公園池邊常見水石榕芳踪。
很愛看水石榕。沒有花的日子，她樹形嬌小枝幹纖秀，細細的卵形葉迎上亭立，雅緻的在池邊依石傍水，帶點日式禪意風姿。靜坐在樹蔭下發呆靜思，彷彿呼吸也慢調下來。
五、六月開花，花瓣邊似流蘇，像極穿了美麗蓬蓬舞裙的小仙子，甚有觀賞性。
水石榕Hainan Elaeocarpus。原產海南，因此亦稱海南膽八樹及水柳樹，學名是Elaeocarpus hainanensis，其實是杜英科常綠小喬木，而非桑科榕屬。
水石榕單葉互生，葉狹披針形或倒披針形，葉邊有小鋸齒。白色的小仙子舞裙花為總狀花序腋生，有花2-6朵，比葉略短或與葉等長，屬兩性花；花苞片葉狀卵圓形，邊緣有齒，基部微心形。核果光滑，形似橄欖，垂掛於樹上。
They are now commonly grown in parks and along pond side.
Hainan Elaeocarpus are a lovely sight. In days when there are no flowers, Hainan Elaeocarpus stands and waits gracefully by the pool with its slim figures and upright oval leaves, like a petite lady tree. Sometimes they give you a little Japanese Zen touch. When you sit quietly and ponder in its shade, you feel your breath slowing down.
I love the blooming in May and June best. I see a pretty little fairy dancing in her beautiful tutu dancing skirts, in the tassels-like edges of Hainan Elaeocarpus flower petals!
By its name, Hainan Elaeocarpus originates from the Hainan province of China. Its scientific name is Elaeocarpus hainanensis. It is in fact an Elaeocarpaceae small evergreen tree, rather than of the Moraceae Ficus genre.
Hainan Elaeocarpus has alternate narrow lanceolate or oblanceolate leaves with toothed edges. Small white fairy-skirt flowers blossoms in racemes; flower bracts are ovate, edge toothed, and base slightly cordate . Olive-like drupes come in smooth skin and hang plentiful from the tree.
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