Pothos kerrii

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[ source ]

Medicine source: as a plant of the family Araceae Pothos kerrii entire grass.

Latin animal mineral name: Pothoskerrii Buchetex Gagnep.

Harvest and storage: spring, summer harvest, cut, dried.

[ ] the original morphology of Pothos kerrii, creeping herbaceous vines. Small and cylindrical, thick 1-2mm, have 4 edge, a plurality of longitudinal stripes. Leaves alternate; petiole obovate, length l-2.2cm, width 0.5-0.9cm, apex obtuse, without ear; leaf blade thinly leathery, pale green, egg shape by needle form, long 6-11cm, 2.5-4cm wide, apex acuminate, a few into caudate; basal veins 2 for example. Peduncle axillary, red brown, long 3.5-4cm, obliquely ascending or slightly recurved, basal bracts 3-5, imbricate, longitudinally striate; spathe short, egg navicular, acute, reddish brown, ca. 5mm; spadix is globose, diameter 4-8mm, pale green to dark brown, with long 3-6cm Terrier; flowers bisexual; perianth piece 6, apex inflexed arches; stamens 6, filaments short, apex abruptly narrowly for connectives, anthers shorter, extrorse; ovary egg shape, 3 rooms, ovule 1 per room. Berry elliptic, obovate, red, with a seed 1-9. Flat oval seeds. Florescence in September.

[ ] habitat distribution

Ecological environment : in an elevation of 300-500m valley forest, epiphytic in stone.

Resource distribution: distribution in the Guangxi Longzhou.

[ function ] Qufeng desiccant; promoting blood circulation and relaxing muscles and tendons. Master of rheumatism; traumatic injury

[ usage]: 3-15g orally taken decoction.

Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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