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Acknowledgement:
Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Native Plant Resources and Database in Hong Kong

30/10/2026

📽️植物放送室x香港四季色🌿
中文大學校園篇——當季開花/結果植物🌸
〖白楸 Turn-in-the-wind〗

白楸是雌雄異株的植物
當風吹過的時候葉片隨風飄動
翻起白色的葉底
可能因此英文名就叫做Turn-in-the-wind

葉基上的兩個腺體是大戟科常見的特徵
這兩個蜜腺幫助白楸吸引螞蟻到訪
螞蟻就會好像保鏢一樣有助嚇退會吃葉子的昆蟲
從而起到保護白楸的作用

📽️𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐱 𝐇𝐊’𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬🌿
CUHK Campus Edition — Seasonal Blossoms & Fruitful Plants 🌸

Turn-in-the-wind is a dioecious species
When the wind blows its leaves flutter gracefully, revealing their silvery-white undersides
This may be why it earned
the English name ‘Turn-in-the-wind’

The pair of glands at the base of each leaf is a common characteristic of the Euphorbiaceae
These nectar glands attract ants to the tree
The ants act like bodyguards, helping to deter leaf-eating insects
In this way, they help protect the tree

#香港四季色 #植物放送室 #中大植物 #胡秀英植物標本館 PlantsofCUHK 白楸 Turn-in-the-wind shiuyinghu

23/10/2026

紅樹林多模式數碼學習平台

胡秀英植物標本館與漁農自然護理署合作推出紅樹林多模式數碼學習平台 🖥️
這個平台是結合了VR與3D等技術的電子教材
你在這裡可以自由地在濕地穿梭進行深度探索 🔍
你可以見到立體的蟹類、鳥類影片，以及植物和生境的樣貌🦀
現在你可以在家就能探索「米埔內后海灣拉姆薩爾濕地」和汀角的紅樹林了🌳
我們期望透過科技協助普及環境教育，讓保育的意識深植在下一代與社會大眾心中！

𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬

Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department have jointly launched the Multimodal Digital Learning Platform for Mangroves🖥️
This platform is an e-learning resource that integrates VR, 3D, and other technologies.
Here, you can freely explore wetlands and embark on an in-depth learning journey🔍
Discover three-dimensional models of crabs, videos of birds and appearance of plants and habitats🦀
Now, you can explore from the comfort of your home the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site and the Mangrove in Ting Kok🌳
We hope to harness technology to make environmental education more accessible and to inspire a deeper awareness to conservation among the younger generation and the wider community!

#紅樹林 #虛擬實境 #數碼學習

15/10/2026

香港四季色🌿
中文大學校園篇——當季開花/結果植物🌳
〖白楸 Turn-in-the-wind〗
Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.) Müll. Arg.

白楸是常見的原生中型喬木，多生長於早期次生林的林緣。

當大風吹翻葉片背面時，其樹冠會呈現一片白色，極易辨認，這亦是其英文名稱「Turn-in-the-wind」（隨風轉白）的由來。

野外觀察可見，白楸葉片基部設有蜜腺，常吸引螞蟻徘徊吸食。研究更指出，白楸不僅以糖分吸引螞蟻，更透過共生真菌擔任「媒人」與「推銷員」的角色，吸引螞蟻駐足並保護樹木，從而減少病蟲害侵襲。

Turn-in-the-wind is a common native medium-sized tree, mainly found along the edges of early secondary forests.

When strong winds flip the leaves over, the canopy displays an easily identifiable white hue, which explains the origin of its English common name, "Turn-in-the-wind."

Field observations reveal that the extrafloral nectaries located at the base of its leaves frequently attract ants to forage and linger. Furthermore, studies indicate that Turn-in-the-wind not only uses sugars to lure ants, but also leverages symbiotic fungi as "matchmakers" and "salespeople" to attract and retain them, thereby protecting the tree and reducing pest and disease infestations.

🔗3D 模型🔗3D model:
https://syhuherbarium.sls.cuhk.edu.hk/collections/3d-specimen/ph098/

資料來源:
📚《香港四季色- 身邊的植物學: 秋》🍂
香港中文大學出版社
Source:
📚 "Botany by Your Side: Hong Kong’s Seasonal Colours –Autumn "🍂
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/BotanybyYourSide

#香港四季色 #胡秀英植物標本館

14/10/2026

【科普精英獎勵計劃 ── 校園保育土沉香🌱成果展覽📸及有獎問答遊戲🎉】

感謝土木工程拓展署主辦，以及三間參與學校合作和傾力支持，是次成果展覽圓滿結束！🎉🎉🎉

經歷兩年的課堂與實踐，大使們將他們的學習點滴、土沉香保育知識與中大對土沉香的研究，都放在成果展覽中。錯過咗展期?! 唔怕! 現在，我們將整個展覽以虛擬實景(VR)的形式呈現給大家！大家可以在VR導覽裡面仔細閱覽展板、展品，以及觀看相關影片，誠邀你參加我們特別增設的有獎問答遊戲，最快答對以下所有問題的頭十位參加者，每人可獲精美獎品**一份，遊戲兩星期後截止！
請即點擊以下虛擬展覽連結: https://cuhk-static-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/vr/CEDD+Incense+trees+ex-situ+conservation+project+exhibition_VR/index.html

