In order to decide picking period of leaves of indocalamus as well as reasonably utilize them, the contents of glucide, proteit, total flavonoids, total lactones and metal elements in leaves of Indocalamus latifolius, Indocalamus tessellates and Indocalamus guangdongensis var.mollis that were picked in winter and summer from different soil were determined. The results showed that the contents of these components varied with season, soil and species; total sugar, water-soluble sugar, poteit, total flavonoids and total lactones of the samples from winter were richer than that of the samples from...