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First, the botanical characteristics of the palm tree
1. Name and classification status
Palm tree is the official middle name, this name is derived from the "Compendium of Materia Medica", and is determined as the official middle name in the Flora of China; The scientific name is Ormosia Henry Prain, which was officially named and published in 1900; The alias is recorded in the Journal of Sun Yat-sen University as Heinz red bean; In Zhejiang, it is called rosewood, stinky barrel wood; In Yunnan it is called the red bean tree; Aliases also include toilet trees, rotten pot wood, crematorium barberry, etc.; In plant taxonomy, it belongs to the evergreen trees of the legume butterfly flower subfamily Red Bean genus Septum group.
2, distribution and growth environment
Palm trees are mainly distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces and regions in the mainland; It usually grows in the natural forest near the slopes, ravines and roadsides below 1300 meters above sea level, and is mostly mixed with fir, maple, masson pine, bitter oak, qinggang, bamboo forest, etc., with strong adaptability, and grows normally in acidic and neutral soils every year, which is a deep-rooted neutral tree species.
3, appearance characteristics
One is an evergreen tree, up to 16 meters tall, with grey-green bark, smooth, with shallow cracks; Twigs, leaf shafts, and inflorescences are densely hairy.
The second is that the leaves are odd pinnate compound leaves with 1-3 pairs of leaflets, compound leaves 13-35 cm long, leaflets leathery, oval or oblong oval, 4-13 cm long, basal round or wide wedge-shaped, leaf edges slightly reverse rolled, dark green on the surface, smooth and hairless, dense yellow-brown villi on the back and petiole, and about 5 mm long petiole.
The third is the apex of the conical inflorescence, or the axillary of the total inflorescence, 11-17 cm long; Calyx bell-shaped, 5-tooth cleft; The corolla is light green in the center, the edges are green with a slight tinge of light purple, the flag petals are nearly round, the wing petals are inverted ovate oblong, the light purple green, the keel petals are inverted ovate oblong, 10 stamens, separated, filigree light green, flowering in July-August;
The pods are flat, oblong-oval, 5–12 cm long, with a beak at the apex,
The petals are leathery, about 3 mm thick, purple-brown, glabrous, with a transverse diaphragm on the inner wall, with 4-8 seeds inside, the seeds are oval or ovate, the seed coat is bright red, shiny, and the fruit matures in October-November.
Second, the main value of palm trees
First, palm trees are rare and endangered tree species, and the existing wild resources are scarce, and have been included in the list of wild plants under secondary national key protection in the mainland.
Second, the wood of the palm palm tree has been considered a precious wood since ancient times. The ancient book "Museum Essentials" mentions: "The pear (palm tree) is produced in Guangxi Stream, a palm tree, the leaves are like pears but no fruit, the wood is red and purple and the texture is delicate, and can be used as utensils, tables, chairs, and study room utensils." ”。 Now it is believed that the wood of palm palm is dense and heavy, the texture is beautiful, and it is a high-quality wood for making high-grade mahogany furniture and decorative carvings.
Third, the palm tree is evergreen in all seasons, the trunk end is straight and the canopy is full, the yellow and white flowers bloom in summer, and the pods spit red in autumn, which is a garden landscape tree with high ornamental value.
Fourth, the roots, branches and leaves of the palm tree can be medicated, which has the effect of dispelling wind and scattering knots, detoxifying and removing stasis. Please follow your doctor's advice when using medicines.