請大家以Google 表格回答以下問題( https://forms.gle/NyVGKL3PWHuD1dFg6 ):

1. 哪三間學校以及哪兩個政府部門有份參與此計劃？
2. 請舉出兩個學生大使曾參與的工作坊。
3. 展品中除了展出土沉香標本之外，還展出了什麼植物標本？
4. 大家可以從VR成果展覽中參觀三間學校的VR校園。請舉出三所學校的VR中，皆可找到的一種植物，並寫出一項其葉片的特徵描述。

**前三名得獎者可獲禮品：
《香港四季色---身邊的植物學》一套四本 (價值約$480)

**第四至第十名得獎者可獲禮品：
《香港原生植物圖鑑》STEAM 遊戲卡一套 + 明信片一套 + 土沉香花果造型便利貼 (價值約$300)

得獎者會有專人以電郵通知

如有興趣知道更多關於土沉香的知識，請搜尋 “syhuherbarium 土沉香” 及追蹤我們的頁面以獲取此計劃的最新資訊！💻

[Elite young scientist award scheme: Ex-situ conservation of Incense Trees🌱Achievement Exhibition 📸 and Quiz Game with Prizes 🎉]

Thanks to the organization by Civil Engineering and Development Department and the support of three participating schools, the project outcome exhibition has ended successfully! 🎉🎉🎉

After two years of lessons and practice, the ambassadors shared their learning, knowledge of Incense Tree conservation and CUHK’s research on Incense Tree in this exhibition of outcomes. Missed the exhibition?! No worries! Now, we present the entire exhibition to you in Virtual Reality (VR)! You can read the display boards and exhibits, and watch the relevant videos in the VR tour. You are invited to participate in our special prize-winning quiz game. Each of the first ten participants who correctly answer all the following questions will receive a fabulous prize**. The game will be closed in two weeks!
Please click the following Virtual Exhibition link: https://cuhk-static-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/vr/CEDD+Incense+trees+ex-situ+conservation+project+exhibition_VR/index.html

Please answer the following questions using Google Form ( https://forms.gle/NyVGKL3PWHuD1dFg6 ):

1. Which three schools and which two government departments are involved in this project?
2. Name two workshops in which student ambassadors have participated.
3. In addition to the specimens of Incense Tree, what other plant specimens are on display?
4. You can visit the VR campuses of the three schools from the VR achievement exhibition. Please name a plant that can be found in all three VR school campuses and write a characteristic description of its leaves.

**The top three winners will receive a gift: A set of four books titled "Hong Kong in Four Seasons - Botany in Your Everyday Life" (valued at approximately $480).

**Winners ranked fourth through tenth will receive a gift: A set of Hong Kong Native Plant Illustrated Guide STEAM game cards + a set of postcards + Incense trees’ flowers and fruits shaped sticky notes (valued at approximately $300).

Winners will be notified by email.

If you are interested in learning more about Incense Trees, please search for “syhuherbarium incense tree” and follow our page for latest updates on this program! 💻

13/10/2026

Dr. David Lau, Curator of Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences at CUHK was featured in Ming Pao Daily News in an article entitled “植物圖鑑綴彩繪墨線細節畢現遠勝高清照.”
Article credit: Ming Pao Daily News
Reporter: 馬耀森先生

📰 Happy reading!: https://tinyurl.com/mingpao11102026

#香港中文大學 #中大理學院 #中大生命科學學院 #中大生命科 #胡秀英植物標本館

15/09/2026

香港四季色🌿
中文大學校園篇——當季開花/結果植物
〖九節 Wild Coffee〗
𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 L.

九節在南中國及東南亞都有野生分布。而在香港，它不但是原生物種，在大部分次生林的低層亦十分常見。九節於密林較弱的光線下仍能茁壯成長，強光下反而不利生長。其花期在春夏兩季，為昆蟲帶來蜜源；果期在夏秋及冬季，果實水分豐富，成為森林的生態果物。

九節可以入藥，草藥名為「山大刀」，民族藥用於治療感冒發熱或跌打損傷、蛇咬傷等。藥理研究發現其抗氧化及消炎功能，有助解釋傳統藥用的治療機制。

Wild coffee grows wild across Southern China and Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong, it is not only a native species, but also very common in the understory of most secondary forests. The plant thrives under the weak light of dense canopies, whereas strong light hinders its growth. It provides nectar for insects during spring and summer and produces juicy fruits that serve as essential ecological food in the forest during summer, autumn, and winter.

This plant can be used as an herbal medicine, known as "Shan Da Dao." Ethnomedicine utilizes it to treat colds, fevers, traumatic injuries, and snakebites. Pharmacological studies have revealed its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, helping to explain the mechanisms behind its traditional medicinal uses.

