Pyracantha

Pyracantha fortuneana is evergreen in all seasons, compact in plant type, luxuriant in branches and leaves, which can be used to view flowers and fruits, so it is favored by bonsai lovers. Compendium of Materia Medica records that Pyracantha has high medicinal value. It can reduce accumulation and relieve pain, activate blood circulation and stop bleeding. It is used for dyspepsia, enteritis and dysentery. Its root can also clear heat and cool blood and treat hepatitis.

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Pyracantha (Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) H. L. Li) is an evergreen shrub of Rosaceae Pyracantha with dark brown old branches. The leaves are obovate, with blunt serrations on the edge, curved tooth tips and hairless on both sides. Petiole is short, glabrous or pubescent when tender. Inflorescence is compound-shaped, petals are white and nearly round. Fruit ball, color is orange or dark red. Its flowering period is from March to May and its fruiting period is from August to November. Because of its red fruit, branches on the sharp thorns, hence the name fire buckthorn.
Pyracantha fortuneana is evergreen in all seasons, compact in plant type, luxuriant in branches and leaves, which can be used to view flowers and fruits, so it is favored by bonsai lovers. Compendium of Materia Medica records that Pyracantha has high medicinal value. It can reduce accumulation and relieve pain, activate blood circulation and stop bleeding. It is used for dyspepsia, enteritis and dysentery. Its root can also clear heat and cool blood and treat hepatitis.