Xihu liushu

Family name: Tamarix chinensis? Alias: Tamarix chinensis, Tamarix chinensis, Willow, Shi Yu, Yusi, Tamarix akasaka, Tamarix akasaka, Sancha, Liu Chun, Tamarix trilobata, Changshou Renxianliu, Tamarix chinensis, Xihe Willow, Xihe Willow, Guanyin Willow, Liu Shuliu and other places of origin: Chinese mainland (Hebei Planting was introduced to Taiwan Province province in the year of 1600? Distribution: It is planted as a garden ornamental plant or an important coastal windbreak tree species. ? Usage: 1 Garden ornamental trees: usually planted as garden ornamental plants. 2. It is drought-resistant, saline-alkali-resistant, wind-resistant and barren-resistant, and it is a good windbreak and greening tree species. 2. Medicinal use: nature and taste: tender branches and leaves (Xihe willow): sweet, salty and flat. Efficacy: roots, branches and leaves: expelling wind, diuresis and detoxification. Treat rheumatism, eczema and hepatitis. ? Stem: the height rarely exceeds 5 meters, and the trunk begins to branch at a very low place; Branches are dense, slender, weak, smooth and hairless. ? Leaves: the leaves are very small, oblong-lanceolate, 0.25~0.4 cm long, with a tapering tip and a dry film at the top; The base is truncated and clingy, papery or slightly thick, complete and smooth, with no hair on both sides. ? Flowers: most of them are pink, shiny, small, with opening diameter of 0.35~0.4 cm, obvious flower stalks, lateral racemes arranged, inflorescences 4~7 cm long, obliquely ascending or nearly obliquely ascending, hairy or nearly smooth and hairless on the inflorescence axis; Usually a large panicle consisting of many racemes; Bracts linear-lanceolate, slightly longer than pedicels and illegible; Pedicel slender, shorter than calyx; Sepals 4~6, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 0. 1.5 ~ 0.2 cm long, with sharp tips; 4~6 petals, long oval, 0.35~0.5 cm long, blunt apex; 4 stamens, filaments slender, smooth and hairless; The anther tip has a sharp process, the disk is obviously 5-lobed, and the tip of the lobe is concave. Flowers bloom from spring to summer. The flowering period is from March to June. ? Fruit: A capsule containing many seeds. The fruiting period is April-May. ? Features: small deciduous trees or shrubs, rarely more than 5 meters high, the trunk begins to branch at a very low place; Branches are dense, slender, weak, smooth and hairless. The leaves are very small, oblong-lanceolate, 0.25~0.4 cm long, with a sharp apex and a dry film at the top; The base is truncated and clingy, papery or slightly thick, complete and smooth, with no hair on both sides. Most flowers are pink, shiny, small, with opening diameter of 0.35~0.4 cm, obvious flower stalks, lateral racemes arranged, inflorescences 4~7 cm long, obliquely ascending or nearly obliquely ascending, and inflorescence axes are pilose or nearly smooth and hairless; Usually a large panicle consisting of many racemes; Bracts linear-lanceolate, slightly longer than pedicels and illegible; Pedicel slender, shorter than calyx; Sepals 4~6, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 0. 1.5 ~ 0.2 cm long, with sharp tips; 4~6 petals, long oval, 0.35~0.5 cm long, blunt apex; 4 stamens, filaments slender, smooth and hairless; The anther tip has a sharp process, the disk is obviously 5-lobed, and the tip of the lobe is concave.