Synonym(s)
Mandrel; Ononis spinosa; thorny hypocrisy; Women's War
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Ononis spinosa, also known as thorny hackberry, is a plant from the hackberry genus, which belongs to the Faboideae family.
The dried roots ( Ononidis radix) are used phytotherapeutically.
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The thorny Hauhechel is a winterless semi-shrub that grows to heights of between 10 and 80 cm and has strong taproots up to 50 cm long and thorny, red stems. The leaves are serrated, the flowers of the shrub are solitary in the leaf axils, their petals are pink.
The flowering period of the hypocrite lasts from April to September. The individual flowers are between 1 and 2.2 cm long and pink or light purple in colour. After flowering, inflated pods form, which are about 1 cm long and 0.5 cm wide.
Ononis spinosa is the parent plant of Ononidis radix
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
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