Nocturnal flowers

Nocturnal flowers

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

Another name: Magnolia yexiangensis (flora of Guangzhou).

[source] it is the flower of Magnoliaceae.

Nocturnal flowers

Evergreen shrub, 2-3m high. Leaves alternate, elliptic to oblong, 7-18 cm long and 3-6.5 cm wide, entire, apex caudate acuminate, base long cuneate, dorsal convoluted, reticulate veins distinctly convex on both sides, leathery; petiole 5-10 mm long. Flowers single, terminal, white, fragrant, 3-4 cm in diameter; pedicels stout, glabrous, often recurved, 1.5-2.5 cm in length; sepals 3, pale green, obovate, glabrous, petals 6, 2-row, obovate, outer whorls larger, 2-2.5 cm in length, base contracted, easy to fall; stamens mostly white, filaments flat, anthers inward cracking; carpels few, clustered on receptacle, dense Small mastoid. Aggregate fruit ca. 3 cm long; very nearly woody. The flowering period is from May to June.

Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other places.

[collection] harvest from April to May and dry in the sun.

[medicinal material] the dried flower is slightly umbelliform, inverted bell shaped or irregular sphere, 2-3cm long, 1-2cm in diameter, dark red to brownish purple outside. Calyx 3, long obovate, 1.5 cm long, 8 mm wide, with granular protuberances on both sides. Petals 6, obovate, curled, 3 larger, about 2 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, outer surface base granular protuberance, inner surface neck smooth, thick, crisp. Stamens spirally arranged, rosette shaped, each stamen was a long and narrow inverted triangle, about 6 mm long. The pistil is about 7-8 mm long and consists of 7-8 carpels. The carpels are long and narrow, prismatic, purplish brown or tan, with small tubercles. The remaining petioles are dark brown. It's very fragrant and tasteless. It is better to have complete flowers and strong fragrance.

Produced in Guangdong and Guangxi.

This product is used as Albizzia Flos in Guangdong area, please refer to "Albizzia Flos".

[chemical constituents] the stem contains oxycarpine, salicornine, magnolialine, stephanine, lycophylline and nocturnal alkaloid. The alkaloids are mainly in the skin.

[functions and indications] ① Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "treatment of liver qi stagnation and pain. "

② "The list of medicinal plants in Guangxi" says: "refute the bones and tranquilize the five zang organs. Treatment of Dieda, Baihuang, women's leucorrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 1.5 ~ 3 yuan.