The efficacy and function of white flower fruit

In our lives, white flower fruit has attracted our attention because of its extremely high medicinal value. Let's take a closer look at what white flower fruit is.

[Alias] Chengganhong, red fruit tree.

[Source] The leaves, flowers and fruits of the Theaceae plant. The leaves can be harvested throughout the year; the fruits are harvested when ripe.

[Original form] Small tree or shrub, 3 to 8 meters high. Branchlets stout, cylindrical, glabrous. Simple leaves are alternate, leathery, oblong-obovate, 5-10 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, obtuse or mucronate at apex, cuneate at base, entire, glabrous, smooth, with midrib sunken on leaf surface; petiole 1.5 cm long. The flowers are bisexual, light yellow, 1.8 cm in diameter, with a woody scent, borne in axillary or clustered branches; pedicels 1-1.5 cm long, slightly drooping; 2 bracts, ovate-triangular; 5 sepals and 5 petals, fused at the base; many stamens; ovary 2-3 chambers, stigma apex 3 shallowly lobed. The fruit is a dry berry-like shape, 1.2 to 1.5 cm in diameter, with sepals persistent. The seeds are nearly oval, very hard and red. Flowering period is from July to August.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in mountains, woods and roadsides. Distributed in Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cool; flowers and fruits are slightly poisonous.

[Functions and indications] Mash it and apply it externally to treat large sores, carbuncles, and mastitis; Flowers: mash it and apply it to ringworm to relieve itching and pain.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

From the above we can see that the Chinese medicine white flower fruit has very high medicinal value, so we can consider using white flower fruit in our lives.