Ailanthus leaf

[ source ] from the" compendium of Materia Medica"
[ ] Ch reports the Y keyword Pinyin name
English name [ ] Leaf of Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus
[ alias ] Ailanthus leaf.
[ source ]
Medicine source: Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altissima to Ailanthus atissima ( Mill. ) Swingle leaves.
Latin animal mineral name: Ailanthus atissima ( Mill. ) Swingle [ Toxicodendron altissima Mill ]
Harvest and storage: spring, summer harvest, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of Ailanthus altissima deciduous trees, high up to 20m. Bark smooth and straight shallow crack, twigs, russet, puberulous. Odd pinnate leaflets alternate, long 45-90cm;13-25, after rubbing the smell, ovate-lanceolate, long 7-12cm,2-4.5cm wide, apex acuminate, base obliquely truncate, margin entire, only the base usually have1-2 to coarsely serrate, teeth top back has1 glands. Inflorescences terminal; flowers polygamous, white with green; male flowers have10 stamens; ovary5carpels, stigmas5 crack. Samara oblong-elliptic, long 3-5cm. Flowering4-5month, fruit is ripe period8-9.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: can drought-tolerant, alkali-resistant, often cultivated for street trees.
Resource distribution: distribution a few throughout the country.
[ character ] character identification leaves much shrinkage, crushing, complete flattening for odd pinnate, rachis long, much broken, sallow, with leaflets more than 10pairs, each leaf blade ovate-lanceolate, long 7-12cm,2-4cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded side side, oblique, near base edge often1-2 to coarsely serrate. Upper surface of lower surface dark green, lime green. Petiole length4-6mm. Sometimes visible short apical dendrite, tawny. Brittle, easily broken. Gas, light.
[ ] leaf chemical composition containing rutin ( rutin ), (afzelin ), Fu bean glucoside quercitrin ( quercitrin ), Isoquercitrin ( Isoquercitrin ), kaempferol ( kaempferol ), bark in (quercetin) and amino acids ( amino acid ).
[ ] the taste of bitter cold;
[ ] the lung meridian
[ function ] heat dampness; insecticidal. The main heat lag; diarrhea; diarrhea; eczema; sore furuncle scab;
[ usage] external: decoction,6-15g, tinea30-60g; or jiashi. External: moderate, washed fried.
[ ] the treatise" Tang Materia Medica": attending sore scabies, wind region. Boiled juice of.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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