Huxiang's natural calendar 丨 Shocking glances not only roses, but also "embroidery needles" in the wild

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, Day 6

Grassyceae plants are good courtyard ornamental plants. Although this kind of plant flower is small, it is bright in color and lined with obvious pulse leaves, which is very beautiful. The tiger thorn is the representative plant of the family.

The name "tiger thorn" is quite appropriate, and it is daunting with a stabbing. Each thorns are straight like an embroidered needle.

"There are tigers, sniffing roses." At first glance, the tiger thorns give people a very strong deterrence; after a long time, they will appreciate its beauty and tenderness. The tiger's stems are dry and strong, the tree shape is short, the branches are many, and they have the style of the big tree and the exquisite beauty. It is evergreen in the four seasons, elegant colors, gorgeous red fruits, crystal clear like corals, green leaves moist, lush and cute, and long -term life span, 100 years old, praised as "Shou Tingmu".

The ancients divided the bonsai tree species into "four people", "seven sages" and "eighteen bachelor". The tiger thorn has been included in the "Pot Eighteen Bachelor" since ancient times, and it is advisable to pots and make bonsai.

Tiger thorn bonsai is usually cultivated with double -planting, and it is scattered in high and low; there are also multiple bushes to form a jungle scenery. Generally, a shallow rectangular basin or shallow oval basin is placed on several sets to show its beautiful posture. In addition, it can also be cultivated in the garden, and plants and low hedges in the garden.

In addition to the out of the shape, the fleshy roots of the tiger thorn have the medicinal effect of removing wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and pain, and painting, and the entire plant can be used.

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Tiger thorns, Qiancao family tiger thorns belong to the plant, with thorns, 0.3-1 meters high. There are meat chain beads -shaped roots; leaf -shaped leaves are different; calyx bells, green or purple red spots; nuclear fruit red, near -ball shape. The flowering period from March to May, the winter period to the spring of the following year.

Like a warm and humid environment, growing under the forests and stone rock shrubs of hills. Domestic distribution in Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other places.

Text/Zhang Hangfu/Zhang Fan Design/Zhou Ziqian Think Tank/Zhang Fan Comprehensive Coordination/Zhang Hui Coordinating/Zhou Yuegui Special Support/Hunan Forestry Bureau

[Edit: Lu Wei Tang Jiajun (Internship)]

[Source: Hunan Daily · New Hunan Client]

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