Cat's ear plant is generally referred to as ten calyx eggplant, also known as red silk thread, blood to see sadness, hairy medicine, buttons and so on, it is a kind of perennial herbaceous plant, the plant's entire body is densely pilose, simple leaves alternate, leaf length ranging from 1-5 cm, the color of the flower is purplish-red.

Cat's ear plant grows seeds

Cat's ear plant grows seeds, the plant's fruit is stick-shaped, when ripe, it will split longitudinally, inside there is a flat spherical seed 4 seeds, the seeds are not big, the seed maturity time is in July-November every year.

What kind of plant is cat's ear

Plant Category:Cat's ear is also called ten calyx eggplant, is a kind of plant of Magnoliaceae, Solanaceae, and Red Cordiaceae, and it will bloom, and the flowering period is around May-June every year, and the color of the flower is mostly purplish-red.

Growth habit: cat's ear plant mostly grows in the wilderness slopes, ditch water, valley forest such places, environmental adaptability is relatively strong, at present, mainly distributed in China's northeastern, northern China and other places.

Cat's ear efficacy and use

Cat's ear plant has a very high food value and medicinal value, the Cantonese people generally will be the plant as the raw material of dumplings, in addition, the plant in the medicine also has a swelling pain, expectorant cough, heat and detoxification effects.

Cat's ear pictures