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花果幹生 水木同夥
水同木，隱頭果圓球形而無稜，嫩葉紅橙而黃綠，可與稜果榕區 果如垂涎 葉似大夫
別。本種最大特色在於隱頭果經常幹生。在眾多兄弟中，對於環境
六月天，滿樹白華，如含羞草般的花型花序，相當引人注目。不過，頷垂豆最予人印象深刻的，恐怕還是歲末時節，果實
潮濕度的需求，可說是最高的，真可謂木同水一夥。在臺灣低海拔
成熟而開裂的模樣。豆莢旋捲如唾掛，開裂後，露出深藍色而面著蠟粉的種子，細長的臍帶依然相連，致使種子懸垂在豆
山區，及潮濕谷地，都相當常見。
莢之外，活像垂涎欲滴樣。不開花結果要認識它，一點也不難。二回羽狀複葉，愈靠近先端的羽葉和小葉愈大；羽葉二或
Harland fig 三對，看起來就像是個「大」字或「夫」字。
Harland fig’s syconia have no ridges on the surface and its Chinese apes earring
young leaves are organge or red. Its syconia are often borne
In June, the white flowers similar to those of mimosa hang conspicuously all over the tree. However, the
on trunks. Among all figs, Harland fig requires the most humid
most impressive characteristic of Chinese apes earring is its split mature pods in the end of the year. The
environment. Therefore, Harland figs often form dominant
pods open to expose the blue powdery seeds hung at hila. Its bipinnate leaves are pretty large.
communities in moist valleys of low altitudinal mountains

芒花 樹結小南瓜 名喚饅頭果
如蝶群圍華八仙 The Legend of the Silver Grass
細葉饅頭果，大戟科植物；果實呈縮小版的小南瓜是這一屬的標誌，
‧ 拾穗
為了吸引昆蟲前來傳粉，華八仙演化出兩型花：中央部份是可孕性
果實綠綠小小的甚不起眼，然而一旦開裂，裡面可是火辣辣的鮮紅
花；外圍有一圈不孕性的裝飾花，雌、雄蕊多已退化，卻具有數枚
色。葉柄側邊具有三角形、硬挺如刺的托葉，也是該屬植物的辨認特
白色特化的瓣狀萼片，花梗細長，像極了一群飛舞在花序之上的小
點。樹皮灰白、細縱裂，可作為辨識上的輔助特徵。就地形而言，多
白蝶，彷彿在招攬遠處的飛蝶同伴，這裡有好吃的蜜糖，快快來。
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山海間的古道記憶 Chinese hydrangea
Common glochidion
To attract insects to pollinate, Chinese hydrangea evolved
Common glochidion is a species of spurge family. Its
two types of flowers. A circle of sterile ornamental flowers,
characteristic fruits look like miniature pumpkins. The mature
which have degenerate pistils and stamens, surrounds
fruits split to show the fiery red inside. Its triangular stipules are
the fertile flowers in the center. Supported high by slender
tough like thorns. The bark is grayish white with fine lengthwise
peduncles, the large white petal-like bracts look like white
─ 草嶺古道尋幽行
splits. Common glochidion is mostly distributed on the upper
butterflies flying above the florescence.
hills and ridges.
十年精彩全紀錄 Memories Beyond the Mountains and the Sea: Past, Present, and the Future of the Caoling Historical Trails
木瓜牛乳 榕樹怪胎
果如麻糬黏芝麻 榕樹類植物，紅紅的隱頭果，大大乳房形，故名牛乳房，也稱牛乳榕。非
花果期，最大的辨識特點，在其葉形好似木瓜果。榕樹類多分布於低海拔
蕁麻科植物多半生長於潮濕環境、葉片薄軟、三出脈、花小而不顯著、僅有一層花被（亦即沒有萼、瓣之分）、藉風傳粉；長
溫暖潮濕的凹谷環境，且不隨季節變化而落葉；牛乳榕可說是榕樹家族裡
梗紫麻也同樣具有上述家族的共同特性。蕁麻科家族成員以草本居多，長梗紫麻卻是全島中、低海拔相當常見的灌木。葉片互
怪胎，分布於低至中海拔，典型的落葉性植物，葉於春暖時節，紅嫩齊發
生、具長柄紫紅色，花雖小而不顯著，結果的模樣卻像極了白色麻糬上粘黏芝麻一般，相當別緻。
於枝稍。
Purple wood nettle
Beechey’s fig
Growing in moist habitats, most species of nettle family have thin leaves with trinervate veins and small insignificant
Beechey’s fig has reddish syconia shaped like cows’ udders. Its leaves
flowers, which are pollinated by wind. Unlike most herbaceous species in nettle family, Purple wood nettle is a
are in the shape of papaya fruits. While most fig trees grow in warm
shrub commonly found at low elevations of Taiwan. Its alternate leaves have purple petioles and its fruits look like
and moist valleys at low elevations and do not shed leaves in the fall,
white berries covered sparsely with sesames.
Beechey’s figs are distributed from low to middle elevations and shed
leaves in the fall. In warm springs, beechey’s figs shoot out red young
leaves.