The wattle is a kind of angiosperm, usually grows in the hillside roadside, in our country is mainly distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, in Japan also has distribution. Thorn belongs to the Verbenaceae Bauhinia subfamily plants, is a variant of the yellow wattle, drought-resistant and cold-resistant, light-loving and shade-resistant, the soil requirements are not strict, in most of the soil can grow.

Types of Thorn

The Thorn is an angiosperm that usually grows on mountain slopes and roadsides, and is mainly found in China in Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and other places, and also in Japan.

Thorn properties

Thorn belongs to the Verbenaceae Bauhinia subfamily of plants, is a variant of the yellow wattle, drought-resistant and cold-resistant, the growth of the place of the average annual temperature of 8.8-10 ℃, the average annual precipitation of 380-550 mm, light-loving shade resistance, the soil requirements are not strict, in the yellow sheen, brown soil, red clay soil, calcareous soil in the limestone hills, as well as the mountainous brown loam can be grown on.

What does the thorn look like

The bark of the thorn is gray-brown, the young branches are square, the old branches are terete, with palmately compound leaves, opposite or verticillate, the margins of the leaflets are notched serrate, shallowly to y lobed, the back is densely covered with grayish-white tomentum, and the corolla is purple or lavender.

Thorn role and value

1, thorny adaptability, widely distributed, rich resources, often used to green barren mountains, can maintain soil and water, in addition, thorny branches and leaves are rich in nutrients, the main components and alfalfa close to the main components, is a very good green manure.

2, thorns also have a certain medicinal value, its roots and leaves can be used in medicine, has a cooling and sedative effect, can cure dysentery, influenza, cough phlegm, gastrointestinal pain, and its roots and seeds can drive pinworms, can be used to treat rheumatic arthritis, chronic bronchial diseases.