Flat rattan

[ source ] from Guangzhou forces" commonly used Herbal Handbook"
[ ] Bi n T Pinyin name be e n be
English name [ ] Stem and root of Flatstem Rockvine
[ alias ] belt rattan, sheep with wind, wind, flat bones with rattan, rattan, lo Jiang Bian dragon, calamus, cuneata, rock and foot.
[ source ]
Medicine source: for grape plants cane pole roots or stems.
Latin animal mineral name: Tetrastigma planicaule ( Hook.f. ) Gagnep. [ Vitis planicaule Hook.f ]
Harvest and storage: and root Yu Qiu winter, digging, washing, slicing, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of cane pole climbing woody calamus wailong, ca. 10m. Glabrous. Stems are dark brown, broad and flat, base width of 40cm, branching cylindrical, often have swelling of the festival, with stripes; tendrils unbranched stout. Palmately compound leaves alternate; total petiolar and brawny, long 5-14cm, base the ministry often is flat and wide; leaflets 5, leathery, petiolule length 1-3cm, middle leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or wrap around acicular oblong, long 8-13cm, 3-6cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse or cuneate, margin with shallow crenatum; lateral leaflets a narrow or slightly shorter. Compound umbellate cymes axillary; peduncle long 4-6cm, near bracteate at base; calyx cup-shaped, apex truncate, milky convex dots; petals 4, green and white, ovate-triangular, apex cucullate, long 2.5-3mm; disk in staminate flowers in clear, shallow 4 crack, in female flower is not obvious, the stamens the ovary short; ovary broadly conical, glabrous, stigmas 4 lobed. Berry is large, subglobose, fleshy, about 2cm in diameter, with 2 seed. Seed obovate-elliptic, both sides are parallel to the small groove 2, and a transverse wrinkles. Flowering of 4-6 months, fr. 6-10.
[ ] habitat distribution
The ecological environment in the Zhongshan area: elevation of 300-400M forests, often climbing Yu Qiaomu.
Resource distribution: distribution in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.
Cultivated [ ]
Biological characteristics of hi cool wet climate. In the rain, fog, soil and air humidity conditions, healthy plant growth. As the sun is point-blank, plant growth is slow, growth and development are affected. To contain humus and fertile sandy soil on the growth of.
Cultivation techniques for seed and cuttage propagation. Seed propagation: the summer when ripe, rubbing to peel, dried in the shade. Should follow collect along with sow, selected with shaded moist environment seedling. Sows in the bed, with a thin upper cover the seed for the degree, cover grass, water moisture. When the seedling height of 30cm, according to 200cm x 200cm spacing opening holes, each hole for 1 strains. Cutting propagation: in the spring when the biennial branches, select, cut grow 15-20cm, inclined inserted in soil.
Field management flat rattan seedlings growth slow, the monthly after rot acquaintances excrement 1 times, each time weeding in early spring and autumn to 3-4, the chase or compost manure 1. Pay attention to keep the soil moist and shady.
Pest control damping-off, seedling with 1-2 really Ye Shiyi, pay attention to drainage ditch drainage in rainy season, removal of diseased plants, diseases from point spread lime disinfection, and the bed surface and a layer of dry ash.
[ ] the taste of Xin; acid; flat
[ ] to the liver through the heart;
[ ] Qufeng functions of Shujin Huoluo wet. The main rheumatic pain; lumbar muscle strain; hemiplegia; traumatic injury
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 15-30g; or leach liquor. External : the amount, trace and apply; or washed fried.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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