Tianfu natural calendar 丨 ancient rare color leaf trees (July 9)

Author:Chuanguan News Time:2022.07.09

When it comes to the discolored trees, you may think of leaf species such as maple trees, cricket trees, ginkgo, and Huanglian wood. In fact, there is also a very beautiful colorful leaf tree species.

Lian Xiangshu is an ancient and rare colorful leaf tree, one of the well -known east Asia, one of East Asia, and the Baiji Ji residual tree species. Due to her male and female, there are fewer fruits, natural updates, scarce resources, and are endangered. Therefore, they have been included in the "Chinese Rare Endangered Plants List" and "Chinese Plants Red Books" and the first batch of "National Key Protection Wild Plants List" ", Is the national second -level key protection of wild plant species.

The color of the incense tree is rich. In spring, the leaf sprouts are purple -red, and the leaves become emerald green in the summer. In the autumn, color change will accelerate, from green to blue, then from cyan to orange, yellow, and then becoming orange and red. Dark red. Due to temperature, humidity and other factors, it is often on a tree with five colors. Moreover, even the leaves of incense trees are heart -shaped, not only cute, but also very romantic.

What is even more amazing is that even the leaves and bark of the incense trees contain a substance called "Correte Catechol". Essence Especially when the colors began to change the leaves in the autumn and winter seasons, the tree was full of fragrance, and it was more rich in shaking, so it was named "Lianxiang".

Not only fragrant and beautiful, but also the fruits of the incense tree can also be used as medicine. According to "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant", even the fruit of the incense tree can be used as medicine, and the effect of breath and wind can be cured. In addition, even the bark and blades of incense trees contain tannins, which can be refined. The maltol contained in the leaves is often used as fragrant enhancers in the spice industry.

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Lianxiangshu, even incense tree genus, deciduous trees, 10-20 meters high, bark gray, longitudinal cracking, peeling off the slices, male and female. Deep root, wind resistance, wetness, mostly born in the Xiangyang Valley, wetland or mixed wood forest at 400-2700 meters above sea level. It is a precious tree species. There are only 2 species in the world. It is distributed in the southwestern part of my country, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Sichuan, born in the edge of the valley or the wide wood forest in the forest, with an altitude of 650-2700 meters; one is distributed in Japan Essence

Main creators in this issue:

Written article/Tian Yan

Photography/soup open

Poster design/Shen Xiaoying Zhangzhen

Special support:

Sichuan Forestry and Grassland Bureau

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