Although Haimei is a native of Hainan, she is stupid about many common plants around her. As everyone knows, there are many inconspicuous plants around us that have "strange functions", not only have ornamental value, but also have practical medicinal value, and can save lives at critical moments...
Photo/Text: Kang He Tang
Fuso. Aliases: Hibiscus, Safflower, Hibiscus peony, Mallow family. Nanning city flowers, there are pink flowers, yellow flowers, white, and various color heavy petal varieties.
Myrtle. Myrtle is the fruit of RhodOmyrtustomentosa (Ait.) Hassk. of the myrtle family, also known as peach, peduncle, and mountain. The fruit is edible, the whole plant is used for medicinal purposes, and has the effect of activating blood circulation, astringent and stopping diarrhea, replenishing deficiency and stopping bleeding.
Nine incense. It is an evergreen shrub in the family Rubiaceae.
Leafy rice orchid. Aglaia Lour Neem, genus Miriam.
Thousand Days Red. (Scientific name: Gomphrena globosa), also known as round flower, hundred day red (Guangzhou), fireball flower (Beijing), native to the interior of tropical America countries, generally sown and propagated in the spring. The flower language of a thousand days red is "immortal".
Vermilion red. (Scientific name: Hippeastrum rutilum) is a perennial herb of the genus Crested red in the family Lycopidae, which is widely potted and has high ornamental value.
It is the only extant woody fern, extremely precious, called a national treasure, and is listed as an endangered plant under first-class protection by many countries. It belongs to the more primitive vascular plant, the Pteidophyta family Cyatheaceae.
Crow guts. Also known as Old Crow Bile ("Raw Herbal Sexual Preparation"), Crow Bile, Bitter Hazelnut ("Jiyun Travel Notes"), Bitter Ginseng Seed ("Outline Collection"), Crow Egg ("Botanical Names and Facts"), Duck Egg ("Medical Heart of Zhongsheng Xilu"), Duck Bile ("Chinese Medicine"), Xie Bitter Neem ("Guangxi Chinese Medicine"), Xiao Neem ("Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine"). It has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, killing insects, intercepting malaria, and corroding warts.
Purple jade plate
Melaleuca. As a street tree and shelterbelt tree species. The branches and leaves can be extracted from aromatic oils for medicinal purposes and as preservatives.
Melaleuca. According to the needs of greening, pruning into a variety of shapes, potted potted plants can be pruned into the ideal plant height and shape at will, becoming a noble bonsai, some people see the strange trees and flowers that people love.
Mandala is also called mandala. When I was a child, there were many mandalas on the side of the road, and whenever the flowers bloomed in the morning, there were always many bees drilling into the flowers to collect honey, and I loved to catch the petals, pick the flowers, and listen to the sound of bees flying inside. Insert three chicken feathers on its fruit and throw it into the air to watch it fall in a spinning motion. I don't know if anyone has played these things like me in hours.
Green leaves. Aliases: Artemisia vulgaris, Artemisia annua, Kunlun grass, pheasant crown, cockscomb amaranth, sub-name grass cassia.
Cockscomb flowers
oleander. Stem skin fiber is an excellent blended raw material, but also can be used to improve the heart tonic agent; roots and bark contain cardiac glycosides and phthalide crystallines and a small amount of essential oils; stems and leaves can be made of insecticides, its stems, leaves, flowers are poisonous, it secretes milky white sap contains a toxic substance called oleandrin, accidental ingestion will be poisoned.
Yellow-flowered oleander. Milk and seeds are poisonous and can be fatal when eaten. This species is a poisonous plant included in the China Plant Atlas Database, and its toxicity is that the whole plant contains rich milk, which is poisonous, the most toxic to the seeds, and can be fatal when ingested and can cause miscarriage.
Lagerstroemia. Aliases into the Frightened Tree, Hundred Day Red, Full House Red, Itch Tree. Ziwei is also the city flower of Jincheng City, Shanxi.
Big flower Ziwei. When in full bloom, it is a delicate and gorgeous tree, which is very outstanding, and it is a high-grade tree species of garden shade tree and street tree.
