Chlorophytum comosum

[ ] Dià o Pinyin name Lá n
[ alias ] Guilan, orchid, orchid, tree line grape banana melon, short for Zhejiang Province crane orchid, bluegrass, but bracketplant, foreign ginseng, eight Procera, tufts of Chlorophytum comosum
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: liliaceous plant Chlorophytum whole plant or root.
Latin animal mineral name: Chlorophytum comosum ( Thunb. ) Baker[Anthericum comosum Thunb.]
Harvest and storage: collected all the year round, wash fresh.
[ ] the original morphology of Chlorophytum comosum perennial. Rhizome short, hypertrophy, spindlelike. At most; cluster of leaves, slender pointed leaves, green or yellow stripes, long 10-30cm, wide l-2cm, to both ends slightly narrow. Scapes than leaf length, sometimes up to50cm, often into Pu branch, near the top of leaf bundle or young plants; the flowers are small, white, often2-4fascicled, arranged into evacuation racemes or panicles, pedicels joint is located in the middle to upper; perianth lobes leaflike,6; stamens 6; slightly shorter than perianth segments, anther dehiscence after often curled; ovary sessile,3 room, style linear. Capsules triangular oblate, with 3-5 seeds per locule. Florescence in May, fruit period in August.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: around the extensive cultivation, for ornamental.
Resource distribution: South africa.
[ ] cultivation
1biological characteristics : be fond of warm and humid environment, to light, temperature adaptability, optimum growth temperature was 13 ℃.
2: Division breeding cultivation technique. Seedlings after planting, at its root, new growing points before, do not rush to plant cut. In addition, with fleshy roots can also be.
3field management : the winter temperature is low, make sure the plants keep dry. In spring and summer, growth period, should keep the soil moist. Autumn, winter decrease water quantity, but also can make the soil is dry in winter. Growth period every ten days after applying decomposed thin fertilizer in winter1, every months 1 times.
[ character ] trait distinguishing roots terete fusiform, with short rhizomes. Full leaf strip to strip wraps around needle form, long 20-30cm, diameter1-2cm, apex acuminate, base amplexicaul; dark green, some with yellow vertical stripes or edge is yellow; quality hard. Some are scapose and inflorescence. Gas micro, mild.
[ ] taste sweet; bitter cold;
[ indications ] phlegm cough; Sanyu Xiaozhong; heat-clearing and detoxicating. The main phlegm heat cough; traumatic injury; fracture; carbuncle swollen hemorrhoids; burn;
[ usage] oral Decoction: fresh goods,6-15g,15-30g. External: amount, trace and apply; or washed fried.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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