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Chimonanthus praecox, also known as waxberry, is a plant of the genus Chimonanthus in the family Chimonanthaceae. It is a deciduous bushy shrub, a traditional valuable ornamental flower and tree specialty of China, with a long history of cultivation and rich culture of wax plum. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin called the waxberry a cold plum, and wrote the poem "I know I have visited the cold plum in the wild pond". Yao's Remnants also called the plum a cold guest. It is also called winter plum because it opens in winter. Wax plum flowers bloom before spring, for the first of a hundred flowers, especially the tiger's foot plum, the lunar calendar in October that is released flowers, so people call early plum. Wax plum blossoms first and then leaves, flowers and leaves do not see each other, wax plum blossoms when the branches and trunks are withered, so it is also known as dry branch plum. When the wax plum blossoms, it is often snowy, so if you want to enjoy the wax plum, you have to wait for the snow and come to the snow, so it is also called snow plum. It is also known as winter plum because the wax plum blossoms are released at the beginning of winter, and fructify at the end of winter, accompanied by winter, so it is also known as winter plum. Subordinate classification: American summer waxberry genus Calycanthus (****2 to 4 species, growing in southern North America) Waxberry genus Chimonanthus (3 to 6 species, growing in East Asia) Chizi tree genus Idiospermum] (only one species, growing in Queensland, Australia) Summer waxberry genus Sinocalycanthus (only one species, growing in East Asia) is distributed in Korea, America, Japan, Europe, and the regions of Hunan, Henan, Shandong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, Yunnan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, and Jiangxi in mainland China, where it grows at altitudes of 300 to 700 m, often in montane forests.

Deciduous shrubs, up to 4 meters high; often tufted. Leaves opposite, papery, elliptic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, entire, buds with numerous imbricate scales. Young branchlets quadrangular, old branchlets subterete, gray-brown, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, lenticellate; scaly buds usually

embedded in leaf axils of second-year branches, bud scales suborbicular, imbricate arranged, outside pubescent. Leaves papery to subleathery, ovate-orbicular, elliptic, sometimes oblong-lanceolate, 5-25 centimeters long, 2-8 centimeters wide, apically acute to acuminate, sometimes caudate, base acute to rounded, glabrous except for sparse puberulent hairs on abaxial veins. Flowers inserted in leaf axils of second-year branches, flowers followed by leaves, fragrant, 2-4 cm in diameter; tepals orbicular, oblong, obovate, elliptic, or spatulate, 5-20 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous, inner tepals shorter than outer tepals, base clawed; stamens 4 mm long, filaments longer than or equaling anthers, anthers curved inward, glabrous, connectives apically mucronate, staminodes 3 mm long; Carpels sparsely hirsute at base, styles up to 3 times as long as ovary, hairy at base. Fruiting receptacle subwoody, altar-shaped or obovate-ellipsoid, 2-5 cm long, 1-2.5 cm in diameter, mouth contracted, and with subulate-lanceolate hairy appendages. In late winter, the first leaves bloom, the flowers are solitary in the leaf axils of annual branches, with short stalks and cup-shaped receptacles, the perianths are arranged in many pieces in a spiral, yellow, waxy, and strongly fragrant. Flowering from November to March, achenes mostly, fruiting from April to November. [1]

Wax plum blossoms and plum blossoms

Differences: ① Different flower colors. Wax plum is mainly waxy yellow, while the plum has white, pink, purple and red. ② Wax plum blossoms 2 months earlier than the plum blossom. Wax plums are straight branches, while plums have straight branches and drooping branches. (4) Wax plum is a shrub with branches 2-4 meters high, while plum is a tree with main pole 4-10 meters high. ⑤ Wax plum leaves are opposite, plum is alternate leaves. In short, the two are not the same family, not to mention the same genus.

Wax plum sex like sunshine, can shade, cold, drought, avoid waterlogging. Wax plum flower in the frost and snow cold days proudly open, flower yellow like wax, strong fragrance, is the main ornamental winter flowers. Fear of wind, more cold, not less than -15 ° C can be safe over winter, areas south of Beijing can be cultivated in the open ground, flowers meet -10 ° C low temperature, flowers by frost damage. Born in deep, fertile, loose, well-drained slightly acidic sandy loam, poor growth in saline and alkaline land. Strong drought tolerance, afraid of flooding, so should not be cultivated in low-lying areas. Tree growth potential is strong, branching is vigorous, and the rootstock is easy to produce sprouting tillers. Resistant to pruning, easy to shape. Flowers before leaves, flowering period in November to March of the following year, the fragrance of flowers. Fruiting receptacle altar-shaped, achenes oval, chestnut brown, glossy, ripe in July to August.

