Find out the name of this strange tree.

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Guagua tree

Yan Xue: Julia? africana

No: cannonball tree? A chandelier tree?

Pull? Ding? Hey:? Ki Ghiglia? African gourd tree

How can I help you? Violette.

Genus:? The chandelier is a gourd tree.

Adaptation area:

Hualing tropical monsoon rain forest area

Major cities: Haikou, Sanya, Qionghai, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province, Shenzhen, Zhanjiang, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Macau, Hong Kong, Tango and Qin Le? Haihai, Maotuan, Jinghong)

Ecological classification:? Wood evergreen tree?

Ornamental classification:? Shade wood?

High-pitched area:? 20? (M)？

Morphological characteristics:

The canopy is umbrella-shaped and blooms in spring and summer. Purple caesium inflorescences hang on old branches, and cylindrical berries mature in the middle of the season and hang on trees for a long time.

The plant height of the crane gourd tree is10 ~15m, the trunk is wide and round or steamed, the trunk is thick and smooth, and the skin is grayish brown. Branches are flexible, semi-pendulous, green cesium to gray cesium. Odd pinnate compound leaves, opposite, leaflets 3 to 5? Yes, it is rectangular, 7 to 15 cm long and 3 to 5 cm wide. Thick leather, rough leaves, dark green cesium, entire, young leaves purplish red cesium, petiole yellowish green cesium. Racemes are born on the stems of lateral branches, drooping, 40 to? 70 cm, flowers 10, sparse flowers, bell-shaped calyx wide, irregularly dehiscent, cylindrical corolla tube, deep purple cesium, flowering in April-May, cylindrical fruit, non-dehiscent, 30-60 cm long, about 10 cm wide and weighing 5- 10. ?

Growing habits:

High temperature, humid and sunny environment. The optimum growth temperature is 22℃ to 30℃. The requirements for soil are not strict, and it grows well in deep, rich and well-drained sandy soil.

Guagua trees have strong resistance to stress, and few diseases and insect pests occur. Guagua tree

Landscape corner road:

Landscape trees, street trees.

In summer, flowers droop in strings, and they are big and gorgeous. In particular, the hanging fruit looks like a hanging melon, which lasts for a long time, interesting and spectacular. It is a very strange and interesting advanced green seedling. Can decorate parks, courtyards, scenic spots, high-end villas and so on. It can be planted alone, in rows or in pieces.

There are three species of Cucurbita. In addition to pumpkins, there are feather-leaf pumpkins and African pumpkins, which are distributed in tropical Africa and also cultivated in Guangdong and Yunling in China.

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Guagua Tree (September 23, 2008? 15:4 1: 14)

Label: photography? Ecological photography? Plants? Guagua tree? Miscellaneous talk classification: plants

No? Name:? Chandelier tree

Guagua is an evergreen tree belonging to Osmundaceae. There are three species of this genus, except pumpkin, and K. pinnata and K. Africa, which are distributed in tropical Africa and Madagascar and cultivated in Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces in China. The plant height of the calabash tree is 10 ~ 15 meters, and the trunk is round or steamed bread-shaped, and the trunk is thick, smooth and grayish brown. Branches are flexible, semi-pendulous, green to grayish white. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, opposite, with 3-5 pairs of leaflets, oblong, 7- 15 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, thick leathery, rough leaves, dark green, entire, purplish red young leaves and yellowish green petioles. Racemes are born on the stems of lateral branches, drooping, with more than 65,438+00 flowers, sparse flowers, bell-shaped calyx wide, irregularly dehiscent, cylindrical corolla tube, dark purple-brown, flowering from April to May, cylindrical fruit, non-dehiscent, 30 to 60 cm long, about 65,438+00 cm wide.

Pumpkin trees are graceful, and flowers droop in strings in summer, and the flowers are big and gorgeous. Especially its hanging fruit looks like pumpkin, which is novel, interesting and spectacular. It is a very strange and interesting advanced new excellent green seedling. It can be used to decorate parks, courtyards, scenic spots and senior villas. It can be planted alone, in rows or in pieces.

I like high temperature, humidity and sunny environment. The optimum growth temperature is 22℃ to 30℃. The requirements for soil are not strict, and it grows well in sandy soil with deep, fertile and good drainage.