Modern Express News (Reporter Zhang Ran) Recently, white "flowers" bloomed in Nanjing's Xuanwu Lake Park. In the early winter, the leaves of the black tree are very red and gradually fall, and the white black tree seeds are hanging all over the branches, looking from afar, it seems that the white flowers are dotted with the branches.
There are clouds in ancient poems, "Thousands of forests and black trees are out of the shell, so they will be plum blossoms all the way to see." "The fruit is bright green before ripening, and with the arrival of autumn and winter, the shell turns black brown, and when it matures, the shell cracks open, revealing three white seeds that grow side by side, which look like a small lump of cotton from a distance, and can be mistaken for plum blossoms in winter.
It is understood that it is a color-leaved tree species, which grows mostly in the south of the Yangtze River, especially by ponds, ridges, rivers and streams with sufficient water. The shape of the black tree leaves is beautiful, like a diamond like a heart, and the autumn leaves are in full swing after frost. In winter, the black tree shows a different kind of scenery. At present, in Xuanwu Lake, Cuizhou Xuqiao, Xuanwumen Road and other places, the white black tree seeds are hanging all over the branches, just like white flowers, which is very beautiful.
(Photo courtesy of Xuanwu Lake Park)
(Proofread by Zhang Hongxia)