Today, Bei Bei and I went for a short hike up Phoenix Mountain in
Zhuzhou, Hunan Province and found a patch of low-growing berries,
Melastoma
dodecandrum
(地棯). It's edible, sweet with an astringent and slightly bitter
aftertaste. The whole plant is used in traditional Chinese
medicine.
According to a 2003 article published in China Journal of Chinese
Materia Medica, Five compounds were
isolated and identified as hexacosanoic acid (I), quercetin(II),
avicularin(III), gallic acid (IV), kaempferol(V).
今天，贝贝和我去湖南株洲的凤凰山爬山，并发现了一片贴地生长的小浆 果——地 菍 。
它的果实可以食用，味道甜甜的，之后会留下涩味和一点苦味。地菍全株可入 中药。
根据《中国中药杂志》2003 年发表的一篇文
章，研究人员从地菍中分离并
鉴定出了五种化合物： 二十六烷酸（Ⅰ）、槲皮
素（Ⅱ）、扁蓄苷（Ⅲ）、没食子酸（Ⅳ）和山柰酚（Ⅴ）。
The Latin name literally means "black mouth", since the fruit stains your mouth. Perhaps it could also be used as a dye.
它的拉丁属名，字面意思是“黑嘴”，因为果实会把嘴染黑。也许它还可以用来做染料。
