Introduction: "There is Chinan, everything is not difficult"! If you encounter it, it is a blessing, known as the "Mandarin Duck Tree"
The countryside is home to a variety of wild plants, especially in the mountains. The mountains are home to many precious plants that are unforgettable in childhood, not only strange in shape, but also of ornamental value, the most important of which is that the fruits of many plants were once precious snacks of our childhood.
For example, everyone is familiar with golden cherry seeds, hemp jia boys, sweet and sour fruits, milk fruits, five-fingered peaches, emblicas, black tigers, merry fruits, abacus, rambutan, mountain minors, etc. are all snacks that we often eat as children, and we miss them especially when we think about it now.
Today the author shares with you this plant, it can be powerful, it has the reputation of "thousands of years not long wood", both bonsai, but also medicine, ornamental medicinal use, this plant its scientific name is called red nan.
Red nan is also known as red nan peach, fish scale wood, fine seed lotus, red orchid, mountain black pearl, red nan, melon seed grass, false boxwood, fine leaf purple ling, melon seed wood, melon seed firewood, cow gold, etc. are its aliases, it is a myrtle family peach shrub or small tree plant.
It is mostly found in shrubland, low mountain forests, hillsides and other sunny places, and is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guizhou, Sichuan, Taiwan, Jiangxi and other provinces and regions in the mainland.
Because of the peculiar tree shape of the red nan, the folk elders often use it as a metaphor for the good wishes of "being a winged bird in heaven and a branch in the earth", so it has the alias of "mandarin duck tree" and "even branch".
The reason why it is called "Mandarin Duck Tree" is because there is a mysterious folk legend that Chi Nan has helped countless young men and women to tie the knot, so it is called "Mandarin Duck Tree". It represents the beauty in life, symbolizes the yearning and desire for a better life, is very suitable for keeping at home, and means very beautiful.
Therefore, in the folk, there is also a saying that "there is a red nan at home, everything is not difficult", and the red nan is a very valuable bonsai plant. Especially when it blooms, it is like a starry sky, giving people a feeling that everything is going well. Not only can it be kept at home, but it can also be used to send friends and wish a happy life.
In addition, the small fruit of the red nan is also particularly beautiful, its ripe fruit is purple-black, this fruit is a small snack we used to eat when we were children, it tastes sweet, and there are many small seeds in it. The mouth and fingers are black every time after eating, and it is even more difficult to wash if you get it on clothes, so it can be said to be a natural dye.
In fact, red nan not only has high ornamental value and very good meaning, but it also has high medicinal value and is loved by bonsai lovers. The medicinal root of red nan has the effect of strengthening the spleen and dampness, dissipating stasis and reducing swelling, cough and phlegm.
In life, it can be used for cough, wheezing, pediatric asthma, urinary tract stones, dysentery, rheumatic pain, uterine prosperation, hepatitis, edema, hernia, hemorrhoids, carbuncles, water and fire burns, bruises and swelling pain.
It can be said that red nan is a precious plant with many effects, it not only has high medicinal value, but also high ornamental value, and its meaning is also very good, keeping at home or sending relatives and friends are a good choice.
Dear friends, is there such a red nan in your hometown? There is a saying among the people that "there is a red nan at home, everything is not difficult", if you are lucky enough to meet it in the mountains, it is a blessing, known as the "Mandarin Duck Tree", which means good value and many benefits to keep at home.