Category Archives: Plant

Grapefruit

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 17, 2020 idb

Grapefruit is a citrus fruit. People use the fruit, oil from the peel, and extracts from the seed as medicine. Grapefruit seed extract is processed from grapefruit seeds and pulp obtained as a byproduct from grapefruit juice production. Vegetable glycerin is added to the final product to reduce acidity and bitterness. Grapefruit juice is used for asthma, high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, cancer, improving levels of red blood cells, a skin disease called psoriasis, and for weight loss and obesity. It is also used to reduce stomach…

How to begin observing trees?

Plant February 17, 2020 idb

Michelia x alba

Plant February 17, 2020 idb

Magnolia × alba, also known as the white champaca, white sandalwood, or white jade orchid tree, is a flowering plant of hybrid origin that is commonly cultivated in Southeast Asia and tropical regions of East Asia. Although the exact origin is uncertain, it is considered to be a hybrid of Magnolia champaca and Magnolia montana. Magnolia × alba is widely cultivated as an ornamental in Asia, particularly tropical and subtropical regions of China and Southeast Asia for the strongly fragrant flowers. In Taiwan, the flowers…

White Michelia – Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 17, 2020 idb

The distillate of the White Michelia has been used for animal testing. It has been shown to have antitussive and expectorant effect, and is able to relieve asthma though the effect is not strong. The medicine is bitter in taste, and main cure includes cough, main chest tightness and bloating, heat stroke, prostatitis and leucorrhea.

Japanese Camellia

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 17, 2020 idb

Camellia japonica is an evergreen Shrub growing to 10 m (32ft) by 8 m (26ft) at a slow rate. It is in leaf all year, in flower from April to June, and the seeds ripen in October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by bees. An edible oil is obtained from the seed of Japanese Camellia. It is called ‘tsubaki oil’. Dried flowers are cooked. The flowers are used as a vegetable or mixed with gelatinous-rice to make…

Pterocarpus indicus

Plant February 17, 2020 idb

Pterocarpus indicus is a large evergreen to deciduous tree with a large, spreading crown of many long branches that are at first ascending, but eventually arch over and sometimes droop at the ends. The plant usually grows 15 – 20 metres tall, but exceptionally can be up to 40 metres. It has a short, clear bole that can be 2 metres in diameter but is usually of poor form – twisted and deeply fluted, often with pronounced buttresses. The tree produces sweet-scented yellow flowers that…

Rhododendron pulchrum

Plant February 17, 2020 idb

Rhododendron pulchrum, also identified as Rhododendron x pulchrum is a rhododendron endemic to China. It grows as a semi-evergreen shrub, 1.5–2.5 meters in height, with leaf blades leathery, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 2–5(–7) × 1–2.5 cm in size. Flowers are rose-purple with dark red flecks. Hirsutum describes it as “a natural hybrid; seed x pollen= R. mucronatum var mucronatum x R. indicum var formosanum“. The plant grows with fine textured and leathery leaves, magnificent and showy blossoms in Spring. With its purlish pink flowers, the…

CM36 Magnolia liliiflora Desr 辛夷

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 辛夷 Family Name (科名): Magnoliaceae Scientific name (學名): Magnolia liliiflora Desr Common name (俗名): 木筆、辛夷花、木筆花、望春花習性：分布在中国云南、福建、湖北、四川等地，生长于海拔300米至1600米的地区，一般生长在山坡林缘 Growth habit: Distributed in China, Yunnan, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan and other places, growing at an altitude of 300 meters to 1600 meters in the region, the general growth in the hillside forest 葉：深綠色的葉子，寬達4英寸，長8英寸。 Leaf: The dark green leaves are up to 4 inches wide and 8 inches long. 花：大粉紅色到紫色華麗的花朵 Flower: large pink to purple showy flowers 果：紫色或棕色毛果 Fruit: Purple or brown…

CM103 Liriope spicata 麥冬

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 麥冬 Family Name (科名): Asparagaceae Scientific name (學名): Liriope spicata Common name (俗名): 麥門冬、寸冬、寸麥冬習性：麥冬喜溫暖濕潤，降雨充沛的氣候條件5-30℃能正常生長，麥冬對土壤條件有特殊要求，宜於土質疏鬆、肥沃濕潤、排水良好的微鹼性砂質壤土。 Growth habit: Love warm and humid with abundant rainfall climate conditions at 5-30 ℃. The plant has special requirements for soil conditions, suitable for loose soil, fertile, well drained and slightly alkaline sandy loam. 葉：禾葉狀，長10-50釐米，少數更長些，寬1.5-3.5毫米，具3-7條脈，邊緣具細鋸齒。 Leaf: leafy, 10-50 cm long, 1.5-3.5 mm wide, with 3-7 veins, edges serrulate. 花：花單生或成對著生於苞片腋內；花期5-8月。 Flower: Flowers solitary or in pairs in bracts axillary; flowering May-August. 果：種子球形，果期8-9月。 Fruit: Seeds…

CM99 Sauropus spatulifolius 龍脷葉

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 龍脷葉 Family Name (科名): Phyllanthaceae Scientific name (學名): Sauropus spatulifolius Common name (俗名): 龍舌葉、龍味葉、龍脷葉牛耳葉習性：龍利葉多為栽培或生於山谷、山坡濕潤肥沃的叢林中。常綠小灌木，高達40釐米。 Growth habit: Leaves mostly cultivated or born in the valley, moist and fertile hillside jungle. Evergreen shrubs, up to 40 cm. 葉：卵狀披針形或倒卵狀披針形 Leaf: Ovary-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate 花：花單性，暗紫色，叢生於葉腋內或排成一極短的總狀花序；花柄稍較花萼為短或略長 Flower: Flowers unisexual, dark purple, clustered in leaf axils or arranged in a very short racemes; pedicels slightly shorter or slightly longer than the calyx 果：蒴果具垣柄，狀如豌豆，幾為增長的宿萼所包藏 Fruit: Capsule wall with handle, shaped like pea, a few…