This is a folk legend: the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the relatives to support the right, Wang Mang codification, Liu Xiu was forced to flee, all the way uprooted, food is not enough to eat, through all the ups and downs, and one day, the hunger and cold, and even starving in the deserted countryside, fortunately encountered the Mulberry Forest, mulberry hunger to save the life of the family name, and then Liu Xiu claimed to be the emperor, the beginning of the construction of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the memory of mulberry tree to save the life of the grace of the imperial pen, personally titled "King of the Trees ", made of gold medals, ordered the minister to go to the mulberry forest seal. Just because the confused ministers do not know the mulberry tree, the wrong gold medal hung on the Tsubaki tree. Although it is Zhang Guan Li Dai, Tsubaki tree for the king but from then on in the folklore.

Extended information

1; Tsubaki is a tall tree, native to China. There are stinking toon and toon points, people eat toon has long been customary, the Han Dynasty is spread all over the north and south of the Yangtze River. Ancient agricultural market toon called toon, the stinky toon called simarouba.

2; stink toon (Ailanthus altissima) bitter wood family stink toon genus deciduous tree, bark gray to gray-black, formerly known as simarouba (chū), also known as tsubaki and wood huller tree, due to the leaf base of the gland point dispersal odor and named. It is native to northeastern and central China and Taiwan.

3; grows in zones with a mild climate. This tree grows rapidly and can reach a height of 15 meters in 25 years. This species has a short lifespan and rarely survives for more than 50 years.

4; This species grows well in limestone areas and can be used as a reforestation tree in limestone areas, as well as a landscape tree and street tree. Wood yellow-white, can be made of agricultural tools, vehicles, etc.; leaves can be fed to Tsubaki silkworms (silkworms); bark, root bark, fruits can be used as medicine, with heat and dampness, astringent dysentery, etc.; seeds containing 35% oil.

5; growth of the soil requirements are not strict, but in the heavy clay soil and waterlogged areas of poor growth. Resistant to slight alkali, pH suitable range of 5.5 ~ 8.2. Suitable for neutral or calcareous soil deep loam or sandy loam, resistance to chlorine is moderate, resistance to hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide is strong. Fast-growing, deep root system, strong sprouting power.

References ? Baidu Encyclopedia; Tsubaki tree