Phoebe chinensis seed

LATIN NAME: Phoebe chinensis

COMMON NAME: Chinese Phoebe

The Chinese phoebe is a handsome, upright, tall, evergreen tree of the warm forests, and its fine, oval or lance-shaped, glossy, dark-green leaves and its small, inconspicuous, greenish flowers, followed by the small, oval, bluish or blackish, fleshy fruits, have made it a treasured and noble tree of the region. It grows as an upright, tall, evergreen tree, reaching up to thirty metres or more, with the upright, straight, tapering trunk bearing the alternate, oval or lance-shaped, pointed, glossy, dark-green leaves and, through the warm months, the small, inconspicuous, greenish flowers in the small clusters, followed by the small, oval, bluish or blackish, fleshy, single-seeded fruits. It is a species of the flowering tree in the laurel family, and it is native to the warm forests of the central and the southern China, while it is prized for its fine timber, and it is known as the Chinese phoebe.

In the laurel family it is the noble, glossy tree of the southern forests, a species whose straight timber has been treasured by the builders of the region for the ages.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Chinese phoebe carries a place of honour in the wood-science papers of the region, where its fine, straight timber is studied for the qualities that have made it treasured in the fine building and the furniture of the south. The forest botanists have mapped its place in the laurel family and the warm forest flora, and the conservation researchers have kept the species close to the centre of the work, since the demand for the timber has greatly reduced the native forests. The horticulturists have also grown the glossy, evergreen form for the garden, and the growers of the warm-region trees keep it in their collections for the noble crown.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm, moist garden, the Chinese phoebe is the noble, glossy tree of the future. Its small flowers feed the insects, its bluish or blackish fruits feed the birds, and the evergreen crown gives the garden shade and shelter through the year. The fine timber has served the fine building and the furniture of the region, and the conservation of the tree has been of the greatest importance. It grows well in the rich, moist, well-drained ground of the sheltered spot. Glossy, noble and evergreen.

These seeds dislike drying out — sow them as soon as they are ready, at a shallow depth in pots of rich, moist, free-draining soil, keep the pots warm and humid in a sheltered spot out of the strong sun, and the first leaves will come up steadily.