According to Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, there is a broad-leaved tree about 26.7 meters high in Gongshan, Yunnan. Its skin is dark brown and looks like a century-old cypress. The leaves are as wide as the palm of your hand, the veins are clear and the mesophyll is thick. The local Tibetans, Nu people and Wa people are all "sighing" and amazed when they talk about this tree. This unknown tree has a unique function. When cooking meat and vegetables, just pick a leaf or scrape a bark and put it in the pot, and the taste of food will become particularly delicious and sweet.

Soda tree

According to the fifth issue of Earth, dense forests grow in the lower reaches of Peacock River and Tarim River in southern Xinjiang. Tears will drip all over this tree. Tears dripped into the ground and gradually turned into ink-like powder, which accumulated more and more. This kind of tree was originally called Populus euphratica, and it was also called weeping poplar because it kept weeping. "Populus euphratica tears" and soda are exactly the same, so it is also called soda tree.

Flying tree

According to 13 of Ancient and Modern Chinese and Foreign, a flying tree was found in Herong Town, Yangxian County, Hubei Province in 1980. After a gust of wind, a small tree fell to the ground like a bird, and half a minute later, it flew to the distant horizon with the wind. This is an extremely precious "moving tree". Its wooden tools will also move with light, heat and airflow.

Meteorological tree

According to Yangcheng Evening News reported on April 29th, 1984, in the north of Shangguan Village, Du Nan Township, Shimen County, Hunan Province, there is a coffin tree that can "forecast" the rainfall. This tree is 2 feet 7 feet high and 1 4 inches thick. Usually there are no leaves, but a few days before it rains, new buds will sprout. The new shoots withered after the storm.

Talking tree

There is a tree. When greedy caterpillars fall from one tree to another, they can distinguish each other. Such as alder and willow have this function. It turns out that when a tree is attacked, it can secrete a compound, and its odor diffusion radius can reach 30 ~ 40 meters. Those trees that have not been attacked by caterpillars in this area will be prepared for the attack when they smell the "alarm aroma".

In the experiment of investigating this protective effect, the students found that the attacked poplar and willow can produce alkaloids and terpenoids, which can induce the same kind to secrete the same substance. This compound permeates the leaves, making them inedible to insects.

Laughter tree

There is a laughing tree in Lannhard Botanical Garden in Chimida, Africa. This kind of tree can make a "haha" laugh when it is windy, much like human laughter. The smiling tree is a small tree. There is a layer of peel between each branch, which has many holes and balls inside. When the wind blows, the peel rolls inside and hits the thin and brittle shell, so there are bursts of laughter like "haha".

Song and dance tree

In the virgin forest of Xishuangbanna, there is a small tree that can swing and dance with the rhythm of music. When the music is beautiful, Xiao Shu's dance movements are graceful; When the music is loud and loud, the little tree stops jumping. More interestingly, when people talk softly beside the small tree, it also dances; And when it's noisy, it doesn't move.

prurigo

In the dense forest of Xishuangbanna, China, there is a tree whose trunk is very straight, about 3m to 6m high. The largest diameter has a thick bowl mouth, smooth brown bark, red-purple or white flowers, shriveled petals and hidden fruits. When people gently touch the bark with their hands, the branches at the top of the tree will immediately swing from side to side, or even shake, as if the itching is unbearable, so people call it "itchy tree".

A walking tree

There is a walking awakening tree in America. This kind of plant is suitable for growing in places with plenty of water. Once there is drought and lack of water, it will pull its roots out of the soil and roll them into a ball, and when it is windy, it will go with the wind. As long as it blows to the place where there is water, the tree of awakening will stretch its curled roots, insert into the soil and start a new life in a new environment.

A tree not afraid of atomic bombs

1August 6, 945, after the first atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima, Japan, only one ginkgo tree was left in the center of the atomic bomb explosion, and all other creatures were burned. However, the next spring, the ginkgo tree destroyed by the atomic bomb thrived. This fact shows that ginkgo trees are not afraid of the high temperature brought by the atomic bomb or the radioactive radiation of the atomic bomb, and their tenacious vitality is amazing. In addition, it is found that it is not afraid of insects, fungi and viruses, and is not afraid of the harm of urban air pollution. Scientists found that ginkgo tree has tenacious vitality because it can produce a special substance.

