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Description of the drug : 50–120 cm long. Rhizomes relatively large, with numerous rootlets. Stems cylindrical, frequently branched, 0.3–1.3 cm in diameter; externally dark green to dark brown, with distinct fine longitudinal striations, longitudinal lenticels scattered, nodes swollen; texture fragile, easily broken, fracture medullated or hollowed. Leaves opposite, lamina ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptical, 5–15 cm long, 3–6 cm wide; externally green, greenish-brown to dark brown or brownish-red, glabrous, margin roughly serrate, the tips of serrations with blackish-brown glandular bodies, petiole about 1 cm long; texture nearly leathery. Spikes terminal, frequently branched. Odour, slightly aromatic; taste, slightly pungent.
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Wagner, H., Bauer, R., Melchart, D., Xiao, PG., Staudinger, A. (2015). Herba Sarcandrae – Zhongjiefeng . In: Wagner, H., Bauer, R., Melchart, D., Xiao, PG., Staudinger, A. (eds) Chromatographic Fingerprint Analysis of Herbal Medicines Volume III. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06047-7_7
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