Yellow pod is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Water Lily family. It grows in shallow water: in lakes, ponds, where there is a slow current and calm water. What does a yellow water lily look like, where is it used and what are its features?
Description
Yellow capsule grows in water. The plant has a strong horizontal rhizome with cord-like roots. The stem, which is under water, reaches a length of two to three meters, and the rounded green leaves of the plant lie on the surface of the water. The flowers of the capsule are dark yellow, located on peduncles next to the leaves. The flowers have a light and pleasant scent.
Looks like
Yellow capsule is a beautiful plant that adorns the quiet water surface. The yellow perennial flower proudly rises above the surface of the water, attracting with its modest but ancient beauty. Outwardly, it very much resembles an ordinary water lily, which includes about fifty species. The egg capsule is a well-known aquatic plant in Eurasia, which prefers a temperate climate. Her image is often found on the canvases of famous artists and frescoes. The capsule is also called "yellow waterlily", however, the plant has nothing to do with lilies. Its flowers are of the correct shape, quite large, with a double perianth. The capsule loves light very much, so it seems to reach for the sun. It is unpretentious, endures shaded areas of reservoirs, as well as stagnant water.
Views
The plant in question is a primitive species, from an evolutionary point of view. It is important to note that the egg-pod appeared on Earth more than thirty million years ago, as can be judged by a number of signs.
- The plant has a perennial life form.
- Single flower.
- Spiral arrangement of bud parts.
- The flower has many stamens.
- The bud has ray symmetry.
- Single stamens, not paired.
- Loose parts of the perianth.
- Upper ovary.
Kubyshka genus consists of eight plant species and three hybrids. All flowers are similar in structure and shade, but there are certain differences. So, there are American and European species. Below are descriptions of some representatives of this plant.
- Arrowhead capsule. Its habitat is the USA, Virginia. A water lily is often used to decorate a water garden or aquariums. The flowers of the plant are three cm in diameter, the leaves are arrow-shaped.
- Small capsule. She has small flowers, leaves up to 20 cm, grows in European reservoirs, in Canada and Asia.
- Japanese. A plant whose leaves are under water, float on the surface and rise 20 cm above it. Found in Asia.
- Small-leaved. She has leaves no more than 10 cm, flowers 3 cm, grows in the east of the USA.
- Foreign. Flowers yellow, greenish and brown. Stamens red-red, bud up to 8 cm.
- Multipetal. Her leaves are large - 30 cm. Flower with a diameter of up to 15 cm, 9 sepals.
There are also subspecies of the plant.
Distribution
Where does the yellow pod grow? It grows in many Russian regions. Do not meet her in the northern regions and the Far East. The main habitats are quiet reservoirs, lakes, ponds, small rivers, bays. In an adult plant, the root reaches ten centimeters in thickness. At night and in bad weather, the flowers of the capsule are closed. In the center of the flower there are stamens with dust particles with a multi-linked ovary, in which the fruit of the plant is located. Outwardly, it resembles a jar with seeds inside. Water lily blooms from late spring to late summer.
Features
Yellow capsule (photo and description above) is used by landscape designers to decorate ponds, artificially created reservoirs. This plant is very beautiful, so it often complements open and closed ponds. If we compare the capsule with the common water lily, then the former is resistant to water pollution. It does not allow the growth and reproduction of blue-green algae, filters it, which makes the reservoir clean and suitable for fish. In Russia, yellow, Japanese, foreign egg-pods are more often used for landscape design. If you want to decorate the aquarium, use a small-leaved egg-pod.
Small-leaved water lilies are suitable for open water. The larger the body of water, the larger the plant. The advantage is that the plant is absolutely undemanding to lighting. It feels great in the shade. But it is best, of course, if the reservoir is located in a well-lit place. To grow a plant, it is planted in a container with clay soil, which includes humus and peat. The egg-pod is planted superficially, not deep. It is important to periodically fertilize the plant, remove old leaves. The pod reproduces vegetatively in late spring and summer.
