Resources of Several Wild Medicinal Plants in Arid Zone of Xinjiang and Their Introduction & Cultivation

Authors Yin Linke; Chen Zhengming; Pan Huxia

Journal Arid Zone Research , 2002,4:19

Abstract In this paper, the distribution, habitat, status quo and introduction of the species of Ephedra, GLycyrrhiza, Cistanche, Apocynum, Poacynum and Capparis are briefly discussed. With the deeper exploitation and utilization of wild medicinal plants, the quality and quantity of the plants have been greatly decreased, and some species have been on the verge of distinction, Introduction and cultivation are essential guarantee for providing.wild medicinal plants in the course of industrialization. Through the experiment of several years, some species of wild medicinal plants, such as Ephedra equisetina, E. Intermedia, E. przewalskii, Glycyrrhiza grabra, G. inflata, G. uralensis, Capparis spinosa, Poacynum hendersanii, Cistanche tubulosa, have been successfully cultivated in Turpan, Yili, Yuli, Alitai, Fukang, Shihez, Hetian, Yutian and other places and grow well. The technology of introduction and cultivation has been grasped, providing technological guarantee for foundation of raw material base of wild medicinal plants in large scale.

Species covered 木贼麻黄 Ephedra equisetina 管花肉苁蓉 Cistanche tubulosa 甘草属 Glycyrrhiza