灯台叶

燈臺葉
dēngtáiyè
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 leaves of Alstonia scholaris (devil tree)
  2. 2 TCM herb used to relieve cough and asthma

Examples

Dēngtáiyè shì Yúnnán yī wèi chuántǒng zhōngcǎoyào.
Alstonia leaf is a traditional Chinese herb from Yunnan.
Dēngtáiyè zhì chéng de tángjiāng kěyǐ zhǐké píngchuǎn.
Syrup made from Alstonia leaf can relieve coughing and asthma.

Tips

culture
Named (lamp stand) because the tree's whorled branches radiate from the trunk like a candelabrum. The leaves appear in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia as an antitussive.

Stroke Order

dēng
tái