
Hunan Daily Huasheng Online October 31 news (correspondent Yang Wangchun Jiang Yihao) "Such a large small leaf red bean is very precious and rare, very protective and scientific research value. On October 30, Yu Xunlin, an authoritative professor of tree classification at the Central South University of Forestry and Technology and the Central and Southern Region, crossed the mountains and came to a broad-leaved forest at an altitude of 650 meters in Nanshan National Park in Hunan Province to measure and identify a tall and tall small-leaved red bean.
On March 10 this year, Tao Zhisheng, deputy director of the Nanshan Scenic Area Management Office of the Hunan Nanshan National Park Administration and head of the resource fir research team of the Liangjiang Canyon Management Office, accidentally found more than 10 scattered small-leaved red beans in a broad-leaved forest at an altitude of about 650 meters in the park. Among them, the largest plant is 45 centimeters in diameter, about 25 meters high, and the crown width is more than 300 square meters, like a huge green umbrella that is stretched open.
Small-leaved red bean, also known as rosewood tree, meteorological tree, is a tree plant of the genus Red bean tree in the butterfly flower family, shrub or tree, about 3 to 10 meters tall; The bark is greyish brown and does not crack. It is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan and Guizhou in China, with an island-like distribution, growing on slopes, slopes and forests at an altitude of 600 to 800 meters. The texture is straight, the material is heavy and shiny, it is an excellent precious material, and it is an excellent material for making high-grade furniture and art crafts; The root can be medicated. On September 7 this year, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a new "Directory of Wild Plants under National Key Protection", and the small leaf red bean was listed as a national first-level protected wild plant.
The discovery of these small-leaf red beans has enriched the rare tree species that are characteristic of Hunan Nanshan National Park. The Nanshan National Park Administration will take measures such as listing and strengthening patrols to protect these small leaves of red beans.
Source: Huasheng Online
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