Prince's Feather Fruit

Primarily produced in northeastern and northern China.

Flat round shape, 2~3mm diameter, 1~1.5mm thick. Externally brownish-black, or reddish-brown, lustrous, two sides are slightly indented, the center slightly bulges out longitudinally, apex has raised stylopodium, base has pale brown slightly rasied stem scar, sometimes has remnants of membranous perianth. Fruit skin is thick and firm. Seed is flat round shape, seed coat is pale brown membranous, endosperm is powdery, off-white, and embryo is slightly curved, in ringed shape. faint odor, tasteless.

Superior medicinal material is full, reddish-black.

Salty, slightly cold

Disperses blood and abdominal mass, eliminates accumulation, stops pain. apply to abdominal mass, scrofula, indigestion, abdominal swelling and fullness, edema and ascites.