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Botanical morphology of Glycyrrhiza uralensis

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Licorice plant height 50-150 cm, root stout, cylindrical, multi-horizontal, sweet taste. The skin is reddish brown or dark brown. The stem is erect, the lower part is woody, and the whole plant is white pubescent. Odd-pinnate compound leaves alternate, leaflets 7-17 pairs, ovate-elliptic, entire, both surfaces covered with glandular scales and white hairs. Racemes axillary, calyx campanulate, Corolla butterfly, purplish red or blue-purple. The pods are densely arranged into balls, and the single fruit is sometimes curved into a sickle shape, brown, densely covered with spiny glandular hairs, with 6-8 seeds and sometimes 2 seeds.

Licorice plant height 50-150 cm, root stout, cylindrical, multi-horizontal, sweet taste. The skin is reddish brown or dark brown. The stem is erect, the lower part is woody, and the whole plant is white pubescent. Odd-pinnate compound leaves alternate, leaflets 7-17 pairs, ovate-elliptic, entire, both surfaces covered with glandular scales and white hairs. Racemes axillary, calyx campanulate, Corolla butterfly, purplish red or blue-purple. The pods are densely arranged into balls, and the single fruit is sometimes curved into a sickle shape, brown, densely covered with spiny glandular hairs, with 6-8 seeds, sometimes 2, and the seeds are oblate, ovoid and brown.

 
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