Six hundred trees * * * a tree.

A group of scientists from Uzbekistan, the former Soviet Union, discovered 600 apple trees in Tianshan Mountain. Strangely, the apples on these 600 trees are exactly the same size and color. After investigation, it was found that these trees were originally from the same root. Scientists are inspired by this: they intend to cultivate a vegetable with many plants, which can increase the yield of vegetables.

Self defense tree

In the desert area of Mexico, there is a plant called chrysanthemum. This kind of trees are not as long as some plants, but as street trees on both sides of urban streets, with a large spacing. This is because the temperature in the desert area is very high, and there is drought and water shortage. In order to prevent each other from losing each other for scarce water and nutrients, they all have a set of "self-defense" skills. They can release a toxin called trans lauric acid from their roots to inhibit the growth of similar plants, so the distance between them is very large. Although this is a fratricidal battle between "brothers", it can keep their race from being eliminated and extinct.

In North America, there is a black walnut tree. Around it, almost nothing grows. It turns out that its stems, leaves and roots all contain a special substance, which is leached into the soil under the tree with rain, and then hydrolyzed and oxidized to form a naphthoquinone called juglone. Juglandin can kill a variety of broad-leaved grasses and inhibit the germination of a variety of seeds, so there are few grasses around the black walnut tree. It monopolizes the living space, thus ensuring its better growth.

In order to protect themselves, plants have a set of "self-defense" skills to deal with enemy attacks. This is the main reason why they can survive without being eliminated.

Leafless tree

Generally speaking, a tree needs 10% leaves to survive, but it is strange that a tree has no leaves but long branches! There is such a tree in Hongqi Village, Zui Township, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, Sichuan Province: it is about 23 meters high and 3.2 meters in circumference. The branches of this tree are luxuriant, and the tree is smooth and patterned. But this tree doesn't have a leaf! According to relevant personnel, the twig of a tree is a kind of "leaf" that replaces the function of leaves.

Event tree

In Jietai Temple, a thousand-year-old temple at the foot of Maanshan in Mentougou District, Beijing, Gu Song with a tree age of over 300 years or even over 1000 years can be seen everywhere. Pinus tabulaeformis is located outside the abbot's courtyard, with a diameter of about 1 m. It is a Chinese pine with a history of more than 4,400 years. The crown of a pine tree is like an open umbrella, supported by the trunk. When any branch is touched, the whole branch will shake, hence the name "active tree". There is a poem in Qianlong: "Duh, who is the leader, affects a hundred emotions." Why do you want to pull one branch and move the whole crown? Because the tree body is inclined to the east by about 10 degrees, and the big side of the crown is also eastward, which is consistent with the inclination of the trunk, so the center of gravity moves eastward. If the center of gravity is unstable, it will naturally move when it is pulled.

Millennium hollow tree

According to "Anecdotal Stories", an extra-large hollow Maliubin was found in the old kiln in Jinling Township, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County at the junction of Sichuan and Hubei. It is more than 30 meters high, the trunk of the old tree is hollow, and there is a natural round door more than 2 meters high at the bottom of the tree. It can accommodate 10 people for shelter from the wind and rain. According to textual research, this is the rarest existing super-large hollow willow in China, which has certain archaeological and research value.

Two kinds of leaves combine to produce branches.

According to Wen Wei Po (1989 February 13), there are more than 100 flying squirrels with cypress leaves growing in Dahengling, Chongya Village, Yang Chen Township, Xishan County, Henan Province. The two largest trees are about 2 feet in diameter, and even the twigs on them are as thick as eggs. Two kinds of leaves coexist. In winter, the leaves of the leafy tree have fallen, but the leaves of the cypress tree are still on the tree, lush.

Connected trees of different families

In an ancient landmark in Zhejiang Province, there is a connected tree, which is composed of three trees of different families. One ginkgo tree is the tallest, with a circumference of 4. 1 m and a height of 30 meters. It is said that it has a history of 1000 years, and it is still flourishing. A holly tree suddenly appeared 2.5 meters away from ginkgo tree, with a circumference of 0.45 meters and evergreen all year round; A hard-shelled tree, also called mother-in-law's tree, is derived from the ginkgo tree 4 meters high from the parasitic place of Ilex.

