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Morphological characteristics and suitable environment of Polygonatum polygonatum

Published: 2024-11-25 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/25, The whole plant is hairless. The rhizome is yellowish-white, slightly sweet, fleshy, horizontal, connected by several parts shaped like a chicken head and become a large head and small tail, one end of the stem is more hypertrophy, leaving round stem marks such as corns, nodes are obvious, and the nodes have a few roots. Stem simple, slightly curved, Terete. Leaves usually 4-5 whorled, sessile; leaf blade striate-lanceolate, apex curled, gray below, main veins parallel, central veins stout raised below.

[morphological characteristics]

Herbs perennial, 30-120 cm tall. The whole plant is hairless. The rhizome is yellowish-white, slightly sweet, fleshy, horizontal, connected by several parts shaped like a chicken head and become a large head and small tail, one end of the stem is more hypertrophy, leaving round stem marks such as corns, nodes are obvious, and the nodes have a few roots. Stem simple, slightly curved, Terete. Leaves usually 4-5 whorled, sessile; leaf blade striate-lanceolate, apex curled, gray below, main veins parallel, central veins stout raised below. Flowers axillary, white-green, pendulous, umbels, total pedicels long, apical often 2-branched, 1 flower each. Berries globose, black when ripe. The flowering period is from May to June and the fruiting period is from June to July.

[suitable environment]

Like Yin and dampness, cold-tolerant, seedlings can survive the winter in the open field. It grows poorly in dry areas and grows well in moist and shady conditions. The loam with deep, fertile, loose, good drainage and water retention is better. It is not suitable for planting in sticky or over-dry and barren plots. Rhizoma Polygonatum is mainly produced in Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, East and South China and other regions.

 
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