🔗3D 模型🔗3D model:
https://syhuherbarium.sls.cuhk.edu.hk/collections/3d-specimen/ph090/

資料來源:
📚《香港四季色- 身邊的植物學: 秋》🍂
香港中文大學出版社
Source:
📚 "Botany by Your Side: Hong Kong’s Seasonal Colours –Autumn "🍂
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/BotanybyYourSide

#香港四季色 #胡秀英植物標本館

09/09/2026

《香港原生植物圖鑑（第三冊）：稀有及瀕危植物》

📖植物業界的權威參考書籍：為香港原生植物留下永恆傳記！

本圖鑑由植物學家與植物繪圖師強強聯手，是同業當中較為罕見且富有深度的植物圖鑑！植物圖鑑。圖鑑內的植物繪圖主要由兩位植物繪圖師李敏貞 (Jenny) 和王家怡 (Mimi) 繪畫，並得蒙資深植物科學繪圖師馬平老師進行增潤，馬老師為《內蒙植物誌》和《澳門苔蘚誌》的主要繪圖人員，曾參與《中國植物誌》和《香港植物誌》等重點項目的繪圖工作。

本圖鑑所涵蓋的每種植物內容包括文獻回顧、植物憑證標本、植物結構的圖解描述和花粉掃描電子顯微鏡圖像均由館長劉大偉博士鑑定，我們寄望透過植物學家與植物科學繪圖師合作，為香港原生植物建立一個全面的資料庫，並為其科學資訊補上缺失一環。

Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants (Volume III): Rare and Endangered Plants

📖 An Authoritative Reference Guide for the Botanical Professionals: Preserving the everlasting biography for Hong Kong's native plants!

This illustrated book is the powerful collaboration between the botanist and botanical illustrators, resulting in a rare and deeply profound reference work within the industry. The illustrations in this illustrated book were illustrated mainly by two Botanical Illustrators, Ms Man-Ching Li, Jenny and Ms Ka-Yi Wong, Mimi, with valuable enrichments by Mr Ping Ma, a Senior Botanical Illustrator. Mr Ma was the main illustrator for the Flora of Inner Mongolia. and Bryophyte Flora of Macao and has contributed to major botanical publications such as Flora of China and Flora of Hong Kong.

Each plant species account in this illustrated book includes a literature review, voucher plant specimens, botanical illustrations with annotations, and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Images of pollen and spores, which have been authenticated by the Curator, Dr David Tai-Wai Lau. Through collaboration between the botanist and botanical illustrators, we aim to create a comprehensive database of Hong Kong's native plants and bridge the gap in their scientific documentation.

#香港中文大學 #胡秀英植物標本館 #胡秀英 #植物標本館 #香港中文大學出版社 #香港原生植物圖鑑 #香港原生植物 #稀有及瀕危植物品種 #科學繪圖

01/09/2026

📽️植物放送室x香港四季色🌿
中文大學校園篇——當季開花/結果植物🌸
〖大花紫薇 Queen Crape Myrtle〗

大花紫薇是千屈菜科紫薇屬的植物🌸
雖然它在香港好常見但其實紫薇屬植物是受香港法例
第96A章《林務規條》所管制同保護⚖️

它的葉近對生全緣托葉好小
花兩性輻射對稱圓錐花序
花萼鐘狀有棱
花瓣好像揉皺了的紙巾🧻雄蕊多數

大家不妨多留意一下身邊的植物啊！🌿

📽️PlantCast x HK’s Seasonal Colours🌿

This is the Queen Crape Myrtle! 🌸
From the Lythraceae family and 𝘓𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢 genus.
Even though it’s common in Hong Kong...
It’s a protected species!
(Under HK Law Cap. 96A Forestry Regulations ⚖️)

It features opposite leaves with smooth edges...
and extremely tiny stipules.
The flowers are bisexual and radially symmetrical,
blooming in beautiful panicle clusters.
It has a ridged, bell-shaped calyx...
and the petals look just like crumpled tissue paper! 🧻✨
Plus, there are numerous stamens in the center.

Take a closer look at the plants around you next time! 🌿

#香港四季色 #植物放送室 #中大植物 #胡秀英植物標本館 #大花紫薇

18/08/2026

Dr. David Lau, Curator of Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences at CUHK, has been interviewed by Mingpao Daily News on the topic of “植物標本成「科學證人」藏DNA與環境密碼”.

📰 Let’s share the E-newspaper: https://tinyurl.com/mingpao15082026

Happy reading!

#香港中文大學 #中大理學院 #中大生命科學學院 #中大生命科 #胡秀英植物標本館

Address

E104, Science Centre East Block, The Chinese University Of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T.

Opening Hours

Monday	09:30 - 12:30
	14:30 - 17:30
Tuesday	09:30 - 12:30
	14:30 - 17:30
Wednesday	09:30 - 12:30
	14:30 - 17:30
Thursday	09:30 - 12:30
	14:30 - 17:30
Friday	09:30 - 12:30
	14:30 - 17:30

Website

https://syhuherbarium.sls.cuhk.edu.hk/

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