篱栏子性状鉴别
Identification of hedgerow characters
全草长100-300cm。茎圆柱形，稍扭曲，直径1-3mm；表面浅棕色至棕褐色，有细纵棱，具疣状小突起和不定根，节处常具毛；质韧，断面灰白色，中空。叶皱缩破碎，完整叶展平后呈卵形，长2-5cm，全缘或3裂，灰绿色或桔红色；叶柄细长。花少见，聚伞花序腋生，花小，黄色。蒴果扁球形或宽圆锥形，黄棕色，常开裂成4瓣。种子卵状三棱形，种脐处具簇毛。气微，味淡。
The length of the whole grass is 100-300cm. Stem cylindrical, slightly twisted, 1-3 mm in diameter; surface light brown to brown, with fine longitudinal ribs, verrucous protuberances and adventitious roots, often hairy at nodes; tough, gray white cross-section, hollow. The leaves are shrunken and broken. After flattening, they are ovate, 2-5cm long, whole or 3-lobed, grayish green or orange red; petiole is slender. Flowers rare, cymes axillary, flowers small, yellow. Capsule oblate or broadly conic, yellowish brown, often dehiscent into 4 petals. The seeds are ovate triangular, with tufts at the hilum. The air is slight and the taste is light.
以藤茎长、棕褐色、果多者为佳。
The best one is long stem, brown and many fruits.