Scientific name: Magnolia coco (Lour) DC.
Alternative names: Magnolia, Nocturna, Nocturne Magnolia, Hong Kong Magnolia, Nocturnal Magnolia
British name: Coco Magnolia
Family: Magnoliaceae
Introduction to Night Lily:
An evergreen dwarf shrub native to China and Vietnam, with a plant height of 1 to 3.5 meters. Meter, the branches and stems are long and soft, and the whole plant is hairless. The leaves are leathery and hard, oblong, with a pointed apex, and the reticular veins on the leaf surface are obviously protruding. The flowers are drooping and incompletely developed, and the corolla is milky white and thick. The fragrance is very strong at night. It smells like a ripe pineapple, and its petals can condense at night, hence the name night lily. The red aggregate fruit is about three centimeters long and has a woody bud. The flower buds can be used as raw materials for tea and perfume making.
Magnolia Characteristics of plants in the family:
There are about twelve genera and more than 200 species of plants in the Magnoliaceae family. Most of them are evergreen trees or shrubs, and there are also deciduous species. Most of them are native to Temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, such as the Americas and tropical Asia, have alternate leaves, single leaves with entire margins, and pinnate veins. The young shoots are often surrounded by large stipules, but the stipules of early deciduous species will fall off, leaving significant stipules on the stems. The annular stipule mark is a major feature of this family of plants.
The flowers are large, obvious, gorgeous, neatly bisexual flowers, singly terminal or axillary, and the corolla and calyx are difficult to distinguish, especially called perianth. The leaves are arranged in an imbricate shape, the number of sepals is usually three, and the number of petals is six or more. The most important ornamental flowers and trees are magnolia and leucophylla. The difference between these two genera is that the flowers of magnolia are terminal flowers and have no flowers. The pistil is mostly axillary flowers with a pistil. The plant family is a relatively primitive family with many stamens and carpels arranged in a spiral shape on an extended receptacle. The fruits are mostly follicles with dehiscence on the abaxial axis. , there are also samaras, usually aggregated like pine cones. The seeds are large, the endosperm is rich, oily and the embryo is very small.
Medicine properties: This product is in the shape of irregular lumps, 2 to 3 cm long. , 1 to 2 cm in diameter, yellowish brown in surface. The petals are 6, divided into two rounds, obovate, about 2 cm long, shriveled, thick, hard and brittle. The receptacle is slightly extended, with many stamens and pistils densely growing on it. The flower stalk is short, dark brown. The gas is very fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter. The ones with intact flowers, yellowish-brown color and strong fragrance are the best.
Nature, flavor and function: Slightly bitter, mild. Guixin, spleen meridian. Promotes qi and relieves depression. Used for liver depression and qi pain. The usual amount is 5 to 10 grams.
Notes
① This product is a local customary medicine in Guangdong. It is different from the Albizzia julibrisin Durazz contained in the "Pharmacopoeia". The latter is Albizzia julibrisin Durazz, a plant in the Mimosa family. of dried inflorescences.
②The medicinal Albizia julibrissin in Chao'an, Shantou, Guangdong is the dried flower of Cassia surattensis Burm, f.
Function: Guixin, spleen meridian. Promotes qi and relieves depression. Used for liver depression and qi pain.
Nature and flavor: Slightly bitter, mild
Is it this kind of plant?
Also known as Qiang Qu, Panli, Shandan, and Daoxian, it is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of the Liliaceae family. It is native to China and is mainly distributed in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere such as eastern Asia, Europe, and North America. , more than 100 varieties have been discovered around the world, 55 of which are produced in China. In recent years, many new varieties have been produced through artificial hybridization, such as Asiatic lilies, musk lilies, perfume lilies, fire lilies, and lilies.
Name
Latin name/scientific name: Liliaceae
English name: Lily Family
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< p>Family and Genus ClassificationKingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
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Brief description
About 230 genera, There are 3,500 species distributed globally, but the temperate and subtropical zones are the most abundant. There are 60 genera and 560 species in China, spread all over the country. There are both famous flowers and good medicines in the Liliaceae family. Some are still edible. The main genera include Allium, Sarsaparilla, Lilium, Scutellaria, Polygonatum, Asparagus, Fritillaria, etc. Anemarrhena, Heron orchid, and Leytonia are endemic to China.
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Form
Most of them are herbs. There are bulbs or rhizomes underground, the stems are upright or climbing, and the leaves are basal or stem-borne. The stem leaves are often alternate, rarely opposite or whorled. The flowers are solitary or gathered into various inflorescences. The flowers are often bisexual, radially symmetrical, each part has a typical number of 3, and the tepals are 6, petal-shaped, two whorls, free or conjoined. There are 6 stamens, the filaments are separated or united. Ovary superior, often 3-loculed, capsule or berry. Produced in temperate and subtropical zones. It is produced in all parts of the country, with the southwest region being the most prosperous.
