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See Astragalus (Huang-Qi)
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Athyrium filix-femina
i See Lady Fern
Atractylodes japonica
See Japanese Atractylodes
Atractylodes lancea
See Southern Tsangshu
(Cang-Zhu)Atropa belladonna
See Belladonna
Avena sativa
See Oats
Averrhoa carambola
See Carambola
Avocado
Persea americana
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the dried leaves,
die fresh leaves, the whole fruit including the seed and the
oil extracted from the leaves.Flower and Fruit: The flowers are in compact or loose
racemes. They are 5 to 8.2 mm long and greenish. The inner
and outer perianth circles are 4 to 6 mm long and elliptical to
oval-elliptical. The anthers are 3.5 mm long, and the
filaments are 2.3 mm. The ovary is oval or pear-shaped and
downy. It develops into a drupe, which is green and fleshy
and up to 18 cm long. The drupe is smooth with thick oily
flesh and a very large seed.Leaves, Stem and Root: The avocado is a tree up to 40 m in
height and with a trunk 60 cm in diameter. The leaves are 6
to 30 cm long and 3.5 to 19 cm wide. They are narrow to
broadly elliptical. The leaf surface is sticky, while the lower
surface is downy.Habitat: The plant originated in central and southern South
America and is cultivated in all tropical and subtropical
regions today.Production: Avocado oil comes from the fruit of Persea
americana. Avocado oil is recovered from the pericarp of
Persea americana and refined if necessary.