Wutong pinyin: wú tóng.

Wutong (Firmiana simplex? (Linnaeus) W. Wight) is a deciduous tree of the genus Wutong in the family Mallowaceae. Sycamore bark green, smooth; leaves heart-shaped, petiole and leaf blade length; flowers for the panicle terminal, flower color yellowish; fruit for follicle membranous, stalked; seeds spherical, crepe; flowering period in June.

The sycamore is distributed in China's northern and southern provinces, Japan and other countries are also distributed. Sycamore like warm, humid climate, like light, slightly shade-tolerant, not cold, like fertile, moist sandy soil. Sycamore is currently reproduced in the form of seeding, cuttings, root splitting three forms. On the depiction of the sycamore tree, the earliest in the pre-Qin literature, "Poetry": "The phoenix is singing, in his high hill. Sycamore is born, in his sunrise".

Sentences describing the sycamore

1, in the spring, those sycamore trees began to sprout, turquoise buds like a small green flower. The trunk is so thick and straight, the top of the tree is so high, the trunk seems to shed a layer of skin, by the sun, that silver white flashing a little bit of gold.

2. In the spring, the sycamore tree drew out new teeth. That bud green so fragrant, so fresh, so lovely, it is silent to us to convey the message of spring. In that sweet spring rain moisturizing, bud gradually grow into tender green leaves, leaves green as green as Fei green, a spring wind blew, full of small leaves move up, very nice.

3. After a winter snowfall, the branches and trunks were covered with a thick layer of white snowflakes, which seemed to give the trees a winter coat. At this time, the sycamore tree began to brew the beauty of spring again, ready to offer the beauty to people again.