Difference between revisions of "Spike Apple"
From World of Entorais Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchm (content) |
m (picture tags) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Spike_apple.png|thumb|right|x200px|''Spike Apple'' - | [[File:Spike_apple.png|thumb|right|x200px|''Spike Apple'' - Sebastian Romu © 2018]] | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
;Common Names:Spike Apple | ;Common Names:Spike Apple | ||
Revision as of 05:17, 5 February 2019
Description
- Common Names
- Spike Apple
- Classification
- Herbaceous, Flower, Fruit
Not a true apple. this rare plant grows to about one meter in height. It produces large yellow trumpet shaped flowers, and bears small round spiky fruit.The flesh of this fruit is a galactagogue and sialagogue. The leaves of the plant, which grow in five part compound structures are used to make an astringent wash.
Ecology
- Rarity
- Rare
- Distribution
- Temperate plains
- Life Cycle
- Annual, producing large yellow trumpet shaped flowers in early summer. The fruit develops by early autumn, and dispersal of seeds is generally by animal consumption.
Uses
- Cultivation
- none
- Culinary
- none
- Medicinal
- galactagogue (fruit), sialagogue (fruit)
- Other
