One plant a day: pepperwood
Poetry flowers
Wood is thriving, and the spring trickles down.
When the goodness of all things is obtained, the journey of my life is rested.
—Tao Yuanming,"Return to Xi Ci"
Interesting talk about flowers and plants
Little exquisite leaves, strong and not heartbroken
The flower language of pepperwood is auspicious and peaceful, and all the best.
Pepperwood is very similar to fragrant wood and is easily confused. Many flower lovers are stupid and confused, and bought a pot of "fragrant wood" in order to repel mosquitoes, perhaps a pot of pepper wood. The leaves of the fragrant wood are larger than the pepperwood, and the pepperwood fruit is greenish brown and the fragrant wood fruit is red. The smell of pepperwood is usually not smellable, and when the leaves are crushed, there is a strong smell of pepper.
Plant care
Pepperwood needs to grow in a sunny environment and is usually watered less. Winter is not afraid of the cold, nor is it afraid of being trimmed and fiddled with. Although it feels easy to maintain, it grows slowly and you have to be patient.
Plant value
Pepperwood belongs to the rubiaceae family, although it does not flower, but it can bear fruit and can be used as a potted plant. Its leaves are dense green, fine in texture and able to emit fragrance. Pepperwood not only has ornamental value, but also has certain medicinal value, with sputum elimination and detoxification, appetizing and antidiarrheal, meridian activation effect. The leaves and fruits of pepper wood have medicinal properties. It mainly prevents and treats abdominal cold pain, typhoid cough, constipation, and toothache of wind worms.
Plant encyclopedia
Latin name: Zanthoxylum piperitum
Rutaceae · Peppercorns belong to Zanthoxylum
Aliases: fragrant wood, pepperwood
