The language of flowers is the protection of love and the sharing of pain.

Rubia means madder.

Rubber: Rubiaceae, Rubia is a perennial herbaceous climbing vine, usually up to 3.5 meters long; the rhizome and the fibrous roots on its nodes are both red; the stems are multiple, slender, square columnar, There are obtose prickles on the edges, the leaves are whorled, papery, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, heart-shaped, with toothed prickles on the edges, rough on both sides, petiole up to 2.5 cm long, cymes The inflorescence is axillary and terminal, with dozens of flowers. The inflorescence and branches are thin, the corolla is light yellow, the corolla lobes are nearly oval, and the fruit is spherical and orange.

Blooms from August to September and bears fruit from October to November.

Propagation methods

1. Seed propagation

Harvest seeds when they are mature in October. The sowing period is in late October or early March. Drill shallow trenches with row spacing of 30-50cm, sow in rows, and cover with soil compacted.

2. Propagation by cuttings

In the Sichuan area, from February to March, select old vines that are round but not withered, and cut them into cuttings with more than 3 nodes and about 33cm in length. On the ground that has been prepared, open a 1.3m wide border. Make holes with a row spacing of 50cm x 33cm and a depth of about 15-20cm. Insert 2-3 cuttings into each hole. The tops of the cuttings are exposed on the border. Fill the soil tightly and pour water. water.

3. Propagation by divisions

In early November or March, dig up the roots of the plants, cut off the thick roots and use them as medicine, leaving the rhizomes cut into 2-3 buds per cluster. , and have a small section of 9cm long fibrous roots, make holes according to a row spacing of 35cm×30cm and a depth of 20cm. Plant one plant in each hole, cover with soil, compact and water.