The melon chestnut, also known as the Fortune Tree, is native to Mexico.
Beautiful isocabaceous. Winter is the flowering season. The capsules are oval in shape. The seeds ripen the following spring. Native to South America. The canopy is umbrella-shaped, the leaves are verdant, the adult trunk is bottle-shaped, and the tree is purple in the winter full bloom period, and the trunk is beautiful, which is a high-level tree species for garden greening and beautification.
Safflower sheepshoe nails. In Hong Kong, also known as bauhinia tree, is a street tree in many cities in South China, because of its beautiful tree shape, long flowering period, deeply loved by the local people, in Hong Kong is a household name, young and old. It has been selected as the city flower of Hong Kong since 1965, and on 4 April 1990, it was stipulated as a regional flag and a district emblem by the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Indian gum tree. It is native to India and Malaysia. Prefers warm, humid climates.
Dense knotted bamboo (Buddha's belly bamboo). Buddha belly bamboo can not be found in the Flora of Guangdong, but found in the Flora of Hainan, named Tantric Bamboo, Buddha Belly Bamboo is the name of Guangzhou, when studying in Guangzhou, the teacher also called it Buddha Belly Bamboo.
Dragon boat flowers. Dragon Boat flower plant is beautiful in shape, dense in flowering, rich in flower color, and there are flowers to be appreciated all year round. It is an important potted woody flower. Widely used for potted ornamental.
Cockroach chrysanthemum. This species cannot be found in the "Flora of Guangdong", but it is recorded in the "Flora of Hainan" that the name that the teacher taught us to recognize in college is: African toad chrysanthemum.
buttercup. Golden Phoenix flower is a famous Traditional Chinese medicine. Seeds are medicated and have the effect of activating blood and menstruation. The stems are juiced with rice wine, and the golden phoenix can treat bruises. When people cook meat and stew fish, they put in several golden phoenix seeds, the meat is easy to rot, the bone is easy to crisp, and the flavor is unique.
mimosa
Phoenix wood. Native to Madagascar, Africa. It is an endangered species in the wild. At present, it has been cultivated by artificial introduction and widely planted as an ornamental tree. It is a common exotic species of deciduous tree in Hong Kong, but was introduced in Taiwan in 1897, and Tainan City has designated it as a city flower, which is worthy of the alias of "Phoenix Phoenix". Phoenix wood is also the city tree of Xiamen.
Carpet grass
Peach
Chun Yu (Spring Taro)
Seaweed. The whole plant is highly poisonous, especially the underground stem, and should not be eaten raw.
Turtle back bamboo
Flower and leaf taro
Fujian tea. Fujian tea is a dwarf shrub, multi-branched, strong branch plasticity, thick and thick green leaves, and long flowering period, spring flowers and summer fruits, summer flowers and autumn fruits, forming green leaves and white flowers, green fruits and red fruits. In the production of Lingnan school bonsai in China, it is one of the main varieties. It can also be viewed in the garden. Due to its strong growth power and pruning resistance, it is often planted as a hedge in the Min'ao area.
Zygo taro. The cultivated varieties of the same genus also include yellow veined fruit taro, white fruit taro, etc., all of which have a variety of leaf shapes and beautiful colors, which are very suitable for indoor potted ornamentation.
Pot tree. The origin of the name of the basin shelf: the basin shelf has a layering effect because the trunk is straight and upright, much like the washbasin shelf used by ancient people to wash their faces (the kind of washbasin shelf used to put the basin), so it is called the basin shelf.
Zhao Tong. It is native to tropical Asia at low altitude forest margins or bushes.
Autumn maple. Aliases: Kadong, Jiashui (Hainan)
Buddha belly tree. Alias: Begonia daucus (Chaozhou)
Anchovy yucca. It has strong resistance and absorption capacity to harmful gases such as SO2, HCl, HF, etc.
Lantana. Aliases: five-color plum; Multicolored flowers; Stinkweed; Ruyi grass.
breadfruit. The fruit is edible and has a flavor similar to bread, hence the name.
Millstone grass. Aliases: cow mussel hemp, winter sunflower, cow grass.
