The scientific name of this plant is Shangluo. It is a robust perennial herb. China's existing distribution of the main varieties of the land, commonly known as the "wild radish" and the pendant order of the land. According to its morphology, it is called amaranth, mountain radish, flower of the land, rouge and so on.

The root is plump, fleshy and conical. Because of its form is very similar to the amaranth family of the capital orchid (commonly known as earth ginseng or earth ginseng) and is mistakenly planted as earth ginseng. It blooms in summer and fall, with white flowers and oblate, purple-black berries.

The roots are used as medicine, and the white and fat ones are the best, while the red roots are highly poisonous and are only used externally. It has the efficacy of opening the bowels, expelling water and dispersing knots, treating edema, flatulence, foot fungus, throat paralysis, and applying externally to treat carbuncle sores and swellings. The fruit contains tannin, which can be extracted from tannin. The young stems and leaves are also edible.

Expanded Information:

1, edible value

Shanglu has two kinds, one is the green-stemmed shanglu, and the other is the red-stemmed shanglu. The green-stemmed saplings are a high-quality wild forest vegetable. The red-stemmed meridian is poisonous and cannot be eaten.

2, ecological value

Shanglu has a very good water retention and soil conservation, especially for the newly reclaimed red soil terrace orchard. In southern China, due to the heavy rainfall, a large amount of rainfall in spring and summer makes the terrace walls of newly reclaimed orchards often slide down and collapse. And Shangluo is suitable for growing in the red soil, the root system is developed, the root fleshy and stout, the distribution is deep and wide, the branch and leaf growth is fast and luxuriant, so the effect of fixing water and soil is good.

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