Chestnut Bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)

Bird, Sketching February 28, 2018 idbeditor

Common Name (in English) Chestnut Bulbul (in Chinese) 栗背短腳鵯 Scientific Name (in Latin) Hemixos castanonotus Peculiar characteristics / external features: The chestnut bulbul is between 18-22 cm in length. It is chestnut brown on top and back, while its throat, chest and belly is white in colour. Distributions: It is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. In Hong Kong, chestnut bulbuls were only seen inside Tai Po Kau among the 11 study sites. This…

Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)

Bird, Sketching February 28, 2018 idbeditor

Common Name (in English) Blue Rock Thrush (in Chinese) 藍磯鶇、亞東藍石鶇、水嘴、麻石青 Scientific Name (in Latin) Monticola solitarius Peculiar characteristics / external features: The blue rock thrush is a starling-sized bird, 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in) in length with a long slim bill. The breeding male of the nominate subspecies is unmistakable, with all blue-grey plumage apart from its darker wings. Females and immatures are much less striking, with dark brown upperparts, and paler brown scaly underparts. Distributions: The European, north African and southeast Asian birds are…

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Bird, Sketching February 28, 2018 idbeditor

Common Name (in English) Blue Jay (in Chinese) 冠藍鴉、藍松鴉、藍樫鳥 Scientific Name (in Latin) Cyanocitta cristata Peculiar characteristics / external features: The blue jay is between 9 and 12 inches in length. It is bright blue on top and white to gray on its throat, chest and belly. It has a gray-blue crest on its head and black and white bars on its wings and tail. Its bill, legs and feet are black. It also has a black “necklace” on its lower throat. Distributions: The…

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Bird, Sketching February 28, 2018 idbeditor

Common Name (in English) Black Kite (in Chinese) 黑鳶、麻鷹、老鷹 Scientific Name (in Latin) Milvus migrans Peculiar characteristics / external features: The black kites have a brown upper plumage is brown but the head and neck tend to be paler. The sexes are alike. The patch behind the eye appears darker. The outer flight feathers are black and the feathers have dark cross bars and are mottled at the base. The lower parts of the body are pale brown, becoming lighter towards the chin. The…

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Bird, Sketching February 28, 2018 idbeditor

Common Name (in English) Barn Swallow (in Chinese) 家燕 Scientific Name (in Latin) Hirundo rustica Peculiar characteristics / external features: It has steel blue upperparts and a rufous forehead, chin and throat, which are separated from the off-white underparts by a broad dark blue breast band. The outer tail feathers are elongated, giving the distinctive deeply forked “swallow tail”. There is a line of white spots across the outer end of the upper tail. Distributions: The preferred habitat of the barn swallow is open country…

CM36 Magnolia liliiflora Desr 辛夷

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 辛夷 Family Name (科名): Magnoliaceae Scientific name (學名): Magnolia liliiflora Desr Common name (俗名): 木筆、辛夷花、木筆花、望春花習性：分布在中国云南、福建、湖北、四川等地，生长于海拔300米至1600米的地区，一般生长在山坡林缘 Growth habit: Distributed in China, Yunnan, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan and other places, growing at an altitude of 300 meters to 1600 meters in the region, the general growth in the hillside forest 葉：深綠色的葉子，寬達4英寸，長8英寸。 Leaf: The dark green leaves are up to 4 inches wide and 8 inches long. 花：大粉紅色到紫色華麗的花朵 Flower: large pink to purple showy flowers 果：紫色或棕色毛果 Fruit: Purple or brown…

CM103 Liriope spicata 麥冬

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 麥冬 Family Name (科名): Asparagaceae Scientific name (學名): Liriope spicata Common name (俗名): 麥門冬、寸冬、寸麥冬習性：麥冬喜溫暖濕潤，降雨充沛的氣候條件5-30℃能正常生長，麥冬對土壤條件有特殊要求，宜於土質疏鬆、肥沃濕潤、排水良好的微鹼性砂質壤土。 Growth habit: Love warm and humid with abundant rainfall climate conditions at 5-30 ℃. The plant has special requirements for soil conditions, suitable for loose soil, fertile, well drained and slightly alkaline sandy loam. 葉：禾葉狀，長10-50釐米，少數更長些，寬1.5-3.5毫米，具3-7條脈，邊緣具細鋸齒。 Leaf: leafy, 10-50 cm long, 1.5-3.5 mm wide, with 3-7 veins, edges serrulate. 花：花單生或成對著生於苞片腋內；花期5-8月。 Flower: Flowers solitary or in pairs in bracts axillary; flowering May-August. 果：種子球形，果期8-9月。 Fruit: Seeds…

