What is the mother tree?

Mosquito mother tree is also known as Misin tree, mosquito mother, mosquito tree, China mosquito mother, Hamamelidaceae. The mosquito mother tree is an evergreen shrub or medium tree with scaly branchlets and bare old branches, which are dark brown after drying. Buds bare, without scaly bracts, with scales. Leaf leathery, oval or obovate, produced in China, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan Province, Zhejiang and other provinces, mostly in hilly areas with an altitude of 100 ~ 200m, and also distributed in Japan.

The raceme of mosquito mother tree is about 2 cm long, the inflorescence axis is hairless, the involucre is 2 ~ 3 pieces, oval and scaly; Bracts lanceolate, 3 mm long, flowers are bisexual in an inflorescence, and female flowers are located at the top of the inflorescence; Calyx tube is short, calyx teeth are unequal in size and scaly; Stamens 5 ~ 6, filaments about 2 mm long, anthers 3.5 mm long, red; Ovary with stellate villi, style 6-7 mm long.

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Mosquito mother trees can be propagated by cutting in spring and summer and sowing in spring. When the seedlings grow to the right size, they are reshaped. Bonsai can also be made of stocky old mosquito-repellent incense mothers that have grown in Gu Zhuo for many years. Generally, it is transplanted before germination in spring or rainy season. Before transplanting, the stump was roughly trimmed off the extra branches.

The root system should also be trimmed properly, and the long main roots should be cut off, leaving more lateral roots and fibrous roots. After digging, we should do a good job of keeping fresh and moisturizing, plant the roots in a soil basin or underground to "cultivate a blank", reshape them after they survive, and move them into a small basin for viewing.

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