What Is Barberry?
The tiger thorn (scientific name: Damnacanthus indicus Gaertn.) Is a plant of the genus Rubiaceae, which is a thorny shrub with a height of 0.3-1 meters and a succulent chain-like root. Young shoots densely short-haired. The leaves are usually large and small, and the leaves are opposite. The large leaves are 1-3 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide. Calyx campanulate, ca. 3 mm in length, green or purplish-red stripes, few glabrous. Drupe red, subglobose, 4-6 mm in diameter. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruit ripening period is from winter to the following spring. [1]
- Distributed in China, India (North) and Japan; in China in Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other provinces. It grows in sparse mountains, hills and hills, under dense forests and in rocky shrubs. [1]
- Ornamentation: Tiger thorn stems are robust, the tree is short, and the branches are nodular. Tiger thorn has both exquisite and exquisite beauty and towering tree style. It is "chunhuaqiushi", red-orange-yellow-green-blue-blue-purple. It is as splendid as spring at all times, and it is often dotted in landscape bonsai. [3]