This family includes a variety of flowering plants, such as lilies, tulips, dieffenbachia, hosta, etc.; medicinal plants such as Polygonatum, Fritillaria, Asparagus, etc.; and common edible plants such as onions, garlic, leeks, onions and day lilies (daylily), etc. .
Perennial herb, rarely shrub or tree-like. Upright or climbing, with rhizomes, tubers or bulbs. Leaves are alternate or basal, rarely opposite or whorled. Stomatal apparatus is often irregular. Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual or heterosexual, radially symmetrical. There are usually 6 stamens, and the filaments are separated or attached to the perianth tube. The ovary is superior, rarely half inferior, often with 3 chambers, sometimes 2, 4, or 5 chambers, with an axial placenta, and rarely with a lateral membrane placenta of 1 chamber. Ovules usually numerous, anatropous. Endosperm mesozoic type or karyotype. Capsules or berries, less nuts. The seed endosperm is rich. Chromosome x=3-27.
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Subfamily
Liliaceae is a large and complex family. The broad Liliaceae family includes 13 subfamilies. Jimoflower subfamily, Herui subfamily, Afu subfamily, Wumu subfamily, Liliinae, Alstroemeriae subfamily, Allium subfamily, Allium subfamily, Asparaginae, Yanji subfamily Grass subfamily, Vermicelli subfamily, Betula subfamily and Sarsaparilla subfamily.
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Medicinal uses
Famous medicinal materials include Polygonatum sibiricum, Polygonatum odoratum, Anemarrhena asphodeloides , Ophiopogon japonicus, Fritillaria cirrhosa. Vegetables such as onions, garlic, leeks, yellow flowers, and lilies. There are hostas (Hosta plantaginea), tulips (Tulipagesneriana), Dieffenbachia (Rohdea japonica), daylilies (Hemerocallis fulva), etc. to watch.
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Classification
01. Tofieldieae
01. Tofieldia Huds.
p>02. Petrosavieae
02. Petrosavia Becc.
03. Helonieae
03. Chionographis Maxim.
04. Heloniopsis A. Gray
05. Ypsilandra Franch.
04. Hellebore Veratreae
06. Zigadenus Michx.
07. Veratrum Linn.
05. Tricyrteae
08. Tricyrtis Wall.
06. Dianellae
09. Dianella Lam.
07. Asphodelae
10. Eremurus M. Bieb.
11. Anemarrhena Bunge
12. Chlorophytum Ker-Gawl.
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13. Diuranthera Hemsl.
14. Thysanotus R. Br.
08. Hemerocallleae
15. Hosta Tratt.
16. Hemerocallis Linn.
09. Aloeae (now merged into an independent Aloe family)
17. Aloe Linn.
10. Iphigenieae
18. Iphigenia Kunth
11. Gloriouseae
19. Gloriosa Linn.
12. Lilieae
20. Gagea Salisb.
21 . Lloydia Salisb.
22. Erythronium Linn.
23. Tulipa Linn.
24. Fritillaria Linn.
25. Lilium Linn.
26. Cardiocrinum (Endl.) Lindl.
27. Nomocharis Franch.
28. Notholirion Wall. ex Boiss.
13. Scillaae
29. Scilla Linn.
p>30. Ornithogalum Linn.
14. Miluleae
31. Milula Prain
15. Allieae
32. Allium Linn.
16. Yucceae
33. Yucca Linn.
< p> 17. Dracaenaae34. Cordyline Comm. ex Juss.
35. Dracaena Vand. ex Linn.
36. Sansevieria Thunb.
18. Convallarieae
37. Speirantha Baker
38. Summer beetle Theropogon Maxim.
39. Convallaria Linn.
40. Reineckia Kunth
41. Tupistra Ker-Gawl.
42. Rohdea Roth
43. Aspidistra Ker-Gawl.
19. Polygonateae
44. Clintonia Raf.
45. Smilacina Desf.
46. Maianthemum Web.
47. Wanshou Disporum Salisb.
48. Streptopus Michx.
49. Polygonatum Mill.
50. Disporopsis Hance
20. Parideae
51. Paris Linn.
52. Trillium Linn.
21. Asparageae
53. Asparagus Linn.
54. Ruscus Linn.
22. Step grass Tribe Ophiopogoneae
55. Liriope Lour.
56. Ophiopogon Ker-Gawl.
57. Peliosanthes Andr.
23. Aletreae
58. Aletris Linn.
24. Smilaceae
< p> 59. Smilax Linn.60. Heterosmilax Kunth
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61. Bowiea
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62. Albuca
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Warning
Liliaceae A considerable number of plants are toxic and can cause vomiting, diarrhea, skin itching and other symptoms if eaten by mistake. Therefore, even medicinal use must be under the guidance of a doctor.