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What is Acacia maoensis and what is the difference between it and chicken bone grass

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-07-09 08:49:08
It belongs to Acacia of Leguminosae. The whole plant has yellow villus. The shape of the leaf blade is oblong, with pilose on both sides. Racemes of lilac or pink flowers. The seeds are ovoid, dark brown or black, highly toxic, mainly distributed in Fujian, Guangxi and Guangdong. And chicken bone grass is a kind of plant, but it is usually called chicken bone grass when used as medicine.

What is it?

1. Leaf: it belongs to Acacia of Leguminosae. The whole plant has yellow villus. There are about 10 to 16 pairs of leaflets, which are oblong in shape, 1-2.5 cm long and 0.5-1 cm wide. There are sparse hairs on the top and thick white hairs on the bottom.

2. Flowers: Acacia tomentosa is a raceme with long pedicel, campanulate calyx, lilac or pink corolla.

3. Seed: its pods are oblong, with 4-9 seeds in them, dark brown or black in color and oval in shape. When planting and propagating, we should pay attention to that the seeds are highly poisonous and avoid being harmed.

4. Distribution: mainly from Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places, mostly growing in valleys or thickets. To propagate by transplanting or direct seeding.

The difference between the two

Acacia and Abrus is actually a kind of plant, which is usually called Abrus pubescens in the growing period, and Abrus pubescens is called Abrus pubescens when it is used as a medicinal material, that is, when it is dry, it is used as a medicinal material, with many curative effects.

Abrus mollis

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