CM99 Sauropus spatulifolius 龍脷葉

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 龍脷葉 Family Name (科名): Phyllanthaceae Scientific name (學名): Sauropus spatulifolius Common name (俗名): 龍舌葉、龍味葉、龍脷葉牛耳葉習性：龍利葉多為栽培或生於山谷、山坡濕潤肥沃的叢林中。常綠小灌木，高達40釐米。 Growth habit: Leaves mostly cultivated or born in the valley, moist and fertile hillside jungle. Evergreen shrubs, up to 40 cm. 葉：卵狀披針形或倒卵狀披針形 Leaf: Ovary-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate 花：花單性，暗紫色，叢生於葉腋內或排成一極短的總狀花序；花柄稍較花萼為短或略長 Flower: Flowers unisexual, dark purple, clustered in leaf axils or arranged in a very short racemes; pedicels slightly shorter or slightly longer than the calyx 果：蒴果具垣柄，狀如豌豆，幾為增長的宿萼所包藏 Fruit: Capsule wall with handle, shaped like pea, a few…

CM770 Prunella vulgaris 夏枯草

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 夏枯草 Family Name (科名): Lamiaceae Scientific name (學名): Prunella vulgaris Common name (俗名): 夕句、燕面、麥穗夏枯草、羊腸菜習性：多年生草本植物。匍匐莖，節上長有鬚根 Growth habit: Perennial herb. Stolons, long fibrous roots 葉：葉卵狀長圓形、狹卵狀長圓形或卵圓形，先端鈍尖，基部圓形至寬楔形 Leaf: Leaves ovate-oblong, narrowly ovate-oblong or ovoid, apex obtuse, base rounded to broadly cuneate 花：花為輪傘花序密集組成頂生的假穗狀花序，花冠紫色、藍色或紅紫色 Flower: Flowers are densely composed of terminal inflorescences. Apical spikes, corolla purple, blue or purplish red 果：果為小堅果，長圓狀卵形，頂端渾圓，背腹略為扁平，無毛，黃褐色 Fruit: Fruit nutlets, oblong-ovate, rounded at the top, dorsally-ventral slightly flattened, glabrous, tan 性味功能性寒；味甘、辛、微苦 Properties Cold; sweet, slightly bitter 主治具有清肝瀉火、解郁散結、降血壓、消腫解毒等功能。主治頭痛眩暈、煩熱耳嗚、目赤羞明、脅肋脹痛、乳癰、癤腫、肝炎等症。…

368 Solanum muricatum 人參果

Chinese Medicine, Plant February 12, 2018 idbeditor

Chinese name: 人參果 Family Name (科名): Solanaceae Scientific name (學名): Solanum muricatum Common name (俗名): 長壽果、艷果習性：人參果屬茄科蔬菜、水果兼觀賞型的草本植物。在熱帶、亞熱帶地區為多年小灌木。 Growth habit: Ginseng fruit belongs to a family of solanaceous vegetables, fruit and ornamental herbs. a perennial shrub in the tropical and subtropical regions. 葉：葉片生有絨毛，近革質或紙質，倒披針形、條狀披針形、條形或矩圓狀披針形 Leaf: Leaves villous, nearly leathery or papery, oblanceolate, strip-lanceolate, strip-shaped or oblong-lanceolate 花：苞片綠色，卵狀披針形至披針形，除每花有一枚苞片外，另有幾枚無花的苞片在花序頂端聚生成叢 Flower: Bracts green, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, except for a bracts per flower, and few bracts without flowers clustered at the apices of inflorescences 果：漿果，卵圓形或圓錐形，成熟時果皮淡黃色，有些品種有紫色的條形斑紋 Fruit:…