Species name: wood turtle
Scientific name: momordica cochinchinensis
Alias: loganic, dog feces melon, drain Ling son, smelly feces melon
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Bitter is
Geographic distribution
Originating in China, mainly distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan
Morphology
With massive enlargement of the root. Stems slender, smooth, raised longitudinal edges. Tendrils stout, unbranched. Leaves alternate, leaves rounded, entire or deeply lobed 3-5. Flowers unisexual. Gourd fruit oblong, red ripe, fleshy, spiny surface projections. Flowering from June to August, the fruit ripening period from October to November. Seeds flat round, gray-brown, plate-like tortoise, named "Momordica."
Growth habit
Wild in the hills, deep soil at the edge of the forest. Hi warm and sunny. Under overcast environment too poor growth.
Landscape Uses
Wood turtle is an excellent vertical green materials, flowers, fruit can watch. Arrangement applies to scaffolding, Gallery Pavilion. The seeds of traditional Chinese medicine called "Momordica" poisonous, containing saponin, Momordica factors other ingredients. Seeds can be made pesticides can kill aphid, spider mite. Poisonous seeds for medicinal surgery can cure swollen poison, anal fistula, scrofula embolism; rat poison and can also make pesticides; seed oil extraction for industrial use. The seeds contain triterpenoid saponins, sterols, fatty oils, polysaccharides, etc.; bark contain alkaloids.
Captive breeding
Common seed propagation.
This species is a Chinese plant in the database of poisonous plants, poisonous seeds of its toxicity, "Materia Medica is": "Momordica, big drug, drug dog ...... now see who could shoot in an instant, if a man ...... eat, then send silent in the cold, can not save. " Momordica water extract and ethanol extract, anesthetized dogs, cats and rabbits have greater toxicity, death generally occurs within a few hours to several days. |
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