革葉羊角扭
Memecylon pauciflorum
植物簡介
It is a woody shrub up to 3 m tall, with a slightly weeping habit. Leaves are simple, almost sessile (stalkless), arranged oppositely along long twigs, thus resembling a large pinnately-compound leaf. Texture sub-leathery to stiff-papery, with indistinct veins. Young leaves are glossy red. Flowers are small but conspicuous, with numerous white-tipped blue stamens and pink-tinged petals resting on top of creamy calyx lobes. They are clustered in axillary cymose inflorescences arising directly from twigs. Unopened flower buds are cream-coloured. Blooming occurs several times per year under local conditions. Fruits are fleshy and globose, resembling berries. They have persistent calyx lobes at base. Each fruit is small (6-9mm across), ripening from green to yellow to purplish-black, and containing 1 - 2 seeds within. Seeds are brown, with imprint of 5-rayed fan on one end, dispersed by fruit-eating birds. Flowering-cum-fruiting in wild specimens in Peninsular Malaysian lowland jungle are observed to last for 13 weeks.
生長條件
全日照、半日照
壤土、排水良好
濕潤排水良好
全台平地適種
H1a｜熱帶植物
3 公尺
冠幅 —
照顧指南
It prefers full sun to bright shade. Avoid locating plant in deep shade, as this tends to result in sparse leggy growth, and increase the plant's susceptibility to attack by sooty mould. Provide moist but well-drained soils. Propagate by seeds and stem cuttings.
Pruning group 8 (Early-flowering evergreen shrub) — 基於植物形態自動推斷，非 RHS 官方分類。 常綠灌木，花後輕剪整形，移除不良枝條。 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 pauciflorum var. pisocarpum
- Memecylon pulchellum
- Memecylon umbellatum
- Memecylon capitellatum
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。