History of Hovenia dulcis belongs to the Ratiaceae family Hovenia dulcis, also known as abduction jujube, chicken claw tree, chicken feet claw, ten thousand words fruit, longevity fruit, orange twisted son, etc., most of the provinces of our country have sporadic distribution, wild.

Introduction

Tall tree, 10-25 meters high; branchlets brown or black purple, brown pubescent or glabrous, with obvious white lenticels. Leaves alternate, thickly papery to papery, broadly ovate, elliptic-ovate, or cordate, 8-17 cm long, 6-12 cm wide, apically long acuminate or shortly acuminate, base truncate or cordate, sparsely suborbicular or broadly cuneate, margin often neatly shallowly and obtusely serrulate, distal or near-apical leaves obscurely toothed, sparsely subentire, glabrous above, often pubescent or glabrous below along veins or vein axils; petiole 2-5 cm long, glabrous. Petiole 2-5 cm long, glabrous. Dichasial thyrses, terminal and axillary, brown pubescent; flowers bisexual, 5-6.5 mm across; sepals reticulate-veined or longitudinally striped, glabrous, 1.9-2.2 mm long, 1.3-2 mm wide; petals elliptic-spatulate, 2-2.2 mm long, 1.6-2 mm wide, clawed short; disk pilose; styles semilobed, sparsely lobed or parted, 1.7-2.1 mm long, glabrous. glabrous. Berrylike drupe subglobose, 5-6.5 mm in diam., glabrous, yellowish brown or tan at maturity; fruiting rachis distinctly inflated; seeds dark brown or blackish purple, 3.2-4.5 mm in diam. Flowering period May-July, fruiting period August-October.　Hovenia dulcis is a deciduous tree, full of treasures. The wood has a coarse and beautiful texture, small shrinkage, not easy to reverse warping, hard material, suitable for home furnishings and decorative materials.　The bark, leaves, roots, fruits, and seeds are all used medicinally. Bark main treatment of gastrocnemius muscle spasms, pediatric food accumulation, etc.; leaves are thirst quenching and quenching the dryness of the good; fruit, seeds for the cooling diuretic, but also can be detoxified alcohol.　

After the frost, the fat fleshy fruit stalks began to ripen, especially after several several frosts, its taste sweet, nutritious, eaten raw unique flavor. Containing 30-40% sugar (glucose) and calcium malate, is the ideal children's health food. After the fruit stalks are crushed and water is added, it can be boiled to make fructose, syrup, drinks, and fermented wine; if the fruit stalks are made into dried fruit, it will be sweeter than raisins, and more flavorful than persimmon cakes; and the cooked dried fruit that has been preserved well for years will have a much better flavor.　The Hovenia dulcis grows fast, with large, rounded leaves, rich green leaf color, beautiful tree shape, and few pests and diseases, making it an ideal tree for landscaping, and especially suitable for inclusion in the layout of the tourist orchard (but it should not be planted near the distillery, as its branches and leaves, and fruits have a role in defeating the effects of alcohol). In addition, Hovenia dulcis is widely adaptable, easy to plant, and easy to manage, making it a tree species with great prospects for development.

Nutritional value

Hovenia dulcis The Hovenia dulcis is the stalk and seeds of the plant HoveniadulcisThunb. The fruit stalk is fleshy and thick, multi-branched, curved and not straight, resembling a chicken claw, reddish-brown in color, with tender, sweet and refreshing flesh.　Hovenia dulcis contains 59.1 grams of water per 100 grams, 28.55 grams of sugar, 0.07 grams of fat, 0.03 grams of protein, and 16.3 milligrams of vitamin C. It has a sweet, acidic flavor, and is very sweet.　Hovenia dulcis is sweet, sour, and flat in nature, with the ability to clear heat, quench thirst, tonify the middle and benefit the qi, moisten the five organs, and relax the tendons and collaterals. It can be used to treat drunkenness, irritable heat, thirst, vomiting, and unfavorable bowel movements. Gleanings from the Materia Medica" contains "quenching thirst and removing vexation, moistening the five spoils, facilitating urination and defecation, removing heat from the septum, and is as useful as honey". Avoid eating if the spleen and stomach are cold.　Alias Hovenia dulcis [seed], Chicken Claw Tree, Chicken Feet Claw, Wanzhi Fruit, Manshou Fruit, Orange Twisted Seed, Turned Twisted Seed, Nine Twisted Source Hovenia dulcis Thunb., family Rhamnoideae, the plant abducts Jujube Hovenia dulcis Thunb., with the bark and the seeds used in medicine. Bark can be collected throughout the year; seeds are collected when the fruit is ripe and dried, and the shell is crushed to collect the seeds.　Sexual flavor attributed to the seeds: sweet, flat.

Zi: clearing heat and diuretic, relieving cough and removing vexation, detoxifying alcohol. Used for fever and thirst, eruption, vomiting, dysuria, alcoholism.　Bark: activate the blood, soothe the tendons and detoxification. Used for gastrocnemius muscle spasm, food accumulation, iron bar hammer poisoning.　Fruit stalk: stomachic, blood tonic. Steamed and soaked in wine, used for nourishing and tonifying the blood.　Usage with measurements, bark 3 to 5 money.

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Excerpts from the National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine Hovenia dulcis (Hovenia dulcis THunb.) is a member of the family of Rhamnaceae, Hovenia dulcis, a deciduous tree, up to 10 meters tall, with gray-brown dry bark with irregular longitudinal fissures, reddish-brown branchlets, shoots with hairs, simple leaves alternate, leaf blade ovate, 5-7cm long, 4-11cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded. apex acuminate, base rounded, margin with irregular shallow obtuse serrations, both surfaces glabrous, basal veins ternate not reaching the end of the teeth, petiole reddish brown, 2-6cm long, with glands 4-5, flowers bisexual, axillary or terminal compound cymes, flowers yellowish green, calyx, petals, stamens are 5, stamens are longer than the petals, the style stigma 3-lobed. Berry-like drupe, subglobose, 6-10mm in diameter, brown and glabrous, fruiting pedicel fleshy, plump and twisted, reddish-brown, glabrous, sweet and edible, seeds compressed globose, 3 per fruit, dark brown, glossy, flowering in June, fruit ripening in October.　Points for identification: This species is also known as abducted jujube. Deciduous small trees, simple leaves alternate, basal veins three out of not reach the end of the teeth, petiole reddish brown with 4-5 glands, axillary or withered terminal compound cymes , flowers yellowish green, petals 5 number, berry-like drupe, subglobose. Fruiting pedicels fleshy, plump and twisted, sweet and edible.　Origin and Distribution: It is a specialty of China, mainly produced in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Slightly acidic soil and neutral soil in North China. Deep-rooted species with strong sprouting power and rapid growth in suitable locations.　Garden use: the trunk is straight, the branches and leaves are beautiful, the flowers are yellowish green, the fruit stalks are fat and twisted, it is a good gardening and ornamental species, it is more suitable to be used as a shade tree, roadside tree and lawn embellishment species, the fruit stalks can be eaten raw and also have medicinal value, the wood material is good.　Breeding and cultivation: seeding is the main mode of reproduction, but also cuttings and tillers.