel 1-4mm long. Berry round or oblong, 4-6 mm long, blue black, with white powder. The flowering period is from July to October.

Born in valley, forest wetland. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi.

[harvesting] it can be harvested all year round and dried in the sun.

[character] pinnate compound leaf, 5-9 leaflets, many shrunken leaflets, leathery, lanceolate, 5-10 spines on each side. The total petiole is 10-20cm long, about 2mm in diameter, with grooves on it. Mahonia leaves of the same broad leaf.

[chemical constituents] it contains berberine, palmatine, jatrorrhizine and magnoflorine.

[nature, taste and function indications] Mahonia leaves are the same as broad leaf Mahonia leaves.

[note] rhizome and fruit are also used as medicine.