Flower language of Chinese milk vetch

Chinese milk vetch is one of the main honey plants in China, which is deeply loved by people. Its flowers have unique symbolic significance and are deeply loved by people. So, what is the flower language of Chinese milk vetch? Come with me to reveal the secret.

The flower language of Chinese milk vetch: happiness, no expectation of love

Chinese milk vetch, also known as buckwheat medicine, red grass and grass seed, originated in China. I like warm and humid conditions, have certain cold tolerance, and need enough water during the whole growth period. Chinese milk vetch does not require much soil, but sandy and clayey loam are more suitable. Poor salt tolerance, belonging to Leguminosae and Astragalus membranaceus. Leaves are mostly odd pinnate compound leaves, flowers are umbels, usually axillary, a few terminal, pods are two rows, combined into a triangle. The seed is kidney-shaped and the seed coat is smooth. Roots, whole grass and seeds can be used as medicine, and have the effects of expelling wind, improving eyesight, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, detoxicating and relieving pain. It is one of the main nectar plants in China.

Morphological characteristics of Chinese milk vetch

Herbs biennial, much branched, prostrate, high 10-30 cm, covered with processes.

White and thin. Odd pinnate compound leaves, 7- 13 leaflets, 5- 15 cm long; Petiole shorter than leaf axis; Stipules are free, ovate, 3-6 mm long, pointed at the top, more or less connate at the base, ciliated; The leaflets are obovate or elliptic, with a length of10-15mm and a width of 4-10mm. The tip is obtuse or slightly concave, the base is wide wedge-shaped, the upper part is nearly hairless, the lower part is scattered with white fur, and the handle is short.

The raceme of flower 5- 10 is umbrella-shaped; Axillary total pedicel, longer than leaves; Bracts triangular-ovate, ca. 0.5 mm long; Pedicel short; Calyx bell-shaped, about 4 mm long, white pilose, calyx teeth lanceolate, about 1/2 times as long as calyx tube; Corolla purplish red or orange yellow, flag obovate, long 10- 1 1 mm. The top is slightly concave, and the base gradually narrows into a petal stalk. Petals are shorter than flag petals and about 8 mm long. Petals are rectangular, with short spikes at the base, and the stalk length of petals is about 1/2 of the length of petals. Ovary glabrous or sparsely white pubescent, shortly stipitate.

The pod is linear and oblong, slightly curved, with a length of 12-20 mm and a width of 4 mm, with a short, black beak and a protruding net shape; Seeds kidney-shaped, chestnut brown, about 3 mm long. The flowering period is from February to June, and the fruiting period is from March to July.

The main value of Chinese milk vetch flowers

ecology

It is an important green manure crop and livestock feed, and shoots are also used in vegetables. [3] Chinese milk vetch has strong nitrogen fixation ability and high nitrogen utilization efficiency, which greatly stimulates soil nitrogen during plant decomposition. Therefore, under the condition of the same nitrogen content, the yield-increasing effect of subsequent crops is stronger than that of green manure crops such as vetch and broad bean, which is of great significance to maintain nitrogen cycle in farmland ecosystem in southern China.

nectar source

Chinese milk vetch is one of the main honey source plants in China, and each colony of bees can collect 20 ~ 30 kilograms of honey at flowering stage, up to 50 kilograms. Milk vetch honey is a kind of high-quality honey brewed by bees from milk vetch flowers. After vacuum low-temperature concentration, it retains the nutrition and active components of honey. 100% pure natural, sweet and nutritious.

officinal

Baiyao is used for cough due to wind phlegm, sore throat, fire eye, furuncle, herpes zoster, traumatic bleeding, etc. [6] Whole plant safflower and its seeds: sweet, slightly pungent, cold. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence. Used for cough due to wind phlegm and sore throat.

Raising livestock/poultry

Besides being a green manure crop, Chinese milk vetch can also be used as green feed or forage for preparing hay, which has good palatability, is loved by all kinds of domestic animals and has high nutritional value. It can be used as high-quality green feed for livestock and supplementary feed for protein, and the effect of feeding pigs is better. It can be mowed 2 ~ 3 times a year, and the yield of fresh grass per hectare is generally 22,500 ~ 37,500 kg, and the highest can reach 60,000 kg. Chinese milk vetch can also be used as green manure and pasture. Using the top 2/3 as pig feed and the bottom 1/3 as root green manure, continuous cropping for 3 years can increase soil organic matter 16%, which is much higher than that in winter fallow land.

There are generally two ways for Chinese milk vetch to feed pigs: fresh feeding: 1 kg concentrated feed with 6 ~ 7 kg fresh Chinese milk vetch is better. Silage feeding: Silage has the advantages of long storage time, large storage capacity, low cost, less loss of nutrients and good taste. Pigs like to eat Chinese milk vetch silage, which can be mixed with about 50% in general. It should be noted that although ruminants such as cattle, sheep and horses can use Chinese milk vetch as feed, they should not eat too much to avoid bloating.

Plant cultivation of Chinese milk vetch

Flower language: happiness

Hua Bu: You are a rational and calm person, sincere, and have won the support and trust of your friends. But you lack a mature charm, and you need to increase your appeal through interpersonal relationships. It is not easy to make rapid progress in love, and happiness will certainly accompany you.

Lucky flowers: sweet pea flowers, bitter Sue, roses.

Flower proverb: happiness is not inevitable, as long as you know how to cherish it, happiness is at your fingertips.