科柏科 (Cupressaceae)
樹名 (英文) | Chinese Arborvitae |
樹名 | 側柏 |
別名 | 扁柏 |
學名 |
Platycladus orientalis |
簡介 |
小枝的排列扁平,猶如一平面,因此別名扁柏。葉甚細小,青翠,為常見栽培植物。球果近圓形,灰淡藍色,外被白粉,成熟時紅褐色裂開,細小的種子即中葯柏子仁,具安神和潤腸作用。 Branchlets arranged in a plane, with decussate leaves spreading and ascending while flattened, the Chinese Arborvitae is thus called 'Platycladus'. The scale-like leaves, tiny and emerald green, make the shrub a much loved horticulture species. Its near-spherical pollen cones, each carrying 3-6 pollen sacs, are grayish-blue with a white powdery cover when immature, and open to show windless seeds when brown-red and ripe. These seeds are used in Chinese herbal medicine to calm the mind and lubricate the internals. |