Sisters tree

In Jiuxi, Hangzhou, there are a pair of big camphor trees with similar trees. According to legend, Song Gaozong has just fled here, and nomads from the army can't escape. Just as two girls cutting wood passed by, they set up Kang Wang and hid in Wuyun Mountain. Afterwards, Kang Wang killed two girls in order not to be known by the world. A year later, two camphor trees of the same height grew in the place where the two girls were killed. People say that this is the embodiment of two girls and call them sister trees.

Husband and wife tree

According to the 11th issue of Ancient and Modern China and Foreign Countries, there are two trees (commonly known as green bar trees) on Liangzi Mountain in Wushan County, Sichuan Province, one in the east and one in the west. Five meters apart, the two trees are one high and one low, one thick and one thin. The thick kind of imposing manner is called "Fu Shu"; Beautiful and elegant, good looks, known as "wife material", collectively known as "husband and wife tree." The husband tree has a bowl of thick branches at a distance of 2.5 meters from the ground, which is connected with the trunk of the wife tree in the air, forming a whole without any gap.

Life and death tree

According to the 34th issue of Ancient and Modern Chinese and Foreign, there is Yin Na in the east of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, with an altitude of 1.279 meters. On the mountainside, there is a right temple called Lingguang Temple, which was built in the Tang Dynasty (860-874 AD). Up to now, it has a history of about 1000 years, and the incense has been very prosperous. The two trees in Ina Temple, one withered and one glorious, participated in the destruction of Ran Bai symmetrically, which was full of strange interest and added great interest to tourists. These two 300-year-old Cooper trees were named the Tree of Life and Death, symbolizing the loyalty of love and the dependence of life and death. The withered cypress is vigorous and plain, but it does not hang a leaf, but it is immortal and tall. The trunk of life and death is thick and tall, but it is surrounded by three people. It is about 8 feet high, with thick branches and lush leaves.

Tree among trees

According to the 26th issue of Jin Fang Chinese and Foreign, there is a ginkgo tree in Jiao Shan Park in Zhenjiang, with elm, fallen tree and climbing vine on its thick branches, which has become a strange scenery with the four trees. The phenomenon of "tree among trees" is mostly because birds and strong winds bring all kinds of stones to big trees, and under suitable climate conditions, "tree among trees" grows.

Yinyang tree

According to Yangcheng Evening News reported on July 24th, 1983, there is a "Yin-Yang tree" in Youtu Village, Daji Township, Xianyou County, Fujian Province, which is a combination of Yin, bamboo and cypress trees and Yang, banyan trees. The height of the tree is 16.5m, the upper part is Ficus, and the lower part is bamboo and cypress. This tree is over 100 years old.

Cinnamomum camphora parasitic tree

According to anecdotes, a strange parasitic tree, Cinnamomum camphora, was found in Chengjiang Village, Dazha Township, Jiexian County, Guangxi. The lower part of this tree is Cinnamomum camphora, with a chest height of about 4.2. On the branch of camphor tree 4 meters from the ground, there is a banyan tree as thick as a bucket. According to the 70-year-old man in the village, the lower part of this banyan tree has a history of more than 300 years, while the upper part of the parasitic banyan tree is only 60 years old.

Double-layered jujube tree

According to Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, there is a strange jujube tree in Wu Yang Township, Danzhai County, Guizhou Province, which is located 400 meters away from the road in front of the township government.

This jujube tree has a DBH of about 50cm, a height of 15m and a crown width of 9 m. The trunk branches 2.5 meters from the ground, and the center of the tree is about 7 meters, which is also a completely different dividing line between the upper and lower parts of the tree. In the lower part of the dividing line, the tree bears fruit, leaves are like Pinus massoniana, and the seasons are evergreen; The upper part is jujube leaves, which shed leaves in winter, and there are big and round dates in summer and autumn, which are crisp and sweet.

Three-layer strange tree

According to the sixth issue of Jin Fang China and foreign countries, there is a fruit tree in Shanyang County, Shaanxi Province, which has a history of more than 400 years. The tree is tall, the trunk is chestnut, the upper layer is osmanthus and conifer, the middle layer is walnut, jujube and orange, and the lower layer is pomegranate and peach. This tree is full of flowers in spring. Autumn is full of fruits and rich in aroma; In winter, pine and cypress are green and lush. Become a famous local spectacle.