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Chapter 263 The Miraculous Parasitic Plant (Subscribe)
Erlong Mountain is worthy of being one of the oldest mountain forests, and within a short distance, Li Yuan once again encountered several wild Hericium erinaceus.

Except for Hericium erinaceus, none of the other mountain products were found this time, but some medicinal materials were found on the mountain instead.

On a withered yellow plant, there are actually yellow-green branches, covered with longitudinal wrinkles, and many branches. The length is about 30 centimeters, and the weight is quite light in the hand.

That green, in this spring, which is still full of withered yellow, looks a little conspicuous.

Studio.

"what is this?"

"Hey, there are still such green plants in this season?"

"No, what kind of plant is this anchor? It turns green too fast, right?"

"This plant... seems a bit strange?"

"Isn't this green? It looks a little yellowish."

Li Yuan held the umbrella-like plant in his hand, nodded, and introduced to everyone: "Everyone guessed right, this plant is actually a parasitic plant called Dongqing."

Studio.

"Parasitic... plants?"

"Can plants still be parasitic?"

"This is the first time I've heard that plants can be parasitic?"

"Then what is this thing for?"

"I asked why it looked so strange. It turned out to be a parasitic plant. Parasitic...is it similar to grafting?"

"I've only heard of animal parasitism, but never of plant parasitism."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Actually, in the biological world, there are still many parasitic situations of plants."

"In fact, plant parasitism is similar to animal parasitism. They use living organisms as food and obtain all or most of the nutrients and water needed by parasitic plants from green plants."

"It's just that parasitic plants don't contain chlorophyll or only contain very little and can't make their own nutrients, accounting for about one tenth of all plant species in the world."

"And among these plants, they use dead, or decomposing organisms, or dead parts of plants growing nearby as a source of nutrition. Crystal orchids, for example, are one of these saprophytes."

"Most of the parasitic seed plants are parasitic on wild plants and trees, some of which are medicinal plants. However, there are also some parasitic seed plants that are parasitic on crops, such as the common dodder that we usually see, which is one of them. Such plants It will cause great harm to agricultural production."

"But in fact, plant parasitism is also divided into semi-parasitism and total parasitism. And according to the different parts of the parasitism, it is also divided into stem parasitism and root parasitism."

"According to the literal meaning, plants that parasitize the aboveground parts of plants are called stem parasites. The dodder we just mentioned is this kind, and the frozen green we just saw is also a stem parasite."

"The plants that parasitize the underground part of the plant are called root parasites, such as the plants of the Liedangaceae are root parasites."

"There are many kinds of parasitic plants, and they generally look like the jellyfish in my hand. They grow in strange shapes, and general parasitic plants are harmful to the host. However, it cannot be denied that many parasitic plants are actually It is a precious medicinal material, like the jelly green in my hand, it is also one of the medicinal materials."

Studio.

"It really looks weird..."

"Isn't Cuscuta a precious Chinese herbal medicine?"

"Isn't this too scary? But this dodder is also one of the most hated plants by farmers! This thing is like that dog skin plaster. Once he touches the crops, it will be destroyed!"

"Redden and wild mushrooms are also parasitic plants, right?"

"Don't mention the dodder, it's the plant I hate the most!"

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile when he saw the fans' messages in the live broadcast room.

That's right, this dodder can be said to be one of the most disgusting plants among parasitic plants.

This plant has always liked to parasitize crops such as nettles, soybeans, and cotton.

And in spring, the germination of dodder seeds will drill out of the ground, forming a seedling like a small white snake.Once it touches the stems of hosts such as nettles, the hosts will immediately entangle them tightly.

Afterwards, the dodder will climb up the host stem, and grow small suckers from the stem, extending into the host stem to suck the nutrients inside.

And in this way, it grows together with the host.

But in a short time, the original rhizome of dodder will degenerate, and then the leaves will degenerate into some translucent small scales, but its main stem will start to grow rapidly, and new stems will be pulled out and tightly entangled with the host.

The host slowly withers and becomes a victim of the dodder.

It's just that the dodder will grow a bunch of flower buds, which will open up small pink flowers one after another, and produce a large number of seeds to scatter in the field.

And what is even more exaggerated is that each dodder can produce 3 seeds!

Its reproductive ability can be described as amazing!And in the spring of the second year, it will cycle again and parasitize among other plants.

For crops, this dodder is a nightmare for these crops!
Li Yuan: "Cuscuta is indeed a rather annoying plant, but although jelly greens are also parasitic, they still have some uses."

"The ripe berries of frozen green are spherical and translucent. When ripe, they are orange-red and full of mucilage. Its flowering period is generally from April to May, and the fruiting period is in September."

"The general parasitism of this plant is on elms, poplars, willows, birches, not only these, but also oaks, pears, plums, apples, maple poplars, alder trees, and some lindens. Plants are its parasitic targets.

"Jongqing is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Its main medicinal effects are to dispel wind-dampness, nourish the liver and kidney, strengthen the muscles and bones, and have anti-fetal effects. It is very good for treating rheumatic arthralgia, soreness of the waist and knees, and restless fetal movement. Effect.

"In our Northeast, most mountain walkers are familiar with this kind of medicinal material, because this frozen green plant has another very useful medicinal effect, which is... to treat frostbite."

"In many colder regions, doing farm work or going up the mountain may cause frostbite on the hands and feet, and this frostbite is a disease that is difficult to cure, and it will recur every winter."

"Even if it is well maintained, if it is cloudy and rainy, or the weather changes suddenly, the frostbite of hands and feet will be quite sensitive."

"Boiling water with frozen greens can effectively cure this disease."

"But having said that, this jelly green is more practical for southerners, but for northeasterners like us, we rarely suffer from diseases such as frostbite."

Studio.

"It seems... it really is!"

(End of this chapter)