Rhodotypos scandens

Rhodotypos scandens

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

Shuangzhumu.

[source] it is the fruit and root of Jima, a Rosaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Jima

Deciduous shrub, 2-3m high. Stems erect, smooth, with scattered lenticels; branchlets spreading, glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate to ovate oblong, 4-9 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, round or truncate, hairy at the top, glabrescent, yellow white villi at the bottom, double serrated at the edge; petiole 3-5 mm long, yellow white villi at the pedicel; stipules strip. Flowers solitary, new branch apex, 3-4 cm in diameter; calyx tube short, lobes 4, ovate, serrate, persistent, alternate with 4 epicalyx; petals 4, suborbicular, white; stamens numerous; carpels 4, ovary superior. Drupe 4, bright black, obovate, 7-8 mm long, glabrous. The flowering period is from April to May. The fruiting period is July.

It grows under the sparse forest on the hillside and beside the valley. It is distributed in Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei and other places.

Functions and indications: for the treatment of blood deficiency and kidney deficiency: steam the chicken hemp fruit for five minutes, take it out, use seven to eight coins, fry it in water, make yellow rice wine and brown sugar, and take it on an empty stomach sooner or later; or use one or two roots, slice it, decoct it in water, make sugar and wine, and take it on an empty stomach sooner or later.