The flowers are dioecious, the male flowers are panicles and the corolla is white or light green. The inflorescence of female flowers is relatively short, and the corolla is similar to that of male flowers. The fruit is fleshy, spherical and black at maturity. The flowering period is March-165438+ 10, and the fruiting period is April-65438+February.
The morphological characteristics of Gynostemma pentaphyllum can be divided into five-leaf Gynostemma pentaphyllum and seven-leaf Gynostemma pentaphyllum. The main characteristics of its growth and development are slow growth in the early stage and fast growth in the later stage. The main reason is that the root system of Gynostemma pentaphyllum is weak and sparse, and the number of branches and leaves is small.
Gynostemma pentaphyllum is a kind of plant that grows day and night, and it is mostly distributed in high altitude mountains. Gynostemma pentaphyllum likes humid environment, but it is sensitive to heat and light. Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea is an ancient Chinese herbal medicine in southern China. It is often used for drinking tea. The picking and processing of leaves and buds of Gynostemma pentaphyllum is combined with modern Chinese medicine processing technology and ancient tea frying technology.
The stem is slender gray-brown or dark-brown, with longitudinal grooves on the surface, and the pedicel is filiform, with a length of 1-4 mm and a subulate bracteole at the base; Calyx tube is extremely short, 5-lobed, lobes triangular, about 0.7 mm long, and apex acute. Gynostemma pentaphyllum has a humid and mild climate, and is a perennial climbing herb, which is mostly found in shady places such as forests and streams.
Its leaves are dense, and there are many branches, almost all of which grow one by one. This kind of plant is more common in mountains or ditches. Stems slender, longitudinal, grayish brown or dark brown, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, tendrils 2-forked, born in leaf axils.
Generally speaking, Gynostemma pentaphyllum is easy to distinguish, and it is not a weed.