Ebony is an ebony tree of Rubiaceae, with a height of 4- 12 meters. Branchlets slender and smooth; The terminal bud is obovate. Leaves papery, oval, sparsely obovate, tapering at the top, slightly obtuse, wedge-shaped at the base, dark brown on the top and light brown on the bottom when dry; Petiole length10-15mm; Stipules caducous, obovate.
The head is single-ended; The total length of pedicels is1-3cm. Sequence small fruit fusion, yellow-brown when mature; The seeds are 65438±0mm long, oval and have small nuclei. Flowers bloom in summer.
2. Hedyotis diffusa
The leaves of Hedyotis diffusa are opposite, sessile, membranous, linear, long 1-3 cm, wide 1-3 mm, short in tip, often rolled back after drying, smooth at the top and sometimes rough at the bottom; The midvein sinks on it, and the lateral vein is not obvious; Stipules membranous, sheath-like at the base, long 1-2 mm, and sharp at the top.
3. Uncaria
Uncaria rhynchophylla leaves are papery, oval or oblong, 5- 12cm long and 3-7cm wide, with no hair on both sides, brown or reddish brown when dried, sometimes with white powder below, short or sharp top, wedge-shaped base and sometimes slightly downward; One side, one side
4-8 pairs of veins, mucus hairs trapped in vein axils; Petiole 5- 15 mm long, glabrous; Stipules are narrowly triangular, 2/3 of the total length can be deeply divided, with no hair outside, no hair inside or mucus hair at the base, and the lobes are linear to triangular-lanceolate.
4. Morinda officinalis how
The stem is cylindrical, the leaves are opposite, rectangular, the apex is sharp, the base is obtuse and round, and the whole leaf is entire. Head-shaped or cymose terminal. Roots are fleshy, cylindrical and nodular. The ovary is inferior, and aggregate fruit is nearly spherical. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is 7-65438+1October.
Morinda officinalis likes warm and humid, is afraid of cold and is more drought-tolerant. It is most suitable to grow in areas where the annual average temperature is above 2 1℃, the annual rainfall is above 1200mm, and the monthly average temperature is 20-25℃. It has wide adaptability to light, and grows well from 30% shading to full light. Belonging to deep-rooted plants, it requires acid sandy loam with deep, fertile, loose soil and good drainage.
5. Gardenia
Gardenia is a shrub with a height of 0.3-3 meters; The shoots are often short-haired, and the branches are cylindrical and gray. The leaves are opposite, or 3-wheeled, leathery and papery, with different shapes, usually oblong-lanceolate, obovate-oblong, obovate or oval, 3-25 cm long and 1.5-8 cm wide, with the top gradually pointed, sometimes long and sometimes sharp or short and dull;
The base is wedge-shaped or short-pointed, often hairless on both sides, bright green at the top and dark at the bottom; 8- 15 pairs of lateral veins, convex downward and flat upward; Petiole length 0.2- 1 cm; Stipules membranous.