What does the cloud tree look like?

Yunshi tree is a vine, its bark is dark red, branches, leaf rachis and inflorescences are pilose and hooked, petals are yellow, round or Obovate, 10-12 mm long, curled in full bloom, stamens and petals as long as petals. Its pod is oblong tongue-shaped, 6-12 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide, chestnut brown, glabrous and glossy, cracking along the abdominal suture when mature.

1. Cultivation techniques of Yunshu tree

Like warm and sunny, the sandy loam with good drainage and deep soil layer is better. It can also be cultivated by the river, by the forest or as a fence. Before planting, apply enough rotten base fertilizer to remove the top of the plant. Watering enough after planting and applying thin fertilizer after sprouting to promote the growth of lateral branches. Fertilization is applied once a month during the summer growing period. Properly pruned and reshaped, withered inflorescences were removed at any time from April to May to promote the germination of new branches.

Second, the propagation method of Yunshu tree.

1. Sowing seeds

Raise seedlings in Sichuan from March to April, soak the seeds for 2-3 days, and then sow seeds. On the whole land, open a high border 1.3 meters wide, open a horizontal ditch according to the center distance of 24-30 cm, 3-6 cm deep, sow 40-50 seeds per mu, apply 15-20 jin of seeds per mu, cover plant ash 1 cm thick, and finally cover the soil and border surface flat. The seedlings were dug and transplanted around October, and on the selected land, holes were opened at a distance of 1 meter from each row, with a depth of 12-18 cm. Plant 1-2 plants in each hole, cover the soil tightly, cover the soil and the border surface flat, and finally watering to determine the root.

2. Cuttage

Use the mature twigs of the same year in the rainy season and take root 20-25 days after planting. The seeds were sown, collected in autumn, and sown in May of the following year. Part of the seed coat was bruised before sowing and germinated about 30 days after sowing.

The root, stem and fruit of Yunshu tree can be used medicinally, and its nature is warm, bitter, astringent and non-toxic. It has the effect of dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and promoting menstruation, detoxifying and killing insects, treating pain in muscles and bones, and injury caused by falls. Pericarp and bark contain tannin, seeds contain 35% oil, and can make soap and lubricating oil.