False Apple Po, Latin scientific name: Sterculialanceolata Cav. Aliases: Cockscomb Wood, Sai Ping Po, Mountain Kapok and Dog Hemp, etc., Sycamore family Apple Po genus Evergreen Joe

False Apple, Latin scientific name: Sterculia lanceolata Cav. Aliases: Chicken crown wood, Sai Ping Po, mountain kapok and dog hemp, etc., the sycamore family ping po is an evergreen tree, is a famous fruit plant.

There are many flowers in the false apple, but the flowers are small and insignificant, people often miss the flowering period, and its fruit is bright red, the form is like five stars, and it is like the starfish in the ocean, which is eye-catching. When the fruit is ripe in June and July, the peel changes from green to bright red, splitting five pieces, revealing seeds like black pearls, which are very dazzling and eye-catching.

The stem skin fiber of the false apple can be used as raw material for sacks and can also be used to make paper; The seeds are edible, can also be pressed for oil, and should be used as short trail materials such as agricultural tools; It is coarse and easy to grow, with a thick canopy and a beautiful tree shape, which is suitable for garden landscape trees and street trees. #当下好时节- Summer ##2022 Summer Photo Contest ##自然人文地理摄影组 #