The yellow capsule is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Pitcher family. It grows in shallow water: in lakes, ponds, where there is a slow flow and calm water. What does a yellow water lily look like, where is it used and what are its features?
Description
A yellow capsule grows in water. The plant has a strong horizontal rhizome with cord-like roots. The stem 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 in the capsule are dark yellow, located on peduncles next to the leaves. The flowers have a light and pleasant smell.
What does it look like
The yellow capsule is a beautiful plant that adorns a quiet expanse of water. The perennial yellow 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 eggplant is a well-known aquatic plant in Eurasia that prefers a temperate climate. Often meet her image on the canvases of famous artists and frescoes. The capsule is also called "yellow water lily", but the plant has no relation to lilies. The flowers are regular in shape, large enough, with a double perianth. The eggplant is very fond of light, so it is as if reaching for the sun. It is unpretentious, stubbornly tolerates shaded areas of water bodies, as well as stagnant water.
Kinds
The plant in question is a primitive species, from an evolutionary point of view. It is important to note that the capsule appeared more than thirty million years ago on Earth, as can be judged by a number of signs.
- The plant has a perennial life form.
- The flower is single.
- Spiral arrangement of parts of the bud.
- The flower has many stamens.
- The bud has radial symmetry.
- Stamens are single, not paired.
- Free parts of perianth.
- Upper ovary.
The genus Kubyshka consists of eight species of plants and three hybrids. All flowers are similar in structure and shade, but there are certain differences. So, distinguish between American and European species. Below are descriptions of some representatives of this plant.
- Arrow-leaf capsule. Its habitat is USA, Virginia. Often use a water lily to decorate a water garden or aquarium. The flowers of the plant are three cm in diameter, the leaves are arrow-shaped.
- Small egg capsule. She has small flowers, leaves up to 20 cm, grows on European ponds, in Canada and Asia.
- Japanese A plant with leaves under water floats on the surface and rises 20 cm above it. It occurs in Asia.
- Small-leaved. She has leaves no more than 10 cm, flowers 3 cm, grows in the eastern United States.
- Foreign. The flowers are yellow, greenish and brown. Stamens red-red, bud up to 8 cm.
- Multi-petal. Her leaves are large - 30 cm. A flower with a diameter of up to 15 cm, 9 sepals.
There are also plant subspecies.
Spread
Where does the yellow eggplant grow? It grows in many Russian regions. Do not meet her in the northern regions and in the Far East. The main habitats are quiet ponds, lakes, ponds, small rivers, bays. In an adult plant, the root reaches ten centimeters in thickness. At night and in bad weather, the capsule flowers are closed. In the center of the flower are stamens with specks of dust with a multi-link ovary, in which the fruit of the plant is located. Outwardly, it resembles a jug with seeds inside. A water lily blooms from late spring to late summer.
Features
The yellow capsule (photo and description above) is used by landscape designers to decorate ponds, artificially created ponds. This plant is very beautiful, so it often complements open and closed ponds. If we compare the capsule with an ordinary water lily, then the first 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, more often for landscaping, they use a yellow, Japanese, or a foreign eggplant. If you want to decorate the aquarium, use a small leafy egg.
For open reservoirs, small-leaved water lilies are suitable. The larger the pond, the larger the plant. The plus is that the plant is absolutely undemanding to lighting. It feels great in the shade. But best of all, of course, if the pond is in a well-lit place. To grow a plant, it is planted in a container with clay soil, which includes humus and peat. The eggplant is planted superficially, not deeply. It is important to periodically fertilize the plant, remove old leaves. The eggplant propagates vegetatively in late spring and summer.
How to prepare medicinal raw materials from the capsule? The plant is harvested from late May to October, when it is at the peak of flowering. You do not need to pluck all the thickets in the pond, as it is important that the plant can resume its natural growth. 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 needs to be turned over so that the raw material is evenly dried.
The finished product looks like thin, ribbon-like pieces one centimeter thick. The color of the rhizome is dark, gray or burgundy. Bitterness with a faint aroma. Store the dried roots of the egg capsule in bags in a dry place for no more than two years. Remember that taking decoctions and tinctures from the egg capsule on your own without the recommendation of a doctor and in unlimited quantities is dangerous for health and life. Effective broth will be for fungal skin diseases. Women who have chronic uterine bleeding need to 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, rinse in a water bath for twenty minutes. Let the broth cool, strain it, dilute with a little boiled water, take two tablespoons with meals three times a day. Douching can also be done with such a decoction, but not during menstruation.
Beneficial features
The eggplant is yellow - the plant is not only beautiful, but also healing. Useful properties associated with the chemical composition. In the rhizome, water lilies are present in large quantities of sugar, tar, starch, tannins, alkaloids. Among the latter are nufloin and nufaridin. Leaves of the plant include many beneficial ingredients.
These are synapic, caffeic, ferulic acids, including ellagotanins and luteolin. The flowers and seeds of the yellow capsule contain nymphaline, tannins, and acids. Due to its rich composition, this plant is successfully used in medicine. They make medicines from the egg capsule that eliminate pain, disinfect wounds, and have a calming, hypnotic, choleretic and diuretic effect.
Plant damage
Despite its valuable properties, the yellow eggplant plant can adversely affect the body. All because it contains toxic substances. Use it only as directed by a 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 medicine based on plants for children and pregnant women.
Where is used
As already mentioned, the yellow capsule has found application in traditional and traditional medicine. The healing properties of all parts of this plant. To procure raw materials, you need to make a lot of effort. The capsule is difficult to get out of the reservoir, as its roots grow firmly into the ground. On the surface there is only a leaf, stem and flower. After drying ten kilograms of root, only one kg of dry is obtained. On the basis of the rhizome of the water lily yellow, the drug "Lutenurin" was made, it is used to treat trichomonas diseases. Contraceptives are made from a dry plant.
The plant is also effective in the treatment of diseases of the skin and mucous membranes if they are affected by a fungus and other microorganisms (candida, trichomonads). Prescribe drugs based on plants to patients with oncology, patients who underwent organ transplantation, as well as gastritis, uterine bleeding, diseases of the central nervous system. The plant also has good effects on men's health: with impotence, lack of sexual desire. In folk medicine, decoctions from the capsules help with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, urinary tract, stomach cramps, rheumatism, tuberculosis and fever.
The medicinal plant is fighting ARVI, cough, bronchitis, pneumonia. An infusion of plant flowers relieves anxiety, improves sleep, and eliminates joint pain. If you prepare a decoction of the rhizome of a water lily based on beer, then you can get rid of dandruff and enhance hair growth.
