The prickly leaves of Cycads

[ ] Pinyin name C Y keyword S Ti reports
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Medicine source: as the cycad Cycas roots or seeds in Southern China.
Latin animal mineral name: Cycas rumphii Miq.
[ ] the original morphology of trunk is cylindrical, high 4-8M, dilute amounts to 15m. The upper left. Pinnate leaf length 1-2m, nearly straight show, the upper arch, rachis is usually have a shorter handle; pinnate lobes on the 50-80, 2 rows of long strip or bar, lanceolate, slightly curved or straight, length 15-30cm, width 1-1.5cm, leathery, green, glossy, midvein slightly concave sides, or micro song. The male cones are short stalk, elliptic-oblong, long 12-25cm; microsporophylls wedge, long 2.5-5cm, densely red or red brown villous; big spore leaf length 20-30cm, pinnatifid, initially tomentose, fall off gradually after, long, ovule ( 4-6 1-3. ). Seeds oblate spherical or ovoid, apex sometimes emarginate, central slightly convex tip, size 3-4.5cm. Florescence in October 5-6 month, a mature.
[ ] habitat distribution
The ecological environment in China: widely cultivated throughout Southern China, the Yangtze River basin with pot.
Resource distribution: native to Indonesia, northern Australia, Vietnam, Burma, India and Madagascar and other places in africa.
[ ] a series of chemical composition containing volatile alcohols, ketones and esters.
[ ] taste Gan; light; flat
[ ] Pinggan Qufeng functions; swelling and astringing sores. Primary hypertension; rheumatism; innominate toxic swelling; skin eczema
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, the root 10-15g; seed 6-9g. External: moderate, grind end adjustable coating.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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