Family Name | Malvaceae, Abutilon |
Scientific name | Cyclosorus parasiticus |
Common name | Spineless yucca, Soft-tip yucca, Blue-stem yucca, Giant yucca and Itabo |
Growth habit | Growing in valley thick forests, or on humid places along riverbanks. Distributed in Zhejiang, Taiwan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Southeast Yunnan |
Leaf | Leaves near-borne; petioles up to 40cm long, deep straw-coloured, base with 1-2 pubescence; leaves herbaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, about 35cm long, 13-20cm wide, long tailed lanceolate, apex pinnately lobed, bipinnately lobed; |
Flower | NA |
Fruit | NA |
More to learn | NA |
Properties | Taste pungent, little bitter, neutral in nature. Removing wind and damp |
Treats | Used for colds, rheumatic arthralgia, dysentery. Oral administration: decocting, 9-15g |
Reference | Hong Kong Baptist University Library Wikipedia |