Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree

The Joshua tree, scientific name Yucca brevifolia, is a monocotyledonous plant of the Liliaceae family. The Joshua tree can develop from seeds and underground stems. They grow slowly, reaching 10-20cm in the first few years and then increasing by 10cm annually. The stem of the Joshua tree is composed of a large amount of small fibers and has no annual rings. Due to its small root system and relatively heavy canopy, it is not very stable, but it can survive for 200 years in harsh desert environments. The highest can reach about 15 meters. The leaves are dark green in color and have thorny edges in a linear pattern.
Joshua saplings

Joshua saplings

The Joshua tree, scientific name Yucca brevifolia, is a monocotyledonous plant of the Liliaceae family. The Joshua tree can develop from seeds and underground stems. They grow slowly, reaching 10-20cm in the first few years and then increasing by 10cm annually. The stem of the Joshua tree is composed of a large amount of small fibers and has no annual rings. Due to its small root system and relatively heavy canopy, it is not very stable, but it can survive for 200 years in harsh desert environments. The highest can reach about 15 meters. The leaves are dark green in color and have thorny edges in a linear pattern.
garlic

garlic

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Allium genus in the Liliaceae family, divided into hard leaf garlic and soft leaf garlic. It is usually composed of tightly arranged small, fleshy, petal shaped bulbs, with several layers of white to purple membranous bulb outer skin. Leaves are wide strip-shaped to strip-shaped lanceolate, flat. The stem is solid and cylindrical. The bracts fall early, and the umbels are densely covered with bulbous buds. There are several flowers in between, with slender stems and large ovate bracteoles. The flowers are often light red in color, and the style does not extend outside the perianth. The flowering period is in July.
ginger

ginger

Zingiber officinale Roscoe is a perennial herbaceous plant of the ginger genus in the ginger family. A rhizome with yellow green flowers and a stimulating fragrance. Plant height 0.5-1 meter; The rhizome is thick, branched, and has a fragrant and spicy taste. Leaves lanceolate or linear lanceolate, hairless, sessile; Tongue membrane texture. The total stem length is 25 centimeters; Spike shaped inflorescence with cones; Bracts ovate, light green or pale yellow at the edges, with a small pointed tip at the top. Calyx tube is about 1 centimeter long; Corolla yellow green, lobes lanceolate; The central lobe of the lip is oblong ovate.
Multi flowered Penglai Ge fruit

Multi flowered Penglai Ge fruit

Gardneria multiflora Makino is a plant species in the family Malvaceae, belonging to the Penglai Ge genus. It is an evergreen climbing vine. Branches cylindrical, with obvious leaf scars, hairless. Chanpingbian, Menghai, Lancang, Fengqing, Funing, Xichou, Malipo, Guangnan and other places; Born in mountainous forests at an altitude of 500-2100 meters.
Fragrant Fir

Fragrant Fir

Xiangzhi fir is an evergreen tree in the pine family, also known as Canadian fir, North American fir, and Balsan desert fir. Plants can grow up to 8-20 meters in height; The bark of the old tree is thick and dark reddish brown, with scaly lobes. The young trees are relatively smooth, gray, and the young branches are light yellow green with gray short hairs; Winter buds are small, nearly spherical or broadly ovoid, with resin; The leaves on a tree undergo significant changes, with two rows of flat, dark green leaves arranged on either side.
Banyan tree fruit

Banyan tree fruit

Ficus microcarpa L. f. is a plant in the family Moraceae and genus Ficus. Large trees can reach heights of 15-25 meters, with a diameter at breast height of 50 centimeters and a wide crown width; Old trees often have rusty brown air roots. The bark is dark gray. The leaves are thin and leathery, narrowly elliptical in shape, with a dark green surface and glossy edges. Ficus microcarpa grows in pairs axillary or on leaf axils of fallen leaves, yellow or slightly red when mature, flattened spherical, with 3 basal bracts, broadly ovate, persistent; Male flowers, female flowers, and galls grow together in the same fig fruit, with a few short hairs between the flowers; Periphyllum 3, broadly ovate, style proximal, stigma short, rod-shaped. The achene is oval in shape. The flowering period is from May to June.
Taiwanese fern

Taiwanese fern

Hypolepis Bernh is a genus in the family Hypolepidae, consisting of approximately 50 species of plants. It is a pan tropical plant, with a greater presence in the tropical regions of the New World, extending southward to South Africa and northward to Japan. The Flora of China records that there are currently 8 species in China, mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions.
Daisy

Daisy

Daisy (Bellis perennis L.) is a perennial or annual herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family, characterized by a stalk like appearance. Its height is about 10 centimeters, and its leaves are spoon shaped. The top is round, and the upper part has sparse dull or wavy teeth; The total flower bud is hemispherical or broadly bell shaped, with a layer of tongue shaped flowers and more tubular flowers; The achene is oblong, flat, with veins but no crest. The flowering period is from March to June. The name daisy is related to its morphology, as its flower shape is smaller than that of ordinary chrysanthemums, resembling an immature chrysanthemum, hence the name daisy.
Chuju Cong