How to prepare medicinal raw materials from a capsule? Harvest the plant from late May to October, when it is at its peak of flowering. It is not necessary to cut off all the thickets in the pond, as it is important that the plant can resume its natural growth. The rhizomes need to be washed and cleaned, cut into small pieces one and a half centimeters long. They can be strung on a rope and hung to dry in the sun, under a canopy or in the attic. Also, the medicinal plant is dried on a tray in bulk, but during the day it must be turned over so that the raw material dries evenly.
The finished product looks like thin, ribbon-like pieces one centimeter thick. The color of the rhizome is dark, gray or burgundy. Bitter taste, slight aroma. Store the dried roots of the capsule in bags in a dry place for no more than two years. Remember that taking decoctions and tinctures from the capsule on your own without a doctor's recommendation and in unlimited quantities is dangerous to he alth and life. The decoction will be effective for fungal skin diseases. Women who have chronic uterine bleeding should take a decoction of the capsule, after consulting with a gynecologist.
To do this, pour one tablespoon of dry raw materials with one glass of boiling water, simmer in a water bath for twenty minutes. Let the broth cool, strain it, dilute it with a little boiled water, take two tablespoons with meals three times a day. Douching can also be done with this decoction, but not during menstruation.
Useful properties
Yellow pod is not only beautiful, but also healing. Useful properties are associated with the chemical composition. In the rhizome of water lilies are present in large quantities of sugar, resins, starch, tannins, alkaloids. Among the latter are nufloin and nufaridin. The leaves of the plant contain many useful components.
This is synapic, caffeic, ferulic acids, including ellagitannins and luteolin. The flowers and seeds of the yellow capsule contain nymphalin, tannins, and acids. Due to such a rich composition, this plant is successfully used in medicine. Medicines are made from the capsule that eliminate pain, disinfect wounds, and have a sedative, hypnotic, choleretic and diuretic effect.
Harm from the plant
Despite its valuable properties, the yellow capsule plant can adversely affect the body. This is because it contains toxic substances. Use it for its intended purpose only.doctor in a certain dosage. If the drug is not suitable, then the patient has diarrhea, vomiting, and the inability to wake up in the morning. High dosage causes severe poisoning, death is not excluded. It is forbidden to take plant-based medicine to children and pregnant women.
Where used
As already mentioned, the yellow capsule has found application in traditional and folk medicine. All parts of this plant have medicinal properties. To prepare raw materials, you need to make a lot of effort. It is difficult to get the capsule out of the reservoir, as its roots grow firmly into the ground. On the surface there is only a leaf, a stem and a flower. After drying ten kilograms of root, only one kg of dry is obtained. Based on the rhizome of the yellow water lily, the drug "Lutenurin" was made, it is used to treat trichomonas diseases. The dry plant is used to make contraceptives.
Effective plant and in the treatment of diseases of the skin and mucous membranes, if they are affected by a fungus and other microorganisms (Candida, Trichomonas). Plant-based preparations are prescribed for patients with oncology, patients who have undergone organ transplantation, as well as for gastritis, uterine bleeding, and diseases of the central nervous system. The plant also has a good effect on men's he alth: with impotence, lack of sexual desire. In folk medicine, decoctions from the capsule help with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, urinary tract, stomach cramps, rheumatism, tuberculosis and fever.
Medicinal plant fights SARS,cough, bronchitis, pneumonia. An infusion of the flowers of the plant relieves anxiety, improves sleep, eliminates joint pain. If you prepare a decoction of the rhizome of a water lily based on beer, you can get rid of dandruff and increase hair growth.
Red Book
If you look at the photo, the yellow capsule is a modestly beautiful aquatic plant. But it is unique because it has healing properties and is actively used in medicine. It can be found in large quantities on reservoirs in the Krasnodar Territory. It is on its territory that the egg-pod is yellow in the Red Book. The water lily got its name because of its resemblance to an ancient vessel used in Russia.
