Teak (Tectona grandis) 柚木
Teak (Tectona grandis) seeds germinate rather easy. 柚木種子還蠻容易孵的.
Teak (Tectona grandis) has globe seedpods, each seedpod has few chambers, each chamber has one seed. 柚木的一個圓球狀種莢有幾個小室,每一小室有一枚種子.
Teak (Tectona grandis) seed pods.柚木的種莢.
Teak (Tectona grandis) seed pod has one thin outer layer.柚木的種莢有一薄層保護.
Teak (Tectona grandis) seedpods after removed outer layer.去掉外層的柚木種莢.
Crack open a teak (Tectona grandis) seed pod, you can see there are 3 seed chambers. Usually planting the whole seed pods because of the seed pod is hard and brittle, very easy to damage the seeds inside. 敲開一顆柚木種莢可見莢內有3個種子小室,通常不敲開種莢因為種莢堅硬易碎,所以通常直接以種莢來播種進行孵種的動作.
Tropical large tree. Very dense wood with very low expanding rate which makes great outdoor or indoor furniture! Easy to grow in tropical warm and humid region. Best growing in full sun location. Large foliage. Small fragrant yellow-white flowers in summer to fall. Flowers attract bees, butterflies and birds. Slow growth. USDA Zones:9-11. Mature size:40′(H)/(W). Propagate by seeds, cuttings, grafting and air layering.
熱帶喬木,又名胭脂樹. 有"萬木之王"譽稱. 容易栽種在熱帶較溼熱的地區. 最好栽種於全日照處. 其木材木紋細緻堅硬.不因溫度或水份影響太大常見用於製做傢俱,硬木地板等用途. 葉片大,夏秋開芳香黃白色小花. 花頗吸引蜂蝶與鳥類. 植株長速慢. 喜熱不耐寒. 成熟植株可達40呎高及寬幅. 繁殖方式可以種子,扦插,嫁接及高壓等方式來進行.
Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teak https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%9A%E6%9C%A8 http://antion.pixnet.net/blog/post/14998849-102.02.09-%E9%99%A4%E5%A4%95%E7%99%BB%E9%AB%98%E6%8E%A1%E6%9F%9A%E6%9C%A8%E7%A8%AE%E5%AD%90