Introduction of Magnolia

Deciduous tree, up to 17 meters high, with widely spreading branches and a broad umbrella-shaped crown; 30 cm in diameter at breast height; bark gray; rubbing branches and leaves aromatic; shoots and buds densely yellowish-white puberulent, with the hairs gradually falling off with age. Leaves thinly leathery, long elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, 10-27 cm long, 4-9.5 cm wide, apex long acuminate or caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, sparsely puberulent below, reticulate veins conspicuous on both surfaces when dry; petiole 1.5-2 cm long, sparsely puberulent; stipular scars up to mid-petiole.

Flowers white, very fragrant; tepals 10, lanceolate, 3-4 cm long, 3-5 mm wide; connectives of stamens projecting long apices; gynoecium puberulent, gynoecium stalks ca. 4 mm; carpels numerous, usually partly rudimentary, forming follicles sparsely aggregated at maturity with the extension of receptacles; follicles bright red when ripe. Flowering April-September, blooming in summer, usually unfruitful.

Magnolia is the flower of magnolia, a deciduous tree of the Magnoliaceae family, which opens in early spring and March, and is used fresh or dried. Magnolia is a valuable ornamental plant, its flowers are large, beautiful, and fragrant when open. Its petals are edible, fleshy thick, with a unique fragrance, the Qing Dynasty "Flower Mirror" said: "its (flower) petals choose to wash clean, drag the surface of sesame oil fried food is excellent, or honey dip can also be.

" Magnolia flowers contain volatile oil, has a certain medicinal value. Magnolia is pungent and warm in nature, with the efficacy of dispelling wind, dispersing cold and clearing the nostrils, and promoting the lungs and the nose. It can be used for headache, blood stasis type dysmenorrhea, nasal congestion, acute and chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis and other conditions. Modern pharmacological research shows that yucca has an inhibitory effect on common skin fungi.

Yulan flower is rich in vitamins, amino acids and a variety of trace elements, has the effect of dispelling wind and dispersing cold, ventilating the lungs. Can be processed to make snacks, can also make tea to drink. The following is an introduction to the edible methods of magnolia:

Magnolia cake: magnolia flowers added to the flour fried in oil and become, the outside of the burnt inside tender, the flavor is beautiful.

Magnolia steamed cake: add flour with rice flour (rice or millet), fermented in 3 layers to 5 layers into the cage drawer, every two layers put some magnolia petals and preserved fruits, on the pot steaming, is the spring seasonal pastries, eat fluffy and sweet.

Magnolia Buttermilk Pork: Pork slices wrapped in cornstarch, put in a few magnolia petals, then deep-fried in a frying pan, take out and add sweet and sour sauce or tomato juice, eat a fresh and delicious.

Yucca salad: apple, watermelon, bananas, strawberries, add magnolia flowers, put salad dressing and mix, is a delicious seasonal food.

Yulanhua Vegetable Assorted: celery stalks, winter melon strips, dried tofu, add magnolia flowers, put monosodium glutamate, sugar, add some rice vinegar mixing and stirring, fragrant and delicious.

Yulan flower rice porridge:Use rice, millet, river rice, lotus seeds to cook porridge, after cooked, add magnolia flowers, add some sugar when eating, sweet flavor.

Yulanhua three fresh soup: with fresh shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, winter melon soup, cooked with a small amount of yulanhua flowers and a variety of seasonings, such as chicken essence, cooking wine, pepper, and then use starch hook juice.

Magnolia Flower Egg Soup:Use magnolia petals and eggs together with the mix, add sugar, raisins, slices of American ginseng and goji berries on the pot of steamed soup, nutritious.

Skin care effects:

(1) Magnolia contains volatile oil, which is mainly citral, eugenol, butyl oleate, but also contains magnoflorine, alkaloids, Wangchunhuazhou, decanoic acid, rutin, oleic acid, vitamin A and other components of the skin fungi have an inhibitory effect.

(2) Magnolia contains active substances can quickly penetrate the deep layers of the skin, replenish cellular water and nutrients, obviously smoothing the fine lines, lightening the pigmentation, to provide cellular energy, accelerate blood circulation, eliminating skin waste toxins.

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