革葉羊角扭
Memecylon coeruleum
植物簡介
It is a big shrub, or small tree with broadly-conical crown, usually up to 4 m tall. Its opposite, shortly-stalked leaves have leathery leaf blades that are egg-shaped to elliptic, and 8–16 by 3.5–7 cm, with scarcely visible venation. Young leaves are dark brown in colour. Its 1 cm-wide flowers have deep blue or dark purple petals, borne on a pink cup-shaped hypanthium, topped by 8 purple-white U-shaped anthers. The flowers are clustered into an umbel inflorescences arising directly from twigs at the leaf axils. Blooming occurs several times a year under local conditions. Its ellipsoid to obovoid fruits are 10–15 by 6–9 mm, and usually contain one seed. The fruit ripens from pink or dark red to deep purple or black with purple juice. Flowering-cum-fruiting period of wild specimens in Peninsular Malaysian lowland jungle lasts around 13 weeks per episode.
生長條件
半日照、全日照
壤土、排水良好
濕潤排水良好
南部適種
H1a｜熱帶植物
4 公尺
冠幅 —
照顧指南
Takes full sun to bright shade. Prefers well-drained soils. Tolerant of saline sites and salt spray. Remove basal shoots if grown as tree. Prune periodically to promote good form or to train as hedge. Leaves of stressed plants may be prone to attack by sooty mould. Propagate by stem-cuttings, air-layering or seeds.
Pruning group 1 (Light pruning) — 基於植物形態自動推斷，非 RHS 官方分類。 大型喬木，僅需移除枯枝、病枝、交叉枝及方向不當的枝條。 熱帶環境下無明顯休眠期，全年皆可進行修剪。
Seed, Stem Cutting
適合場景
學名異名
- Memecylon caeruleum var. floribundum
- Memecylon cyanocarpum
- Memecylon cordatum
- Memecylon grande
- Memecylon manillanum
- Memecylon lutescens
- Memecylon floribundum
- Memecylon caeruleum
延伸閱讀
葉色的對話：彩葉植物打造四季柔和漸層
很多人誤以為花園的精彩只屬於開花的時刻。我卻認為，那些不張揚的葉片，才是花園真正的靈魂。
觀葉秋海棠：葉色世界的柔軟美學
觀葉秋海棠對光的渴望與戒備並存。它們喜愛明亮的散射光——東向或西向的窗邊最為理想，光線柔和而充足，讓葉色得以完整地展現。若光線過強，尤其是正午的直射陽光，那細膩的葉面會黯淡失色，有時甚至灼傷成褐色的傷痕。相反地，光線不足時，秋海棠雖不會立刻凋零，但葉色會逐漸褪去個性，變得平庸而黯淡，彷彿失去了靈魂的詩篇。
鐵線蕨的精緻世界
各位植物愛好者，當我們提及蕨類植物中最具優雅氣質的代表，鐵線蕨（Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum）無疑是當之無愧的翹楚。這種植物以其細膩的羽毛狀複葉和纖細如絲的黑褐色葉柄聞名於世，彷彿一位舞者在微風中翩翩起舞，展現著大自然最精緻的詩意。