Zhejiang Tung bark

Chinese Name: Zhejiang Tongpi

[category]: leather

[English name]: Ailanthus like pricklyash bark

[alias]: toon pepper, drum nail tree, Pittosporum bark.

[source]: zanthox, a Rutaceae plant ylumailanthoidesSieb.etZucc The bark of.

[harvesting]: peel the bark in summer, fold the spikes inward and dry them in the sun.

[nature and taste]: the bark is thin or curly, 1.5-3mm thick. The outer surface is black gray or light black gray, with gray white stripes, more shrinkage longitudinal stripes and longitudinal concave lines, with papillary spikes; the inner surface is yellowish brown, with fine longitudinal lines. It is hard and brittle, and its section is fibrous. The taste is slightly bitter. It is mild in nature and bitter in taste.

[plant morphology]: arbor, 3-10m high, with spikes in trunk and branches. Leaflets 9-23, thick papery, opposite, oblong to oblong, 7-13cm long, 2-4cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, slightly asymmetrical, margin slightly obtuse serrate, 1 glandular point between upper teeth, pale green below, sparse glandular point. Corymbose panicle terminal; flowers small, unisexual, light green, 5-Number; stamen stamen connective tip with 1 glandular point, degenerate carpel short. The fruit is red with a short beak at the top. Seeds brown black, glossy. The flowering period is from July to August and the fruiting period is from October to November.

[habitat]: in dense forest or roadside wetland. Produced in Zhejiang.

[chemical composition]: the bark contains laurifoline, skimmianine and magnoflorine.

Function indications: dispel wind and dampness, and dredge meridians. It is used for lumbago and knee pain, stubborn arthralgia and scabies.

Note: the bark of Z. mollerehd. Is also used as the bark of Zhejiang Tung.