❈ 中山大學水生植物 ❈
— 文殊蘭與草海桐 —
文殊蘭 Crinum asiaticum.
The underground stem forms a bulbous pseudo-bulb, and the leaves are strap-like and lanceolate with wavy edges, up to 1 meter long and 7 to 12 centimeters wide. The flowers are umbel-like inflorescences, with numerous fragrant petals; the flower stalks are erect and as long as the leaves. The flowers are white, with petals that resemble spiders and are reflexed. The stamens are pale red with yellow anthers. The fruit is a flat, spherical capsule containing large seeds.
Aquatic plant
草海桐 Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
草海桐科 Goodeniaceae
The tree is 1 to 4 meters tall with soft, succulent branches that tend to grow in a dispersed manner. The leaves are alternate, spoon-shaped to ovate, leathery, and often clustered at the ends of branches. They are 10 to 25 cm in length and 4 to 8 cm in width. The inflorescences extend from the leaf axils, with fan-shaped corollas that are five-lobed and colored white, light yellow, or light purple. The corollas are about 2 cm wide with wavy-edged lobes. The fruit is a white drupe, ovoid in shape, with a diameter of 0.7 to 1 cm, and can be dispersed by tidal waters. The tree flowers and bears fruit throughout the year.