Chuju Cong

Daisy (Bellis perennis L.) is a perennial or annual herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family, characterized by a stalk like appearance. Its height is about 10 centimeters, and its leaves are spoon shaped. The top is round, and the upper part has sparse dull or wavy teeth; The total flower bud is hemispherical or broadly bell shaped, with a layer of tongue shaped flowers and more tubular flowers; The achene is oblong, flat, with veins but no crest. The flowering period is from March to June. The name daisy is related to its morphology, as its flower shape is smaller than that of ordinary chrysanthemums, resembling an immature chrysanthemum, hence the name daisy.
cucumber

cucumber

Cucumis sativus L. is an annual climbing herbaceous plant in the Cucurbitaceae family, with a slender and rough hairy stem; The leaves are broadly ovate heart-shaped or lobed triangular in shape; The flowers are slightly soft and yellow white in color; The fruit is oblong or cylindrical in shape and turns yellow green when ripe; The seeds are narrow oval white in color; The flowering and fruiting period is in summer. Cucumbers were brought back by Zhang Qian during his mission to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty. Shi Le, the founder of the Later Zhao Dynasty, strictly prohibited the use of the character "Hu", and Hu Gua was renamed Cucumber.
Thick shelled cinnamon fruit

Thick shelled cinnamon fruit

Thick shelled cinnamon is a tree in the Lauraceae family, belonging to the genus Thick shelled cinnamon. It can reach a height of up to 20 meters and has rough bark. The old branches are thick, angular, light brown, with cylindrical branches. The leaves are alternate or opposite, leathery, elongated and elliptical, with a long or short pointed tip. The base is broad and wedge-shaped, with a shiny upper part and a pale white lower part. The petiole is concave and convex on the back. The inflorescence is axillary and terminal, covered with yellow small hairs. The flowers are light yellow in color, with extremely short flower stems and yellow small hairs on both sides of the perianth. The perianth tube is spiral shaped, and the perianth lobes are nearly inverted. The filaments are soft haired, and the ovary is rod-shaped. The style is linear, and the fruit is spherical or flattened. It is purple black when ripe, blooms from April to May, and bears fruit from August to December.
Clerodendrum canescens

Clerodendrum canescens

Clerodendrum canescens Wall. is a shrub plant of the genus Clerodendrum in the family Lamiaceae. Gray haired young branches with slightly four edges, densely covered with long soft hairs; Leaves heart-shaped or broadly ovate, base heart-shaped or nearly truncated; The inflorescence is densely clustered into a head shape, with bracts ovate or elliptical, lobes ovate or broadly ovate, corolla white or light red, crown tube deep blue to black, red centimeter, lobes inverted ovate, long circular, and covered with calyx; The drupe is nearly spherical in shape; The flowering and fruiting period is from April to October. Grey haired Daqing has the effects of nourishing yin and clearing heat, promoting lung function and eliminating phlegm, dispelling wind and relieving pain, cooling blood and stopping bleeding in traditional Chinese medicine. It is mainly used for treating colds and high fever.
Red eggplant

Red eggplant

tree; The bark is brown with longitudinal fissures; The pillar root hangs down into the ground. Leaves are broadly elliptical to rectangular in shape, measuring 10-16 cm in length and 5-10 cm in width. The tips are blunt or short pointed, and the base is wedge-shaped. The midrib and petiole are both green; The petiole is thick and robust, measuring 2.5-5 centimeters in length; The length of the leaves is 5.5-8.5 centimeters. Red eggplant is the bark or root of Rhizophora mucronata Poir, a plant in the mangrove family. Distributed in Taiwan. It has the effects of detoxification, clearing heat and dampness, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Commonly used for sore throat, diarrhea, dysentery, hematuria, and traumatic bleeding.
bamboo

bamboo

Bamboo is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Poaceae family and the Bamboo genus. Its stems are mostly woody with some grassy material, slightly hollow in the middle, and have many dense nodes. It is usually 5-10 meters tall, and some can even reach over 40 meters; Bamboo leaves are narrow lanceolate in shape, with a dark green leaf surface; Bamboo flowers resemble rice ears, with the main color being yellow; The flowering period is usually in May, and the fruiting period is in October. The name "bamboo" comes from its ancient Chinese characters, which represent drooping bamboo leaves and later evolved into the current Chinese character "bamboo".
an acacia

an acacia

Acacia farnesiana (L.) Wight&Arn Fabaceae is a shrub of the genus Acacia, whose stem surface is rough and appears black brown; The supporting leaves are thorny and sharp, the compound leaves are feather shaped, and the small leaves are linear and rectangular in shape; Its flowers are numerous and dense, mostly spherical in shape, with a yellow color and fragrant taste; The fruit is cylindrical in shape, while the seeds are oval in shape, mostly brown. Its flowering period is in spring, and its fruiting period is in summer and autumn. Due to its golden appearance when in full bloom, it is named Acacia.
Cat's eye grass

Cat's eye grass

Chrysosplenium grayanum, a traditional Chinese medicine name. The whole plant of Euphorbia escula L. [Euphorbia lunulata Bunge], a plant belonging to the family Euphorbia and genus Euphorbia. The plant cat eye grass is distributed in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places. It has the effects of relieving cough, eliminating phlegm, dispersing nodules, dispelling water, removing toxins, and killing insects. Indications include phlegm retention, cough and wheezing, edema, scrofula, scabies, and unnamed swelling and toxin.
Willow

