Aphananthe aspera seed

LATIN NAME: Aphananthe aspera

COMMON NAME: Rough-Leaved Aphananthe

The rough-leaved aphananthe is a handsome, upright, round-headed, deciduous tree of the warm woodlands, and its fine, oval or lance-shaped, sharply toothed, rough leaves and its small, inconspicuous, greenish flowers, followed by the small, round, dark-purple or blackish, fleshy fruits, have made it a treasured and fine tree of the region. It grows as an upright, round-headed, deciduous tree, reaching up to twenty metres or more, with the upright, branching trunk bearing the alternate, oval or lance-shaped, pointed, sharply toothed, rough-textured leaves and, through the spring, the small, inconspicuous, greenish flowers, followed by the small, round, dark-purple or blackish, fleshy, single-seeded fruits. It is a species of the flowering tree in the hemp family, and it is native to the warm woodlands of the eastern Asia, while it is prized for its fine, tough, rounded form, and it is known as the rough-leaved aphananthe.

In the hemp family it is the rough-leaved shade tree of the eastern woodlands, a tough, round-headed tree that the street and the park both take kindly to.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The rough-leaved aphananthe appears in the woodland-ecology papers of the eastern Asia as a fine subject of the warm forest study, and the botanists have mapped its place in the hemp family and the regional flora. The wildlife ecologists have watched the autumn birds come to the small, dark-purple or blackish fruits, and the foresters and the horticulturists have studied the tough, round-headed growth that makes it a valued tree of the street and the garden. It is a tree of the quiet, dependable kind, giving shade, fruit and cover without asking for much, and the growers of the urban trees keep it in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the park and the street, the rough-leaved aphananthe is the round-headed tree that looks after the birds. Its small flowers feed the insects, its dark, fleshy fruits feed the birds of the autumn, and the round-headed crown gives the garden fine shade and shelter. The tough, adaptable growth has made it a valued tree of the street and the park of the region, and it grows well in the moist, well-drained ground of the open spot. Round-headed, tough and bird-feeding.

The seeds ripen inside the dark, fleshy fruits — clean them off and give them a cold, damp rest in a bag of moist sand in the fridge, then sow them shallowly in pots of loamy, free-draining soil, keep them moist and set the pots in a bright, open spot, and they’ll come up steadily.