CM150 Belamcanda chinensis 射干

Chinese name: 射干
Family name(科名): 鳶尾科 Iridaceae
Scientific name(學名): Belamcanda chinensis
Common name(俗名): Black-berry Lily紅蝴蝶花、烏扇、扁竹

 

習性:

多年生草本

Growth habit:

Perennial herb

葉:

葉長形似劍, 形態比較硬身, 且向四面散開

Leaf:

It looks like a sword, it’s form is quite hard and spread out to all side

花:

花橘黃色,直徑3~4cm,花被片6,橢圓形,散生暗紅色斑點

Flower:

It is in orange color, it diameter is around 3-4 cm, it have 6 pieces of petal that shaped in oval, also it have some red spot in it

 

果:

開花後結蒴果,成熟時果實三裂,內含多顆黑色種子。

Fruit:

After the flower bloom, it will become a fruit, when it ripe, it will broke three times and it will have many seed in black color

知多一點點:

可以用來煎藥,是中藥的一種

More to learn:

It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine

性味功能:

苦,寒。入肺、肝經

Properties:

Bitter and cool

主治:

消炎、鎮痛、解暑等作用,對扁桃腺炎、止咳亦具療效

 Treats

To allay, to ease pain, to relieves summer heat, acute tonsillitis and to stop the cough

 

Useful link:

http://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=7009053101959

http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1105061501107

http://www.hktree.com/tree/Belamcanda%20chinensis.htm

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