The efficacy and function of clover

Speaking of five-leaf clover, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely four-leaf clover and three-leaf clover. Legend has it that four-leaf clover and three-leaf clover are both grasses that bring luck to people, while five-leaf clover is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. This important leaf usually grows five by five. The green leaves look particularly beautiful. Many people also choose to use five-leaf clover as potted plants. So what are the effects and functions of five-leaf clover?

The practical value of clover:

1. The rhizome of the Chinese taro is thin and has many leaves, and the grass yield is high. The average fresh grass yield per mu is 1,500 to 3,000 kg, and the highest can reach 4,000 kg. After mowing, regeneration is slow, and it is usually mowed 2 to 3 times a year. The nutritional content ranks first among leguminous forages, especially the stems and leaves have a strong ability to preserve nutrients. After maturity and harvest, the protein content can still reach 17.4%, and the quality is still good. The period of mowing and utilization has little effect on the nutritional content, so the feeding value is very high. Its stems and leaves are soft, tender and juicy, with good palatability, and are loved by all kinds of livestock.

2. It can be used to cut green fodder, prepare green hay, process grass powder and mixed feed, and can also be used for grazing. When used for green feeding or grazing, it has a long green period, low saponin content, strong grazing resistance, and will not cause bloat disease in livestock, which is superior to general leguminous forages. Because of its heat resistance, when general forage grass grows poorly in summer, the lotus root can still grow well, extending its utilization period.

3. The root system of the radix nematodes is well developed, and the lateral roots are covered with numerous nodules. After the stubble land is plowed, it can increase the soil organic matter and nitrogen, and has a good effect on improving the soil and fertilizing the field. It has a great effect on increasing the yield of subsequent crops. It is often used in rotation with cereals, fodder, oilseeds and cash crops. The stems and branches grow in a creeping manner, with dense branches and leaves and a large coverage rate. When planted on barren slopes and bare land, it has good slope protection and soil and water conservation properties.

4. It has a long flowering period and is pollinated by insects, making it a good density-producing plant. Lotus japonica has a long lifespan and can be mixed with grasses to establish permanent grasslands for both mowing and grazing. The seeds have the habit of growing and reproducing on their own when they fall to the ground. They can be used to reseed natural grasslands, making them last longer and increasing their yield and quality. Both the roots and stems have the ability to grow new branches from axillary buds and can be cut into short sections for cutting propagation. They are of high value in purebred breeding and seed breeding of forage grasses. They have a high seed set rate and a large reproduction coefficient. They can produce 40 to 70 kilograms of seeds per acre, which is conducive to promotion.

Data extension: Morphological characteristics of five-leaf clover

Perennial herb, 15-50 cm tall, with sparse white soft hairs or bald all over the plant. With taproot. The stems are clustered, procumbent or ascending, solid, and nearly quadrangular. Pinnate compound leaves with 5 leaflets; rachis 4-8 mm long, sparsely pubescent, 3 leaflets at the apex, 2 leaflets at the base stipule-shaped, papery, obliquely ovate to oblanceolate-ovate, 5-15 mm long, 4-8 mm wide, midrib unclear; petiolules very short, about 1 mm long, densely yellow pubescent.

Umbel; peduncle 3-10 cm long; 3-7 flowers clustered at the top of the peduncle, (7) 9-15 mm long; pedicel short, with 3 bracts at the base; bracts leaf-shaped, as long as the calyx, persistent; calyx bell-shaped, 5-7 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, calyx teeth nearly equal in length, narrowly triangular, acuminate, as long as the calyx tube; corolla yellow or golden yellow, often turning blue after drying, the standard petal oblate, the petal limb and petal stalk are almost equal in length, 10-15 mm long, 6-8 mm wide, the wing petals and keel petals are equal in length, both slightly shorter than the standard petal, the keel petal is curved in a right triangle, with a narrow and pointed beak; stamens bipartite, with the filament separation part slightly shorter than the stamen tube.