First, the botanical characteristics of the fluffy
1. Name and classification status
Pengyu is the official middle name, this name comes from the "Handbook of Seeds and Plants in Southern Jiangsu", which is determined as the official middle name in the Flora of China; the scientific name is Rubus hirsutus Thunb., which was officially named and published in 1813; the alias is recorded as a splash plate in the "Botanical Name And Actual Tu Kao"; many places are also called March Bubble, Cut Field Grass, Wild Duli, etc.; in plant taxonomy, it belongs to the shrubs of the Polycardia Group of the HollowBerry Group of the Genus Hanging Hook of the Rosaceae family.
2, distribution and growth environment
It is mainly produced in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River on the mainland, and usually grows on hillside roadsides, wet places and shrublands below 1500 meters above sea level.
3, appearance characteristics
One is a shrub, under 2 meters tall, with reddish-brown or brown branches with soft hairs, glandular hairs and sparse skin spines on the surface.
Second, the compound leaf has 3-5 leaflets, the small leaves are ovate or wide ovate, 3-7 cm long, there are sparse soft hairs on both sides, and the leaf edges have irregular sharp and heavy serrations; the petiole is about 2 cm long, and the surface has soft hairs, glandular hairs and sparse skin spines.
The third is that the flowers are often solitary, the flowers are large, about 3 cm in diameter, the calyx is folded back after flowering, the petals are inverted oval or only round, white, and flower in April;
The fruit is spherical, about 2 cm in diameter, glabrous, yellowish red or red when ripe, and ripens in May-June.
Second, the main use of fluffy
First, its ripe fruit is edible, both raw food, juicy flesh, sweet and sour taste, but also processing juice, jam, fruit wine, etc.; according to the measurement, the average diameter of the fruit is 1.7 cm, mainly containing organic acids, sugars, minerals, superoxide dismutase and other nutrients, is a good wild fruit.
Second, its whole plant and root can be used medicinally, with anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, heat-clearing and anti-alarming, blood-activating and rheumatic effects.
Third, its plant shape is natural, the leaf color is dark green in summer, red in autumn and winter, and the leaf color changes with the seasons;
The flowers are white and the fruit is red; it has ornamental value and can be cultivated in the garden for ornamental application.