First, the botanical characteristics of quinoa
1. Name and classification status
Quinoa is the official middle name; alias is also called black quinoa because of its black fiber network at its roots; because of its stalagmoid stems are thick and short, slightly fleshy, with bundle-like whisker roots, much like onions, also called mountain onions; in plant taxonomy, it belongs to the lily family Officinalis is a perennial herb of the genus Quinoa.
2, distribution and growth environment
Quinoa is mainly distributed in Northeast China, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou; usually grows at an altitude of 1000-3000 meters above sea level under the slopes of forests and grasses.
3, appearance characteristics
It is a perennial herb with stubble-like stems and mostly slightly fleshy bunches of whiskered roots;
The stem is upright, cylindrical, with leaves from the base to the upper part,
The base is surrounded by leaf sheaths; single leaves are alternate, the leaves are oval, wide ovate or ovate lanceolate, the size of the leaves varies greatly, generally about 20 cm long, about 10 cm wide, thin leathery, green and hairless on both sides;
Male flowers and hermaphroditic flowers are the same plant, conical inflorescence dense purple-black flowers, lateral inflorescences nearly erect and stretched, usually male flowers; apical inflorescences are long, almost all hermaphroditic flowers; flower discs 6, stamens 6;
The capsule is 1–2 cm long, oval or ovoid, cracked when ripe, flattened seeds with wings around them; flowering and fruiting in July-September.
Second, the main use of quinoa
First, the leaves of quinoa are large green and the inflorescence is purple-black, which has certain ornamental value and can be used as ornamental plants in pots and ground plants.
Second, the roots, rhizomes and aerial parts of the quinoa can be used medicinally, according to the data records that its sexual taste is spicy, bitter, cold, toxic, with expectorant, emetic, insecticidal and other effects, mainly contains a variety of steroidal alkaloid components, please follow the doctor's advice when medicinal.
The above is for personal reference only.
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