| 词条 | Menispermum canadense |
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|name = Canadian moonseed |image = Menispermum canadense, Saint-Hilaire-1.png |image_caption = Menispermum canadense[1] |status = G5 |status_system = TNC |genus = Menispermum |species = canadense |authority = L. |synonyms = {{Plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; |
|synonyms_ref = [2] }} Menispermum canadense, the Canadian moonseed, common moonseed, or yellow parilla, is a flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae, native to eastern North America, from southern Canada south to northern Florida, and from the Atlantic coast west to Manitoba and Texas.[3] It occurs in thickets, moist woods, and the banks of streams. GrowthIt is a woody climbing vine growing to 6 m tall. The leaves palmately lobed, 5–20 cm diameter with 3–7 shallow lobes, occasionally rounded and unlobed. The fruit are produced in 6–10 cm diameter clusters of purple-black berries, each berry is 1–1.5 cm in diameter. The seed inside the berry resembles a crescent moon, and is responsible for the common name. The fruit is ripe between September and October, the same general time frame in which wild grapes are ripe. Both the leaves and fruit resemble those of grapes; confusion can be dangerous as Moonseed fruit is poisonous. The root is a rhizome, so one specimen can form colonies of genetically identical plants. ToxicityAll parts of these plants are known to be poisonous.[4] The principal toxin is the alkaloid dauricine.[5] The fruit of Canada Moonseed are poisonous and can be fatal. While foraging for wild grapes one should examine the seeds of the fruit to make sure one is not eating moonseeds: moonseeds have a single crescent-shaped seed, while grapes have round seeds. Differences in taste should also be an indicator of whether or not a specimen is grape or Moonseed, moonseeds have a taste that is described as "rank". Also, the moonseed vine lacks tendrils, whilst the vine of the wild grape has forked tendrils.[6] Traditional usesThe Cherokee used Moonseed as a laxative, and as a gynecological and venereal aid. The root was used for skin diseases. The Lenape used it in a salve for sores on the skin.[7] It has been used for a variety of medicinal uses by Americans of European descent.[8] References1. ^Jaume Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri (1825) Menispermum canadense, (caption: MENISPERME DU CANADA) from Traite des arbrisseaux et des arbustes cultives en France et en pleine terre. Paris : chez l'auteur, 1825, page 104. 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-20600003|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species|accessdate=7 December 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220008359 | work = Flora of North America | title = Menispermum canadense }} 4. ^FDA Poisonous Plant Database 5. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Menisca.htm | title = Menispermum canadense | work = Poisonous Plants of North Carolina, Alice B. Russell Department of Horticultural Science; James W. Hardin, Larry Grand, and Angela Fraser | publisher = North Carolina State University }} 6. ^Peterson, Lee, "A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America", p. 50, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York City, accessed 22 November 2010. {{ISBN|0-395-20445-3}} 7. ^Native American Ethnobotany Database (University of Michigan – Dearborn): Moonseed 8. ^Dr. Duke's Database of USDA GRIN Taxonomy: Canadian Moonseed External links
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