Shrub to small tree, 3-7 meters high, with latex. Branchlets plump and succulent, with leaves aggregated at the top. Leaves scattered, petiolate, rectangular-orbicular, 20-40 cm long, up to 7 cm wide, tapering at both ends, bald, pinnately veined, lateral veins conjoined near the margin to form a single side vein. Cymes terminal, flowers large, numerous, very fragrant; calyx small, 5-lobed, lobes obtuse; corolla white and slightly reddish outside, yellow at base inside, 5-6 cm long, lobes obovate, covering each other, much longer than the corolla tube; stamens 5, inserted at the base of the corolla tube, anthers obtuse, rounded at base, separated from the stigma: ovaries superior, 2-carpeled, separated. Follicles, oblong. Follicles, oblong.
Traits dry flowers, yellowish brown to tan, crinkled, mainly 5 large rotationally arranged petals. Petals obovate, ca. 3 cm long, ca. 1.5 cm wide; connate proximally into a thin tube, ca. 1.5 cm long. Stamens 5, filaments very short; small ovoid ovary sometimes visible. Gas mellow aroma, taste light slightly bitter. Clean flowers, dry, yellow-brown color, gas aroma is preferred.
Medicinal Name Eggplant
Origin is the flower of Eggplant, family Oleaceae. The blooming flowers are picked in summer and fall and dried in the sun.
Habitat distribution Cultivated in gardens and flower gardens. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.
Alias Maine gardenia, egg yolk flower, ring whacking flower, duck's foot wood, big quarter flower, tomato flower, good flower boy
Hanyu Pinyin jī
dàn
huā
Use and dosage Internal: decocted soup, 1.5～4 qian.
Latin Botanical and Animal Mineral Name Plumeria
rubra
L.cv.Acutifolia
Attributed to Lung; Large Intestine Meridian
Effects clearing away heat; inducing diuresis; relieving heatstroke
Examined and verified in the "Record of Herbal Medicines Collected from the South of the Leng".
Family Classification Oleaceae
Latin Name Flos
seu
Cortex
Plumeriae
Attending Colds and Fever; Lung Fever and Cough; Dampness-heat and Jaundice; Diarrhea and Dysentery; Urinary Tract Stone; Preventing Heatstroke
Harvesting and Storage The bark of the stems is harvested in summer and fall. When the flowers bloom, pick the flowers, dry or fresh.
Effective classification of heat-clearing medicine; dispel heatstroke
Taste: sweet; slightly bitter; cool
Sun-dried eggshell flower: