Sarcandra glabra

Sarcandra glabra
Sarcandra glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Chloranthales
Family:	Chloranthaceae
Genus:	Sarcandra
Species:	S. glabra
Binomial name
Sarcandra glabra (Thunb.) Nakai
Synonyms
Ascarina serrata Blume Chloranthus brachystachys Blume Chloranthus ceylanicus Miq. Chloranthus denticulatus Cordem. Chloranthus esquirolii H.Lév. Chloranthus glaber (Thunb.) Makino Chloranthus hainanensis C.Pei Chloranthus monander R.Br. Chloranthus montanus Siebold ex Miq. Sarcandra hainanensis (C.Pei) Swamy & I.W.Bailey

Sarcandra glabra is an herb native to Southeast Asia. It is also known as Herba Sarcandrae or Glabrous Sarcandra Herb.

Aromatic oils may be extracted from the leaves. The entire plant has anti-stress, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, blood activating, and anti-bacterial effects.

Leaf blade elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 6–17 × 2–6 cm, leathery, margin sharply coarsely-serrate. Stamen baculate to terete; thecae shorter than connective. Stigma subcapitate. Fruit globose or ovoid, 3–4 mm in diam.

Distributed in Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and mainland China, Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other places, growing at an altitude of 420 meters to 1,500 meters in area, often grown in wet slopes and valleys of the forest shade. It has not yet been cultivated by artificial introduction.

"Nine-knotted flower," "bone-knitted lotus."

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