Description
Elaeagnus angustifolia Linn. (Latin name: Elaeagnus angustifolia Linn.), aliases: Qilixiang, Fragrant Willow, Prickly Willow, Cinnamon Willow, Silver Willow, Silver Willow Elaeagnus, Yageda, Red Beans, Give Mao Dao, Give Jie Ge Dai . Elaeagnusaceae, Elaeagnus is a deciduous tree or small tree, 5-10 meters high, without thorns or thorns, thorns 30-40 mm long, brown-red, shiny; young branches densely covered with silvery white scales, old branches The scales fall off, reddish brown, shiny. Leaf thin paper, rectangular-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, tip obtuse or blunt, base wedge-shaped, entire, top with silvery-white round scales when young, partly shed after maturity, greenish, bottom Off-white, densely covered with white scales, shiny, and not very obvious lateral veins; petiole is slender, silvery white, fruit is oval, pink, densely covered with silvery white scales; pulp is milky white, powdery; fruit stalk is short, strong, flowering 5- June, fruit period September