A STUDY ON INTRODUCTION AND CULTIVATION OF Asarum IN HUBEI

Hubei is one of the distribution centres of Asarum in China.However,large amount of Asarum plants have been collected over the years for the medicinal plants,and as a result,the resources of this wild plant is becoming exhausted.Asarum plants, with the ornamental,have been extensively utilized in Japan,but little cultivated in China.Since 1959,11 species of Asarum have been introduced into the medicinal garden,phenolosical observation and observation on plant growth of them have been conducted since 1992.According to the growing behavior of Asarum under the conditions of introduction and cultivation,some measures of cultural technique are suggested, providing scientific basis for expanding production in the future.