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Kan-Do Plain is an
alluvial plain in the Taipei basin. The west low land is situated on
the joint of Keelung and Tamshui River. Swamp formed due to rising
tide sediments and organic deposits. Inside the Kan-Do Embankment
you will find water farms.
Vegetations found in the south of Guan-Do Nature Park are composed
mainly of reed, and Kandelia, different vegetations inside the
embankments becomes the producer of the food chain the ecosystem of
this region.
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Palaquium formosanum Hay. |
Family Name
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Sapotaceae |
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Feature
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＊Rubber
can be made from the milk of the cortex, tough lightweight
shells outside the seed this design enables the seed to float
on sea surface, florescence from autumn to spring, light green
corolla found.
＊Protophyte
of the north, east and south coast region of Taiwan, usually
planted in gardens or as shade trees on the road. Lumbers used
for building. Eatable fruit, barks can be used as natural dye,
branches are often used as flower arrangement materials.
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Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre ex Merr. |
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Leguminosae
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Feature
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＊ Oil extracts from the seed can be used
externally on the skin for dermatological purpose.
＊ Poisonous seed and root, may cause
dizziness and vomiting if taken. Can be used as an emetic.
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Cerbera manghas L |
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.Apocynaceae
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Feature
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＊Poisonous
fruit, fatal if eaten. White milky substances in the plant,
upon maturing, the egg size seed becomes red which is rich in
oil.
＊Suitable
for windbreak and gardening. Can be planted as pioneers on
sandy land, it changes the soil environment, and the moisture
retention rate of the soil.
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Calophyllum inophyllum L. |
Family Name
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Clusiaceae |
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Feature
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＊ Their drupes are scarcely found on the
other level ground trees, their seed will float on water. Oral
shape and smooth leaves. Fragranced white flowers with 4
petals. Ball shaped green drupe that is about 3cm in
diameter.
＊ Fine and hard lumber, thus best used for
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Terminalia catappa
L. |
Family Name
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Combretaceae |
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Feature
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Undergoes dramatic changes occurring to different seasons, the
drupes are oval in shape with a length of 5-6cm and a width of
4cm, it looks very similar to olives.
＊ Fiber pericarp, that floats on water.
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The drupe is rich in oil, eatable oil
extract. Good windbreak tree. The leaves can be used for tea.
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Heritiera littoralis Dryand. |
Family Name
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Sterculiaceae
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Feature
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Oval leave with silver posterior, it is leather in texture.
Polygamy with florescence from April to May, bell-shaped male
flowers with long tube like pistils, fruit season from June to
October. Light weighted seed that floats on sea surface.
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