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Aglaonema modestum Schott ex Engl.
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English Name |
Chinese Evergreen, Chinagreen, China Evergreen, China Green |
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Latin name |
Aglaonema modestum Schott ex Engl. |
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Family & Genus |
Araceae, Aglaonema |
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Description |
Perennial evergreen herbs, 40-70cm tall. Rhizome crab-shaped, with internodes, internodes on the upper are tighter. Simple leaves alternate; petioles 5-20cm long, middle part extend to sheath; leaves dark-green, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 15-25cm long, 10-13cm wide, apex with 2cm long gradual tip, base blunt or wide cuneate, lateral veins 4-5 pairs, surface usually concave, back bulging. Inflorescence axillary, inflorescent stems 10-12.5cm long; peduncles 6-7cm long, acrogenous white-pale yellow spathe; cylindrical spadix hidden in spathe, countless small flowers borne on the inflorescences, flowers diclinous polygamy; male inflorescences above, female inflorescences below, male inflorescences and female inflorescences closely followed; flowers without perianth; stamens 2, apex square, each chamber of anthers with 2 (-1) round top hole; pistil nearly spherical, upper part shrinks to become short style, stigma discoidal. Berry green to yellow-red, oblong, ca. 2cm long, 8mm thick, top with persistent stigma. Seed 1, 1.7cm long. Flowering: May. Fruiting: October to November. |
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Distribution |
Growing in jungle. Distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong ,Yunnan and etc. |
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Part Used |
Medical part: rhizomes or stem leaves. Chinese name: Guangdongwannianqing. |
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Harvest & Processing |
Rhizome: excavated after autumn, used fresh or sun-dried after cut to slices. Stem leaves: harvested in summer and autumn, used fresh or cut into segments and sun-dried. |
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Properties & Actions |
Taste pungent, little bitter, cold in nature, toxic.Clearing heat and cooling blood, relieving swelling and detoxifying and arresting pain. |
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Indications & Usage |
Used for swelling and pain in the throat, diphtheria, cough with lung heat, hematemesis, pyretic toxicity and hemafecia, pyocutaneous disease and swelling, bites by snakes and dogs.Oral administration: decocting, 6-15g. External application: appropriate amount, smashed to extract juice for gargling; powdered; decocted for washing. Toxic; take care when using orally. |
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Examples |
1. Diphtheria: (Chinese Evergreen) fresh leaves 6-15g. Pound and decoct in water, swallow.
2. Naso sinusitis: Chinese Evergreen juice, drip into nose. |
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