Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(10).Epilobium amurense Hausskn.
✵The article gives records of the herb (10).Epilobium amurense Hausskn., its English name, Latin name, common names, property and flavor, its botanical source plant species, with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species.
Epilobium sect:(10).Epilobium amurense Hausskn.
Introduction: Epilobium sect is a section in the Epilobium genus of the Onagraceae family (evening primrose family), perennial herbs, upright, ascending, or prostrate. Stems are cylindrical or quadrangular. Leaves are opposite (occasionally whorled) at least below inflorescence and alternate sparsely spirally (E. sinense H. Lev.). Flowers are actinomorphic, parallel to the stem axis when blooming; flower tube exists; petal apex is concave to deeply 2-lobed; stamens vary in length in 2 whorls, pollen grains are yellow, pollinated by quadruple pollen; style is always upright; stigma is usually entire, clavate to capitate, as long as or higher than stamens, sometimes 4-lobed and higher than stamens.
Botanical description: Epilobium amurense Hausskn is classified in the Epilobium genus, of the Onagraceae family, it is known as the Nerville willow herb. Its synonyms are Epilobium lanue, Epilobium tetragonum, Epilobium miyabe, Epilobium gansuense, Epilobium yabei, Epilobium nepalense, Epilobium tenue, Epilobium laetum, Epilobium ovale, Epilobium miyabei, Epilobium origanifolium var. pubescens, Epilobium amurense subsp. laetum, etc.
Epilobium amurense Hausskn is a perennial herbaceous plant, short succulent and leafy root suckers grow from the base of the stem in autumn. After elongation, it sometimes becomes rosette-shaped buds and sparse creeping branches.
The stem grows to 50~80 cm high, unbranched or with a few branches, the upper part is villous and glandular-hairy, the middle and lower parts sometimes even the upper part often have two obvious hairline lines, and the rest are glabrous;
Leaves are opposite, oval, sometimes oblong-lanceolate, 2~7 cm long, the apex is tapering, sometimes subacute or blunt, the base is rounded or broadly cuneate, edge with sawtooth, 4~6 pairs of lateral veins, villous on the veins and the edges, and the rest is glabrous; Sessile or with a short stalk at the lower part of the stem;
The inflorescences are often villous and glandular-hairy; the flower is sub-erect at the bud, villous and glandular-hairy; The throat of the flower tube has a ring of villous hair; Sepals are lanceolate-oblong, 3.5~5 mm long, sparsely villous, with a bunch of hairs between axils at the base joint; Petals are white, pink or rose-purple, obovate, 0.5~1 cm long, the apex is concave; The ovary is 1.5~2.8 mm long, with curly pilose and glandular hairs. The style sometimes grows sparsely near the base, and the stigma is nearly capitated. When it blooms, it surrounds the outer anther or slightly protrudes.
The capsular fruit is 1.5~7 cm long, sparsely pilose or glabrous; The stalk length is 0.3~1.2 cm; The seeds are oblong, obovoid, 0.8~1 mm long, with thick papillae and dark brown, with an inconspicuous short rostrum (beak) at the top; The tassel is white, 6~9 mm long and easy to fall off; Its flowering period is from May to August and fruiting from June to December.
Ecological environment: Epilobium amurense Hausskn grows in the wet places of mountain streams, marshes, grassy slopes, and forest margins, in areas at altitudes of 1,300~2,000 meters in North and 1,800-4,200 meters in the west of China. In China, it mainly grows North, and Northeast, Yellow River Basin, the upper region of the Yangtze River, and Southwest, Taiwan. The plant also grows in Kamchatka, the Far East, Sakhalin island, Northeast Asia, and the Himalayas to Kashmir in the west.
Medicinal efficacy: The herb of Epilobium amurense Hausskn has a constringency property and consolidates depletion. It is indicated for menorrhagia, leukorrhagia, chronic dysentery and diarrhea. Recommended dosage: internally as water decoction, 6~15 g.
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1.Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(10).Epilobium amurense Hausskn.
✵The article gives records of the herb (10).Epilobium amurense Hausskn., its English name, Latin name, common names, property and flavor, its botanical source plant species, with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species.
Introduction: Epilobium sect is a section in the Epilobium genus of the Onagraceae family (evening primrose family), perennial herbs, upright, ascending, or prostrate. Stems are cylindrical or quadrangular. Leaves are opposite (occasionally whorled) at least below inflorescence and alternate sparsely spirally (E. sinense H. Lev.). Flowers are actinomorphic, parallel to the stem axis when blooming; flower tube exists; petal apex is concave to deeply 2-lobed; stamens vary in length in 2 whorls, pollen grains are yellow, pollinated by quadruple pollen; style is always upright; stigma is usually entire, clavate to capitate, as long as or higher than stamens, sometimes 4-lobed and higher than stamens.
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