东 非刺桐 (Erythrina abyssinica) 别名幸运
Bean, flame tree) is a tree species of the genus Thornauniae in the legume family, known for its bright red flowers, native to East Africa, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Africa. The trunk and branches of the East African thorn tree are often covered with thorns. The name Thorn tree is derived from the Greece word erythros, which means "red".
The seeds of the East African spiny tree are popular locally and are used to make antiques and necklaces. The bark is sometimes used as a brown dye for textiles. The red dye is obtained from the sap of the tree. When the tree is damaged, the tree emits a brown sticky sap.
It is produced in tropical Asia, and is widely cultivated in South China and Sichuan. It likes strong sunlight, requires high temperature, humid environment and well-drained fertile sandy soil, avoids moist clay soil, and is not cold-tolerant. Thorn tree is also very common in grassland areas, and tends to bloom with red flowers in the dry season. Why is it called Thorn Tree? Because its trunk is densely covered with thorns, many animals can't get up.
Native to pantropical regions from India to Oceania, it traveled along the Maritime Silk Road to Quanzhou in southern Fujian during the Tang and Song dynasties, and has since developed close ties with this port city.
As early as the Middle Ages, Quanzhou was famous in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for its Thorn City. Because in ancient times, there were many thorn trees growing in Quanzhou City, so it was called "Thorn City" or "Tong City". On October 29, 1986, the 11th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th Municipal People's Congress passed the decision to make the flower of Quanzhou City. In foreign countries, the thorn tree is also respected by the world, and the Argentina people generally like the thorn tree and regard it as the national flower.
Thorn tree or shrub belongs to the leguminosae family, the subfamily papilionoidleae, and the genus Erythrina, all of which are about 200 species, distributed in the global hot zone and sub-hot zone, and there are 5 species in the mainland (T. spinosa, T. chinensis, P. chinensis, P. yunnanensis, P. sativa, P. sativa) produced in the southwest to the south, and about 5 species are introduced and cultivated (South Africa T. spinosa, dragon's tooth flower, cockscomb thorn tree, Senegalese thorn tree, ivory flower).
Common ornamental species are: coral thorn tree, also known as dragon tooth flower, native to North America and West India, is a deciduous small tree; Torch Thorn tree, also known as ivory red, is native to southeast Africa and is a semi-deciduous tree; Yellow veined Thorn tree, with golden stripes at the veins on the leaves, is a famous foliage plant; Big-leaved thorn tree, also known as parrot flower, is native to southern China and is also distributed in India, and is a small deciduous tree.
In addition, the torch tree is native to East and Southern Africa, and compared with other species of thorn tree, its flowers are long-toothed, non-open, and dense like a torch, which is probably the origin of the name.
The Maasai thorn tree is mainly produced in tropical areas, and the Maasai thorn tree is born in the savanna of East Africa, southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, and the distribution area of the Maasai people. Its first leaves bloom, the trees are full of red, and the flower clusters are like whispering birds, bringing a strong spring to the grassland in the dry season. They are very beautiful when they bloom, each flower resembles a small bird in flight, and in fact it may also rely on this shape to attract birds to pollinate it.
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