The efficacy and function of long-fruit mountain orange

Many people are very familiar with the long-fruit mountain orange. The benefits that the long-fruit mountain orange brings to us are not available in other foods. So what are the effects of long-fruit mountain orange? Let’s learn about it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruit of the plant Simaoshan orange of the Apocynaceae family.

[Original form] Stout woody vine. The stem bark is gray-brown with stripes, and is glabrous except for the inflorescence which is slightly pubescent. Leaves are opposite; petiole is 6-10mm long; leaf blade is nearly leathery, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 6-19cm long, 2.2-6.5cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, cuneate base, and sometimes leaflets are sandwiched between large leaves; lateral veins are numerous, rising in an arc to the edge. The cymes grow in the leaf axils at the top, are 4-5.5cm long, and have dense flowers; the flower lobes are oval, with thin membranes on the edges and ciliated; the corolla is white, with oval lobes, the corona grows in the throat of the corolla tube in scale-like attachment to the corolla, the scales are 2-lobed and covered with long soft hairs; the stamens are born below the middle of the corolla tube. The berries are oblong, up to 9 cm long and about 5 cm in diameter, with a blunt tip and a rounded base. The seeds are flat, oblong or oval. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is September-November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in mountain forests at an altitude of 760-2800m.

[Chemical composition] The fruit and root of the long-fruited mountain orange contain Δ14vincine, scandine, α-amyrin acetate, β-sitoterol and loganin, tabermnine, 11-methoxytabersOnine, lochnerinine, Δ14-vincamine, 16-epi-Δ14-vincamine, Δ14-ebur.namine, 19,20-dihvdrocOndylocarpine and tenuicausin.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly spicy; cold

【Functions and indications】Antipyretic; antispasmodic; dissipating blood stasis. It is used to treat high fever in children; convulsions; opisthotonos; fractures; and contusions.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g; or soak in wine. For external use: Apply appropriate amount and soak in wine and rub.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This is all we have to say about the effects of long-fruited mountain orange. I hope it will be helpful to you. Although the value of long-fruit mountain orange is very high, we must be cautious when eating it.