火棘Pyracantha fortuneana(Maxim.)Li,是蔷薇科苹果亚科火棘属的一种常绿小灌木,俗称火把果、救兵粮(云南土名),救军粮(贵州、四川、湖北土名),救命粮(陕西土名),红子(贵州、湖北土名)等。其资源十分丰富,该属已发现10余种,主要分布于亚洲东部至欧洲南部[1-5],我国已发现7种,主要分布于东南、西南、西北部[6],火棘鲜果产量湖南省仅湘西自治州年产在1.1万吨以上[7]。 Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) Li, is an evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha of the Rosaceae apple, commonly known as the torpedo fruit, saving grain (Yunnan native name), saving military grain (Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei native name) , Lifesaving food (Shaanxi soil name), red (Guizhou, Hubei soil names) and so on. Its resources are very rich, the genus has been found in more than 10 species, mainly distributed in eastern Asia to southern Europe [1-5], China has found 7 species, mainly in the southeast, southwest and northwest [6], the production of Pyracantha fresh fruit Hunan Province only Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture with an annual output of 11,000 tons or more [7].