Waxberry distribution throughout central and eastern China and Sichuan and other places. It is planted in all major cities of the country except South China. [4]

Wax Plum

Species: Classification and geographic distribution of Wax Plum family and evolution. Wax Plum family is divided into three genera, nine species and two varieties, listed within the family subgenera and within the genus sub-species search table. The family Calycanthaceae is considered to be a relatively primitive family. The genera Calycanthus, Sinocalycanthus and Chimonanthus are the three genera corresponding to the interrupted distribution in North America and East Asia. Based on the anatomical, pollen morphology, pollinators, embryonic development, cytology, and chemical composition of the representative species of Calycanthus, the authors concluded that Calycanthus is the most evolved genus of the family, Sinocalycanthus is the most primitive genus, and Chimonanthus is intermediate between the two genera. The evolutionary trend within the genus is from evergreen to deciduous, with a clear differentiation of tepals and clawless to clawed inner tepals.

Wax plum blossoms in the cold months of early spring, flowers yellow as wax, fragrant, for the winter ornamental good, is China's unique

valuable ornamental flowers and trees. Generally to plant, pair planting, clump planting, group planting configuration in the garden and building on both sides of the entrance and the hall, pavilion week, behind the window, the corner of the wall and lawn, water, roadside, etc., as potted flowers stakes and vase flowers are also characterized. Traditionally, our country likes to plant with bamboo, red fruit in winter, yellow flowers, green leaves reflect each other, can be described as color, fragrance, shape of the three complement each other. More Chinese garden characteristics.

The cilia of waxberry can block and absorb soot and floating particles in the air, making the air fresh and clean. And waxberry can effectively remove sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and other harmful substances in the air.

Waxberry is not only an ornamental flower, its flowers contain linalool, lobster, eucalyptus, pinene, sesquiterpene alcohol and other aromatics, is one of the flowers of the production of high-grade tea. It is refined into a high-level spice, 1000 grams in the international market is equivalent to 5000 grams of gold price. Its flowers can also be used as medicine, with the effect of relieving summer heat and generating fluids, smoothing Qi, relieving cough, and detoxifying the muscles.

Representative varieties of wax plum: "YANLING Literature" said "YANLING Wax Plum", its heart white, fragrant. Because its flowers are not fully open and open mouth downward, like the "golden bell hanging", so it is also known as the golden bell plum.

Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Wax plum flower taste sweet, slightly bitter, picking flowers fried, water immersion amalgamation, oil and salt seasoning", is not only the taste of food, but also can "relieve fever and promote the production of fluids".

The fruit of the ancient name of the earth beans, poisonous, can do laxative, should not be accidentally eaten.

Wax Plum Fish Head Soup

Wax Plum Braised Beef Strips

Wax Plum Stewed Bean Curd

Plum Porridge

Modern pharmacological analysis, the wax plum flower contains lobster brain, eucalyptus oil essence, linalool and other ingredients. The motherland medicine believes that: wax plum flower taste slightly sweet, pungent, cool, has the effect of relieving summer heat and generating fluids, appetizing and dispersing depression, detoxifying the muscles and stopping cough. The main treatment for summer fever, dizziness, vomiting, fever and thirst, gas and stomach, cough and other diseases. Folk commonly used wax plum flower decoction for infants to drink, have the effect of clearing heat and detoxification.

Commonly Used Recipes

Prolonged Cough

Wax Plum Seeds

Stomach Gas Pain

Otitis Media

Wind-Cold Cold Cold

Burning Fire Injury

Summer Fever, Heartburn Dizziness, Headache

Acute Conjunctivitis

Effectiveness

Wax Plum

Wax Plum Flower contains Volatile oil, the oil has lobeline, eucalyptus oil essence, linalool, paxilline, iso-paxilline, waxberry glycosides, a-carotene, linoleic acid, oleic acid and other chemical compositions, the leaves contain paxilline, paxilline, iso-paxilline; fresh leaves contain cyanohydrogenic acid. The seeds contain fatty oil, fatty acids, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and other components. And has good medicinal value, such as flower buds: warm, sweet, slightly bitter flavor. Relieve summer heat and promote the production of fluids, appetizing and dispersing depression, promoting lactation and moistening dryness, and relieving cough. The main treatment of summer fever, dizziness, vomiting, gas and stomach stuffiness, measles, whooping cough, burns, fire injuries, otitis media and so on. Root and stem, pungent, warm. Dispelling wind and regulating qi, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. Mainly treats asthma, cough, stomach pain, abdominal pain, rheumatism, itching, sores, swelling and poisoning, bruises and other injuries. Appropriate amount of external use, powdered sprinkle. However, the fruit, branches and leaves are poisonous, accidental ingestion can cause strong convulsions.