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Chapter 501 The Magical Use of Big Leaves (Subscribe)

While chatting with the fans in the live broadcast room about the precautions of traditional Chinese medicine, Li Yuan watched the decoction made with a slow fire.

At this time, almost ten minutes had passed, and the potion of the decoction was also much less at this time.

Li Yuan leaned over the potion again and smelled it.

"Well, it's almost there."

While talking, Li Yuan had already taken down the soup boiled on the fire, and then put it in a ventilated place to wait for the soup to cool down naturally.

"Wait for this soup to cool down before drinking it."

After finishing speaking, Li Yuan filled the fire with some firewood again, and continued to work on his big project.

The windshield bracket at the entrance of the cave has been prepared, and what Li Yuan has to do now is to fix it with some leaves brought back from the forest.

And because everyone didn't pay attention when Li Yuan carried the branches from the forest before, but now there was light, everyone noticed the leaves that Li Yuan brought back from the forest before.

Studio.

"Damn, this leaf is so big?!"

"What is this?"

"I just saw, what kind of tree are these leaves? How did they grow so big?"

"It's also the first time I've seen such a big leaf, Mr. Li, what kind of tree are these leaves?"

"This leaf... looks familiar."

"Is this a leaf? Don't make trouble, how could there be such a big leaf? Do you think it is a palm leaf?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "This is Paulownia, a deciduous tree in our northern mountain forests. It is also called Paulownia tomentosa, Paulownia light, Paulownia Lankao, Paulownia catalpa, Paulownia white flower, etc."

"The distribution of this kind of tree is not very wide. It is only found in some places such as the northeastern part, NMG, northern XJ, and XZ, so it is not surprising that you have not seen it."

"The night was too dark before, so people may not have noticed that the bark of this paulownia tree is generally taupe or black. The bark of young trees is very smooth, but the lenticels are obvious."

"The most distinctive feature of this paulownia tree is its large leaves."

"The leaves of this tree are very large, and they have very long handles, which are generally in the shape of a heart, or long oval."

"And the leaves of this kind of tree are relatively thick and very strong, which is just suitable for shelter."

"In this mountain forest, it's very rare to find such a large leaf. After all, the leaves in the north are not like some southern regions. There are no large leaves like brown needles that can reach ten."

Studio.

"I said how the host spent so much effort to move these leaves back. After a long time, he already wanted to come back to block the entrance of the cave!"

"The son of the Li family really thinks ahead..."

"Haha, right!"

"Indeed, if there are leaves of that kind of big palm tree, just a few leaves will be enough!"

"But the leaves of this leaf are quite large."

"Indeed, in the northern mountain forests, such large leaves are rare."

"Is this a paulownia tree? Why is it different from our paulownia tree?"

"It's really different. The paulownia tree over there doesn't look like this, but it looks a bit like... Is it a matter of species?"

Li Yuan nodded.

"That's right, there are many varieties of paulownia trees. The one you saw just now is a common one in the north, called Paulownia tomentosa."

"The leaves of Paulownia tomentosa are all like this, oval-shaped and heart-shaped, with such long-stalked branch-like hairs on the back, or sticky glandular hairs, with erect single hairs on the top."

"The purple corolla of Paulownia tomentosa has purple lines or none, and the length is generally about 5 to 6 cm. The fruit is oval, with a thin shell, and there are more Chinese knots."

"This kind of Paulownia tomentosa is the most common species of Paulownia in our north. For example, it is planted in vast areas from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the south of Liaoning, BJ, Taiyuan, and Tianshui."

"In the south of the Yangtze River, many species have been introduced, and the distribution range is wider. Moreover, there is another type of Paulownia tomentosa in the mountains of Northwest China. The calyx of that kind of Paulownia tomentosa is densely covered with yellow hairs, the corolla is wide, and the base suddenly expands. The paulownia sichuan flower has a straight stem shape, and generally likes to grow on mountainous areas at an altitude of 800 to 2000 meters."

"The paulownia in the south should be conical or wide conical with a round heart, densely covered with dendritic hairs and sticky glandular hairs on the back of the leaves, and the primary leaves are often purple."

"This kind of panicle branch is wide, generally more than 40 centimeters, and the length can reach 80 centimeters. Its fruit is oval, about 4 to 5 centimeters long, and the thickness of the shell is 1.2 to 2 millimeters. There are more fruits produced .”

"The southern Paulownia just mentioned is actually a species between the white-flowered Paulownia and Taiwan Paulownia, and the distribution area is consistent with these two species, so everyone speculates that it may be a natural hybrid of white-flowered Paulownia and Taiwan Paulownia. kind."

"In addition to South Paulownia and Paulownia tomentosa, Paulownia also includes Paulownia white flower, Paulownia catalpa, Paulownia Lankao, Paulownia sichuan and Paulownia light, etc."

The paulownia tree actually has many fine branches.

Like Paulownia white flower, which also includes Paulownia grandis and Paulownia grandis.

The trunk of Paulownia alba is straight and tall, and it is the species with the best trunk shape in this genus.

Its leaves are somewhat similar to those of Paulownia in the north. They are all egg-shaped and heart-shaped leaves with long-stalked branch-like hairs on the back.Inflorescence branches narrow, cylindrical or narrowly conical, the smallest in this genus.

Its corolla is white or light purple, and the abdominal folds are not obvious. The flower length is about 8 to 12 cm, the fruit is about 6 to 11 cm, and the shell is 3 to 5 mm thick.

Therefore, its flowers and fruits are the largest in this genus, and this paulownia grows rapidly, reaching a height of more than 40 meters!
This kind of paulownia with white flowers is also part of the most widespread species in the south. The paulownia trees mentioned by many southerners in the live broadcast room are generally of this type.

And Paulownia catalpa also includes Shandong Paulownia, seedless tree, small-leaved tree, Chinese catalpa tree, hemp tree tree and Chinese catalpa tree.

This kind of paulownia trunk is also relatively straight, with a small branch angle, and the angle between it and the trunk generally does not exceed 40°.The leaves are long, long ovate, heart-shaped, nearly twice as long as wide, drooping, densely covered with short-stalked tree-like hairs on the back, and glabrous on the top.

The corolla of this paulownia tree is also lavender, 7.5 to 8 cm long, the flowers are not very large, and the tube is often densely covered with fine purple spots, and the corolla tube is relatively thin, in the shape of a tubular funnel.

Its husk is not as thick as Paulownia white flower, only between 2 and 3 mm, which is more suitable for living in mountain forests above 1000 meters above sea level.

Lankao paulownia is one of Li Yuan's favorite species. Its trunk is intermittently connected, and its crown is often two-story, rather than the common conical crown.

The heart-shaped leaves are sometimes angular at the base, with sessile dendritic hairs on the back, glabrous on the top, and dense purple spots in the crown.The thickness of the shell is between 1.5 and 2 mm, which is also relatively thin.

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