Platycodon (Platycodon herbaceous plant) [jié gěng]

Platycodon, also known as baggage flower, bell flower, monk's hat flower, Latin name: Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC. English: Balloon Flower, a plant of the Campanulaceae family and the genus Platycodon, is a perennial herb with a stem height of 20-120 cm, usually hairless, occasionally densely covered with short hairs, unbranched, and rarely with upper branches. The leaves are all whorled, some whorled to all alternate, sessile or have very short stalks, the leaves are ovate, ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, the leaves are ovate or ovate-lanceolate, the flowers are dark blue or dark Purple-white, it can be used as an ornamental flower; Korean people use it as a wild vegetable; its roots can be used as medicine, and have the functions of relieving cough and expectoration, clearing the lungs, and draining pus. It is a commonly used medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. The young leaves can be pickled into pickles, which are called "goubao" pickles in Northeast China. In the Korean Peninsula and the Yanbian region of China, platycodon is a famous kimchi ingredient. This plant is described in the local folk song "Platycodon Ballad". Based on the name alone, some people may mistakenly think that Platycodon is the stem of oranges, but in fact it has no direct relationship with oranges or citrus.

Chinese scientific name

Platycodon

Latin scientific name

Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

Also known as

Platycodon, Bellflower

Kingdom

Plant Kingdom

Phylum

Angiosperm< /p>

Class

Dicotyledon

Subclass

Sympetaloid

Order

Family Platycodonales

Family

Family Platycodonae

Subfamily

Family Platycodoninae

Platycodon family

Genus

Platycodon

Species

Platycodon

Distribution Region

China, Korean Peninsula, Japan and Eastern Siberia

English name

Balloon Flower

Category

Rhizome