热带林下的砂仁栽培

Cultivation of Amomum villosum in Tropical Forests.

阳春砂仁(Amomum villosumL。)是中国的传统药用植物,它的种子团称为砂仁,果皮称为砂壳,皆可入药,有温脾、健胃、消食、行气之功效,主治胃炎、积食不消等,是30多种中成药的主要成分,还可用作调味佐料等,具有很高的经济价值。

Amomum villosum is a tropical medicinal plant of high economic value. This paper mainly deals with the ecological characteristics of A. villosum, techniques for its cultivation and management in natural forests and rubber plantations. The economic, ecological and social benefits of this agroforestry farming system are analysed, and its positive and negative effects in tropical forest and species conservation are briefly commented.