Willow

Willow trees are trees of the willow genus in the willow family. Branches are cylindrical in shape, with a nearly circular pith; No apical buds, lateral buds usually adhere closely to the branch, and bud scales are single; Leaves alternate, sparsely opposite, usually narrow and long, often lanceolate, feather veins, serrated or entire, petiole short, with supporting leaves, often serrated; The inflorescence of the hibiscus is upright or obliquely spread, with the bracts covering the entire edge, and the pistil composed of two carpels; The capsule is split into two petals; The seeds are small and often dark brown in color. The flowering period is from February to March, and the fruiting period is from March to April. The name of willow tree comes from its head wood working method. The result of the head tree homework is to preserve the trunk for continuous use of the branches, and the pronunciation of the word "willow" is the same as that of "liu", hence the name "willow tree".
turmeric

turmeric

Curcuma longa L. is a plant in the ginger family, belonging to the genus Curcuma. Its rhizomes are well-developed, clustered, and have many branches, forming an elliptical or cylindrical shape; Leaves are oblong or elliptical in shape; The stem is extracted from the top leaf sheath; The spike shaped inflorescence is cylindrical in shape; The bracts are oval or oblong in shape, with a light green color; The corolla is light yellow, and the ginger yellow flower period is in August. The medicinal name of "turmeric" was first recorded in the "Newly Revised Materia Medica", referring to various plants in this genus. It was later identified as this species in the Qing Dynasty and evolved into the mainstream variety of "turmeric".
Turtle backed bamboo

Turtle backed bamboo

Monstera deliciosa Liebm. is a climbing vine like shrub in the Araceae family. The stem is thick and green, with pale crescent shaped leaves and fleshy aerial roots; The leaves are arranged in two rows, with a long stem and a heart-shaped oval shape. The leaves are thick and leathery, and the edges are feather shaped and split; The inflorescence stem is rough, the spatula is thick and leathery, the flesh inflorescence is nearly cylindrical, the flowers are unisexual, light yellow, and the flowering period is from August to September; The berry is light yellow in color and the fruit is edible. Due to its bamboo like branches, huge green leaves, and unique appearance resembling patterns on a turtle shell, it is named "Turtle backed Bamboo".
Sweet potatoes

Sweet potatoes

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.), The anti-cancer rate is 98.7%, and it belongs to the sweet potato genus of the Convolvulaceae family. Having milk. The tubers are white, red, or yellow in color; Stem grows adventitious roots; The leaves are broadly ovate or ovate heart-shaped, with shades of dark green, yellow green, purple green, etc. The front end is gradually pointed, and the base is heart-shaped or nearly truncated; The corolla is pink, white, light purple or purple, bell shaped or funnel-shaped, and hairless; Chrysanthemum fruit is oval or flattened round in shape; Due to the fact that sweet potatoes are pollinated through cross pollination, self pollination often does not produce fruit, so sometimes only flowering is seen without any results.
Cow's Eye Horse Money Fruit

Cow's Eye Horse Money Fruit

Niuyan Maqian is a vine plant of the Maqian Koma genus. Small branches have hooks and opposite leaves, while old branches have thorns; The leaves are round, oval, or elliptical in shape, with a rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base and a sparse shallow heart-shaped shape; Calyx lobes ovate triangular, corolla white; The fruit is in the shape of a table tennis ball, red or orange yellow in color; Seed oblate; Flowering period from April to June; The fruiting period is from July to December. According to the "Outline of Xinhua Materia Medica", cow's eye horse money is recorded as follows: "Seed: bitter in taste, cold in nature. It has great toxicity. It has the effects of unblocking meridians, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. It can be used for symptoms such as numbness in hands and feet, hemiplegia, and external use for treating dysentery, gangrene, swelling, and injuries caused by falls and blows
Yang Tao

Yang Tao

Yang Tao (scientific name: Averrhoa carambola), also known as Yang Tao, Yang Tao, and Wu Zai Zi, was formerly known as Chang Chu, Chang Chang, and Liu Chang. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree belonging to the family Oxalis and the genus Spades. Originating from tropical Asia around India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Min people call it Yang Tao because it came through the ocean. Guangdong people, including Hong Kong, are also known as Yang Tao. Its fruit size is about 6-8 centimeters in diameter and can be eaten as a fruit or as a cooking ingredient, such as salads, Western pickles, candied fruits, etc. It tastes like a pear.
Spruce

Spruce

Spruce is a perennial green tree that inhabits mountainous areas and river valleys at elevations of 2000 meters (6600 feet) to 3800 meters (12500 feet). The Hardiness Zones are classified as level 6 to 7, requiring sufficient sunlight, a moist environment, good drainage, and neutral to acidic soil. It can grow in poor or strong acidic soil, but cannot adapt to air pollution environments and grows slowly. In natural environments, it often accumulates into vast pure forests, resembling white clouds from afar, hence the name Spruce.