Du Lian

[ ] Pinyin name Dù Lià n
[ alias ] Hainan Du neem, buttons, hand punches Dan ling.
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: as Meliaceae Du neem leaves.
Latin botanical name: Turraea pubescens Hellen animal fossil
Harvest and storage: the year may collect, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original form of Du Lian bush, tall 2-3m. Branches pendulous, brown, with stripes. Leaves alternate; petiole to1cm, tomentose; leaf blade elliptic, ovate or obovate,5-10cm long,2-4.5cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, dilute suborbicular, entire or have not obvious sparsely blunt teeth, dilute sinuolate, sparsely pilose when young sides, especially. Flowers bisexual, racemes axillary, flowers in corymbs of short, type,4-5 having a flower, tomentose; pedicels long; calyx shorter, navicular, outside tomentose,5tooth crack, cracked teeth triangular; petals 5, white, linear spatulate,3-4.5cm long,5-6mm wide, apex acute; stamens 10, anthers inserted staminal tube cracked tooth, stamen length and narrow,4-9 cleft, lobes with anther length of 1-2 times, usually2 crack greatly, glabrous; disk pack surrounding base of ovary; ovary short, take to long, protruding stamens and stigmas tube, bottle shape. Capsule globose, diameter 1-1.5cm, glabrous, with 5 seed. Seeds oblong, usually curved like the crescent, the length of about 7mm, width of 3mm. Florescence 4-7 month.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in low altitude or near the bushes.
Resource distribution: distribution in Guangdong, Hainan.
[ ] taste bitter cold;
[ ] functions of heat-clearing and detoxicating; convergence diarrhea. The main diarrhea; diarrhea; sore throat; traumatic bleeding
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,6-15g. External: fresh goods amount, trace and apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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