What are the characteristics of trumpet flowers?

The trumpet flower is characterized by short hair all over the body. Leaves alternate, cordate, usually 3-lobed. Corolla is funnel-shaped, many colors, there are blue, red, purple, white and so on, but also mixed colors. And it is easy to cultivate, colorful and adaptable, which is generally used for balcony, windowsill, scaffolding and fence greening.

Growth habit

Trumpet peanut is strong, mild climate, adequate light, moderate ventilation, strong adaptability to soil, more resistant to drought and salinity, not afraid of high temperature and heat, is a deep-rooted plant, good fertile, well-drained soil, taboo stagnant water.

Medicinal value

Morning glory has a high medicinal value. In the Ming Dynasty, Wu Kuan wrote a poem praising: "Materia Medica contains medicine, but grass can see morning glory." When the wind blows and the hedge falls, there is a lot of preparation. " According to the analysis of modern pharmacological research, morning glory contains morning glory glucoside, petunia acid An and Gallic acid.

Naked ergot alkali, wild ergot and other ingredients, can stimulate the intestinal tract, enhance peristalsis, have a strong purgative effect. When taking it, it must be taken strictly according to the quantity, not too much. the medicinal names of Petunia are Erchou, black ugliness and white ugliness. Black ugliness is black petunia, white ugliness is white petunia, and two ugliness is a mixture of black and white ugliness.

Seeds are commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, famous ugly Niuzi (Yunnan), black ugly, white ugly, two ugly (black and white seeds mixed), used in medicine more black ugly, white ugly less. It has the effect of purging water conservancy urine, expelling phlegm and killing insects.

Plant culture

The trumpet flower has a long history in our country. It is said that the trumpet flower originated from a pair of sisters who rescued a green cow goblin and used it to get a bumper harvest for everyone's cultivated land, but they were punished and turned into flowers living in the fields one by one. Therefore, the trumpet flower is vividly called morning glory. The symbolic meaning of the trumpet flower is also very positive and positive. it is a kind of blooming every day so persistently and persistently, never treated passively. Although I am not as expensive and gorgeous as other flowers, I am very industrious, strong and simple and loved by many people.

The vitality of trumpet flowers is very tenacious. No matter in the corner of the courtyard or on the mountain path, you will see clusters of trumpet flowers smiling at you. And it's still climbing.