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"Dictionary of Chinese Medicine": Apple
[Name of medicinal material] apple
【Pinyin】Pínɡ Guǒ
[Alias] Nie ("Shuowen"), Pinpo ("Guangzhi"), Niezi ("Qianjin·Shizhi"), Pingbo ("Drinking and Food Zheng Yao"), Chaofanzi, Tianranzi ("Dian Southern Materia Medica).
【Source】It is the fruit of the Rosaceae apple. From September to October, the fruits are harvested when they are ripe.
[Original form] Deciduous trees, up to 15 meters high. The young branches are downy and the buds are pubescent. The leaves are broadly elliptic to elliptic, or ovate, 4.5-10 cm long, 3-5.5 cm wide, slightly pointed at the apex, broadly wedge-shaped at the base, rounded and obtusely serrated at the edge, and pubescent on both sides of the young leaves; petiole length 1.5～ 3 cm, pubescent. Corymbs have 3 to 7 flowers; the flowers are white and blush; the flower length is 1 to 2.5 cm; the calyx is persistent, and the lobes are triangular-lanceolate, longer than the calyx tube, the pedicel and the calyx have hairs; 5 petals , Obovate; many stamens; ovary inferior, style 5, pubescent in the lower half. Pear fruit is oblate, usually about 7 cm, with concave top and base. Flowering in April. The fruiting period is from August to October.
The Chinese apple cultivated in ancient my country is a variety of the above-mentioned plants. It is soft in quality, sweet and sour, and not resistant to storage. This species is cultivated in Northwest my country, Hebei, Yunnan and other places.
[Habitat Division] Originated in Europe and Central Asia. Now in Northeast and North China. It is widely cultivated in East China and other places.
【Nature and Flavor】Sweet, cool.
[Excerpt] "A Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine"
[Product name]: apple powder
[Product introduction]: Apple powder solid beverage standard, instant taste good, natural and no additives