Eucalyptus longicornis

Margin of foramen

(records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] it is the leaf of Eucalyptus longicornis.

[plant morphology] Eucalyptus longyuanensis, also known as eucalyptus microphylla and Salix mandshurica.

tree. The bark is grayish brown, rough and cracked, often flaky. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 8-15 cm long, sometimes longer, slightly falcate and acuminate, lower part often ovate, slightly thick, lateral veins mostly, lateral veins slightly away from leaf margin. Umbels axillary or lateral, with 3-8 flowers; calyx tube hemispherical, 4 mm wide, cap hemispherical or conical, 3-4 times longer than calyx tube, acuminate; stamens numerous, 6 mm or longer, anthers ovate. The capsule is subglobose, 6-8 mm in diameter, with broad and high margin, protruding, almost conical, and protruding petals. The flowering period is autumn and winter.

It is cultivated in Guangxi and Guangdong.

[collection] in autumn, leaves are collected on sunny days and dried in the shade.

[herbal medicine] the dried leaves are falcate lanceolate, the surface is gray green, scattered with reddish brown or dark brown cork spots, and the main vein is shrunk into a groove. Petiole brown, many twisted. Leather, crisp, easy to break.

Produced in Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

The taste is hard.

[function indications] decocting water can wash rheumatism and skin diseases, and it can also be used as an antiseptic.

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