Sarcandra glabra seeds Chloranthus glaber seeds

LATIN NAME: Sarcandra glabra

COMMON NAME: Sarcandra

The sarcandra holds the small, white flower heads at the stem tips, the round, scarlet berries following in the bright clusters through the winter, and the whole plant carries the fine, neat look of the shaded woodland. The evergreen, sub-shrub of the cool woods carries the opposite, oblong, sharply toothed leaves along the green, jointed stems, and the small, white flowers in the short, terminal, spike-like heads through the early summer, one of the neat, quiet sights of the shaded woodland, drawing the bees, to be followed by the round, scarlet berries in the showy clusters. The scarlet berries have a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, and the plant is a historic presence of the shaded woodland. It is a plant of the shaded, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The sarcandra is a historic subject of the plant science, and the scarlet berries keep showing up in the work on the woodland shrubs. The way the round, scarlet berries form from the small, white flower heads at the stem tips has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the woodland shrubs, the toothed leaves and the members of the chloranthus family. The bright berries and the neat habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the sarcandra is a regular subject of the work on the scarlet berries of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The sarcandra is a neat, useful plant of the shaded woodland and the study collection. The opposite, oblong, sharply toothed leaves along the green, jointed stems carry the neat look of the shaded woodland, one of the neat, quiet sights of the shaded woodland, drawing the bees, and the scarlet berries have a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, the dried stems coming to the old remedies and the steady practice of the old shops, while the small, white flowers in the short, terminal, spike-like heads open through the early summer, to be followed by the round, scarlet berries in the showy clusters. It is one of the fine choices for the shaded woodland, the ground cover and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the scientific papers for the scarlet berries and the very long history. It is a neat, useful plant of the shaded, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The sarcandra seeds like a fine, gritty mix in a shaded, cool spot with steady moisture. The young plants are slow but reliable, and they spread into the neat, green clumps of the woodland floor.

To grow the sarcandra from seed, sow the tiny seeds evenly across the surface of the tray of fine, gritty soil, water gently, then keep the tray in a shaded, open spot. The seedlings appear within a few weeks, and they grow on steadily. With the shade and the deep, rich, moist ground, the scarlet berries will brighten the clumps over the years.

Common name:Chloranthaceae seeds

Sarcandra glabra is an herb native to Southeast Asia. It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of bruises, bone fractures, arthritis, nausea, internal pain, joint swelling and cough. It has been proposed for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. In one clinical observation in China, Sarcandra glabra was shown to increase platelet production. This herb is also believed to posses a regulatory action on immunity.

Sarcandrae glabra is a warm herb and can have both a bitter and sweet taste. This herb is used in TCM due to its latent-heat-clearing qualities. It also has strong detoxifying properties, helping to clear heat and toxic material. It can especially enhance cellular energy production. It also has nonspecific anti-inflammatory activity, and has been used to promote circulation.