Scientific name of Dalbergia microphylla. This plant has about 20 leaves. Because its leaves are similar to sour bean leaves, it is commonly known as "sour bean vine" locally and grows in Hainan and other places. It has a sweet bottom taste and a comfortable and smooth fragrance. Its fragrance is very rich and its taste is "like the blue of musk deer". In addition, it is also a very good medicinal material, spicy and non-toxic, similar to rosewood, and its medicinal function is more powerful. The ancients thought it was the head of incense. At present, its resources are more scarce than Huang Huali's timber.

Dalbergia, Dalbergia microphylla, rattan. Branches are slender, young branches are slightly pilose, and branchlets sometimes become hooked or twisted. The pinnate compound leaves are 5-8 cm long; Stipules membranous, lanceolate, caducous. Racemes are much shorter than compound leaves, and several racemes often integrate axillary short panicles; Pedicel long 1-2 mm, short brown hair, with calyx and bracteoles; Basal bracteoles ovate; Calyx broadly campanulate; The corolla is green and white, fragrant, slightly truncated on both sides of the base, with spikes, gradually tapering in the middle to form a stalk, and the wing flap and keel flap are rectangular. Pods are flat, oblong or banded, hairless, with a narrow neck at the base, usually with/kloc-0 per seed, and 2-4 seeds are sparse; The seeds are kidney-shaped, extremely flat, about 8 mm long and 5 mm wide. The flowering period is April-May.

The main producing areas of Dalbergia odorifera

This plant is produced in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places in China. Born on hillsides or in bushes beside valleys. The stem bark contains tannin; Textile fiber; Roots and stems can be used as medicine to relax tendons and activate collaterals, treat rheumatic pain, regulate qi and relieve pain, and break accumulation.

Growth habit of Dalbergia odorifera

Plants like high temperature, but they can also resist light frost and short-term extreme low temperature of-1 degree. Love light, but young trees have low branches, inconspicuous trunks and low yield under full light conditions. It can't grow in dense forests, but it can grow into straight and big wood in sparse forests with small canopy density and sparse shade. The requirements for soil fertility are not very strict. Generally, red soil, laterite and latosol with moderate fertility can grow into wood, but they grow faster in fertile sites. Can adapt to the limestone mountain environment, strong germination.

What is the efficacy and function of Dalbergia sinensis?

Dalbergia has its own fragrance, but it can be used as a spice, but this kind of thing is different from Ye Tan, which is called the fragrance of Burmese lobules. It has many medicinal values. The stem bark of Dalbergia odorifera contains tannin. Textile fiber; Roots and stems can relax tendons and activate collaterals, and have the effects of treating rheumatic pain, regulating qi and relieving pain, and resolving food stagnation. Its roots or rattan stems are used for rheumatic lumbago, gastric neuralgia, lumbar muscle strain, rheumatic joint pain, lumbago, abdominal pain and dysmenorrhea. Root: Xin, Wen. Strong muscles and bones, wide muscles and loose joints. Stem (red fragrant vine): promoting qi to relieve pain and break accumulation. Used for heartburn, stomachache, chronic injury, asthma and epistaxis. Resin: stop bleeding. Used for abdominal pain and heartburn.