Zenia insignis seed

LATIN NAME: Zenia insignis

COMMON NAME: Zenia

The zenia is a handsome, upright, open, deciduous tree of the warm forests, and its fine, pinnate leaves of the many oval leaflets and its small, pink or reddish, pea-like flowers, followed by the long, flat, brown pods, have made it a treasured and fine tree of the region. It grows as an upright, open, deciduous tree, reaching up to twenty metres or more, with the upright, branching trunk bearing the alternate, pinnate leaves of the many oval, pointed leaflets and, through the late spring, the small, pink or reddish, pea-like flowers in the small clusters, followed by the long, flat, brown pods of the few hard, shiny, brown seeds. It is a species of the flowering tree in the pea family, and it is native to the warm forests of the southern China and the neighbouring regions, while it is prized for its fine, tough, adaptable form, and it is known as the zenia.

In the pea family it is the pink-flowered, pinnate-leaved tree of the warm forests, a tough, open tree that has spread well beyond its native hills.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The zenia appears in the forest-ecology papers of the southern China as a fine subject of the warm forest study, and the botanists have mapped its place in the pea family and the regional flora. The foresters and the land scientists have studied the tough, adaptable growth that holds the soil and gives a fine shade, and the insect ecologists have watched the bees come to the small, pink, pea-like flowers. It is a tree of the dependable, hard-working kind, and the growers of the warm-region trees keep it in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the park and the garden, the zenia is the pink-flowered tree of the open spot. Its pea-like flowers feed the bees, its long, flat pods feed the birds and the wildlife, and the open, leafy crown gives the garden a fine, light shade. The tough, adaptable growth has made it a valued tree of the street, the park and the garden, and it grows well in the moist, well-drained ground of the sunny spot. Pink-flowered, tough and adaptable.

These seeds wear a hard, glossy coat — pour a cup of just-boiled water over them and let it cool overnight, then sow them at a shallow depth in pots of sandy, free-draining soil, keep the pots in a warm, bright spot and water them regularly, and they’ll be up within no time.