Syringa oblata 2

Syringa oblata 2

(Honghe Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] sapinghua, Syringa.

[source] it is the flower and fruit of Syringa caryophylla.

[plant morphology] Syringa cinnamomi, also known as medium-sized Syringa yunnanensis.

Perennial shrubs. Stem erect, 2-4 m high. Leaves opposite, long obovate, long elliptic, 7-17 cm long, 1.5-5.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, entire or slightly undulate, green above, glabrous below, pink green below, only midrib pubescent. Terminal corymbose panicle with white to rose red flowers; calyx huaike, margin 5-lobed, lobes oblanceolate, ca. 1.3 cm long, leaflike; corolla pedunculate, 5-lobed, lobes spreading, ca. 3 cm in diameter, tube 3 cm long; stamens 5; ovary inferior, 2-locular. Capsule ovate, ca. 2 cm long, woody, terminal persistent cup-shaped disk. The seed has wings.

It grows in the mixed wood forest on the hillside. It is distributed in Yunnan and Guangxi.

The root of this plant (Syringa oblongata) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] collect flowers in autumn and fruits in winter.

[function indications] relieving cough and resolving phlegm.

[selected formula] for pertussis, chronic bronchitis and tuberculosis: Syringa oblongata and Fructus syringae. Take it with honey.