Scientific name: Paederia cristata

Family name: Cruciferae

Alias: cockscomb flower, cockscomb flower, cowhide jelly, stinky stem, Gu Ren snake, Wude stem, red-boned snake, cockscomb flower, chicken manure stem, Shu Jie stem, Junzhi stem, spiced stem and Sinomenium.

Type: perennial vine herb.

Origin: Taiwan Province Province, southern Chinese mainland, Ryukyu, Korea and Japan. Distributed in flat land, hills, forest edges and bushes.

Usage: After the whole plant is crushed, it will have a special fishy smell, like chicken excrement, hence its name. Can be eaten as wild vegetables, can be used as medicine, take its roots, and have the effects of eliminating phlegm, relieving cough, stopping diarrhea, detoxification and so on. Plants: vines can grow to 2~4 meters.

Features: the leaves are opposite, and the shape of the leaves changes greatly. You can see oval, heart-shaped, rectangular, needle-shaped, sword-shaped and linear. The rattan stems are slender, smooth and multi-branched, with the nature of winding individuals, and the nodes of the stems are slightly enlarged. Roots: The roots are big and long, and the color is brown. The arrangement of flowers is multi-inflorescence, and each inflorescence is arranged in a panicle, which is inserted at the top or axil of the branch. The flower is tubular and closed, with hairy surface and purple corolla. Flowering period is from July to165438+1October. The fruit is a spherical berry, which is oily yellow when it matures.