False forsythia. Aliases: Fanzai Thorn, Hedge Tree, Foreign Thorn, Flower Wall Thorn, Tong Qing, White Solution.
Crane Lookout Orchid. Alias: Bird of Paradise.
Wild peonies
Big car front. Aliases: wheel dish; Qian Guancao (Guangdong); Toad grass (Chengmai).
Coix. Aliases: Mantou Lang, Wang Bu Liu Xing; Water Steamed Bun; Cold Powder Fruit; Wood Lotus.
Scarf. Aliases: Rhododendron, Bougainvillea, Triangle Flower, Leaf Flower, Leaf Plum.
Red-backed laurel. Red-backed laurel, also known as blue-purple wood, is an evergreen shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family, with green leaves, red backs, blowing with the wind, red and green overturning, at first glance it looks like a tree full of red flowers, coupled with a posture, often used as a potted ornament by flower keepers.
Hee jasmine
White snowflakes. Alias: White Flower Dan.
arborvitae
Dragon spit beads
Manjushri
Red leaf golden flower
Yellow cicada
Brazilian wild peony. Potted veranda ornamental or garden flower beds planted.
Nightshade tree. Native to tropical America. The leaves are heart-shaped and covered with soft hairs on the edges. Every summer and autumn, a cluster of yellow-green bell-shaped flowers blooms in the leaf axils, and when the moon rises in the treetops, it will emit a burst of fragrance, which makes mosquitoes afraid and is a good insect repellent. The night incense tree is slender, blooming in summer and autumn, and the yellow-green flowers bloom in the evening, wafting out a strong fragrance, which is mostly used in the south to arrange courtyards, windows, ponds and pavilions.
Colorful Sue. Nicknames: Coleus, Old and Young, Five-Colored Grass, Golden Perilla, False Perilla.
Wood hibiscus. Aliases: Hibiscus Flower, Frost Repellent Flower, Wood Lotus, Ground Hibiscus.
Lyre-leaf coral. Origin of the alias: Because its leaf type resembles a harp, it is known as the koto leaf cherry; and it looks like a cherry blossom, so it is called a day cherry blossom, and the origin of the other name Nanyang cherry is called Nanyang cherry because it was introduced from Nanyang.
Wenzhu. Aliases: Wen bamboo shoots, flower bamboo.
Phnom Penh Tiger Tail Orchid
Vermilion cherry blossoms. Alias: Merrhis.
Yellow locust cassia
bead tree
Airplane grass. Can heal bleeding wounds.
Red palms, red palms with its green leaves, Buddha flame bracts scarlet bright, flesh spike inflorescence inlaid with gold and jade style, fascinating. Its warm, enthusiastic, enthusiastic, enterprising mood makes people rejoice.
Pineapple. The Pineapple is a beautiful indoor potted flower that can both see flowers and leaves. It has a unique lotus-like plant type of Bromeliad, a bright spike-like inflorescence, and a long flowering period that has gradually become the "darling" of the Annual Flower Market.
Round-leaved American ginseng
Leaflet cold water flowers
Red Calyx Dragon Spits Beads
Red Dragon Grass
Phoenix-eyed blue. Aliases: Narcissus, Hyacinth, Dashuiping, Water Lotus, Water Hyacinth.
Water Ghost Banana
Red mulberry
Casuarina
Red spike amaranth
Periwinkle
Kidney tea. Alias: Cat's whiskers.
okra. Alias: Yellow marshmallow
White-flowered ghost needle grass
Arrow leaf okra
Ground peach blossoms. Alias: Xiao Fan Tianxiao, idiot.
Daqing. Aliases: Pig Green; Roadside Green, White Flower Ghost Lantern.
Stinky cabbage
False konjac
Water solanum. Aliases: Mountain belladonna, gold shirt buckle.
Wild eggplant. Alias: Cow eggplant.
Fake horse whip
On the leaf fig
Iron begonias
Orangutan grass. Alias: Herbaceous poinsettia.
Begonias of the four seasons. Alias: Clam begonia
Pink leaf golden flower
A poinsettia. Alias: Christmas Tree (Guangdong).