Celery, a plant belonging to the Umbelliferae family, has three types: cress, celery, and celery. They have similar functions. Celery is better for medicinal purposes. Celery has a stronger aroma and is called medicinal celery, but it is not the same species as cilantro. Celery is rich in protein and carbohydrates. Compounds, carotene, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, etc., at the same time, it has the functions of calming the liver and clearing away heat, dispelling wind and dampness, removing irritability and swelling, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, detoxifying the lungs, strengthening the stomach and promoting blood circulation, and clearing the intestines. Eating celery regularly, especially celery leaves, is beneficial to the prevention of high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, etc., and has auxiliary therapeutic effects
Stems
Herbs, ~ cm high, with creeping stems, well-developed stems, slender stems, creeping on the ground, with roots in joints
Leaves
Perennial leaves are fleshy, nearly round or kidney-shaped, with visible gaps. The leaves are ~ cm long, ~ cm wide, with ~ lobed edges, and the lobes have blunt serrations. The lobes are approximately equal to the depth of the serrations. The base is heart-shaped, with palmate veins ~, and sparse short bristles on the leaf surface. The petiole is ~ cm long, on the stalk. The stipules are densely pubescent and membranous, the apex is blunt or lobed, ~ cm long
Flowers
The flowers are umbels, scattered in the leaf axils of the stems, the peduncle is longer than the petiole, as long as ~ cm, with flowers in pubescent umbels, ~ flowers, densely spherical flower heads. The petiole is very short, ~ cm long, with membranous, ovate or obovate small involucre bracts at the base of the petiole without calyx teeth. The petals are single, acuminate, white or milky white. The style is rolled inward when young, the back of the flower is recurved outward, and the base is raised. Flowering and fruiting period ~ months
Fruit
The fruit is free, ~ cm long, wide ~ , oblate, heart-shaped at the base, smooth, often yellow-brown when mature, with prominent middle and dorsal ribs, and two antenna-like styles on the top of the fruit
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