Succulent plants-- rooting on the ground

Rooting: perennial herbs, 40-150 cm tall; stems branched. Pinnate compound leaves, 10-30 cm long, leaflets oblong to elliptic, 6-8 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex obtuse, edge crenate, crenate bottom easy to bud, bud grows up after landing into a new plant. Inflorescences terminal, 10-40 cm long; flowers pendulous, corolla salverform, 5 cm long, base slightly inflated, upward tubular, lobes 4, ovate-lanceolate, reddish or purplish red. Follicles enclosed in calyx and corolla; seeds small, striate. The flowers bloom from January to March.

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Originated in Africa. Cultivated throughout China, there are wild escape. The whole herb can be used as medicine to detoxify detumescence, activate blood circulation and relieve pain, remove poison and generate muscle. Cultivated for ornamental use. Common leaf cuttings reproduce. Mature leaves are picked in warm season and spread on wet sand. After a few days, they can take root and grow small plants at the missing parts of leaf edges. After growing, they can be cut and moved into small pots.

Rooting is a perennial succulent herb of Crassulaceae family, which can grow into subshrub shape, with thick leaves. Two opposite leaflets can sprout at the serrated edge of the leaves. In humid air, slender aerial fibrous roots can grow on the upper and lower surfaces. The small buds are evenly arranged at the edge of the large leaves, falling at a touch, and will take root. The plant is native to South Africa's Dagasca Island, on the hillside or in the bush beside the stream. It likes the warm and humid environment with sufficient sunshine. It is tolerant and very cold. It is suitable for growing in the acid soil with good drainage.

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This plant is adaptable and cultivated extensively. Potting can be used as a mixture of 3 parts of moldy soil and 1 part of sandy soil. To the young seedling on new pot should be timely picked, promote branch; For older plants, its stem semi-lignification, take off the foot and more curved do not stand upright, ornamental value reduced, should be truncated, make it sprout new branches. Watering at ordinary times should be done thoroughly before watering, do not worry about dying, fertilization does not have to be too frequent, otherwise it will cause prosperity and growth, and may cause plant rot, fertilizer can be applied 1-2 times a month in the growing season.

Summer to shade slightly, other seasons should have sufficient light, otherwise the color of the leaf margin will disappear. After autumn cool, water should be reduced. After winter, the room temperature can be overwintered as long as it is kept above 0℃. But the tujia pots remain slightly moist. Potted available decaying soil and coarse sand mixed soil each half. Watering a little more during the growth period, keep the pot soil moist, but not ponding. Autumn and winter temperature drop, should reduce watering. Winter flowering, strict control of watering, but do not forget to water. Fertilize once a month during the growth period. When the stem and leaf grows too high, it should be picked and pressed down to promote its multiple branches. Renew and change pots every spring to maintain beautiful plant state.

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Economic value:

The whole herb can be used as medicine to detoxify detumescence, activate blood circulation and relieve pain, remove poison and generate muscle. Cultivated for ornamental use. Common leaf cuttings reproduce. Mature leaves are picked in warm season and spread on wet sand. After a few days, they can take root and grow small plants at the missing parts of leaf edges. After growing, they can be cut and moved into small pots.

Horticultural applications:

Broad-leaved ground roots are the most common succulent plants. Its leaves are plump and juicy, and the edges grow neat and beautiful adventitious buds, which look like a group of small butterflies. They fly to the ground and immediately take root to breed future generations. It is quite interesting. For potted plants, is a good material for windowsill greening, embellishment study and guest room also has elegant taste.

Medicinal value:

Whole grass (floor rooting): slightly sour, astringent, cool. Detumescence, activating blood circulation and relieving pain, removing poison and promoting muscle regeneration. External use for carbuncle, breast carbuncle, erysipelas, otitis media, cheek, traumatic hemorrhage, traumatic injury, fracture, burn, scald.