Sawdust of ebony

Sawdust of ebony

(compendium)

[source] sawdust from Ebony, a persimmon plant.

[plant morphology] Ebony (compendium), also known as ebony, Yimu (Cui Bao's ancient and modern notes), wenmu (Southern vegetation), Ebony (compendium), ebony.

Evergreen trees, up to 7-10 m high. The bark is dark gray. Young branches with fine hairs. The leaves are thin leathery, smooth and glabrous, oblong, about 5-11 cm long, with reticulate veins on both sides; the petiole is about 1 cm long. The flowers are composed of four numbers. Male flowers sessile, 5-6 clustered on short stems; calyx cup-shaped, sepals short, apex obtuse, hairy; corolla glabrous; stamens about 16, smooth glabrous, 2 connate, sometimes 3 connate. Female flowers solitary; sepals long, apex pointed, persistent and growing gradually. The fruit is globose and yellow, about 5 cm in diameter. The persistent calyx is woody cup-shaped.

It is distributed in Guangdong.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet and salty, flat, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] the Compendium: "detoxification, but also the main cholera Tuli. Take the crumbs and grind the powder, and take warm wine. "