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Thuya or thuya plant (
Thuja Orientalis
From ornamental shrubs
The scientific name is thuya orientals
It is similar to the cypress lemon from the cypress family
The Arabic name is eastern tannins
Eastern Tree of Life
And his native country. Northeast China, North Korea, North America, Japan and Taiwan.
It is a shrub that grows in China and is called Chinese thuya, and its branches grow in an upward curve.
The length of the shrub ranges from 3 to 5 meters.
Thuya, or tannins, is one of the shrubs used in the field of decoration and landscaping, because of its distinctive hierarchical shape.
Toya is located among the evergreen trees, and it can withstand harsh weather conditions, between high temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius, and on the contrary, withstand low temperatures that reach frost.
They are used as individual specimens or to create fences in gardens, or home gardens
Leaves overlapping scaly slightly wider than cypress scales
Regular, bright green in color, aromatic scent when rubbed with hand.
The branches bearing the scaly leaves come out in opposite pairs constantly, and the projection of the branches from the top appears as a straight line and the branches appear to have been poured into a book.
The cones are small, spherical or oval with hooks. The seeds are green before ripening and turn into a relatively solid, shiny brown, about 2.5 mm long.
Environmental value
They are grown for decoration, suitable for cutting and shaping, and they are grown as hedges with success, as well as vegetable curtains, and also in rock gardens.
But when cut too tightly, the bush may die.
It is one of the smallest plants of this genus and its wood has no economic value.
It is successful in yellow lands with high humidity, in a sunny place.
The purpose of growing it is the beauty of its growth, its striking branches and its beautiful color.
It is the most beautiful in thoya that it is resistant to pests and insects
Shrub care:
Watering should be regular and fertilized even twice a year, and dry leaves should be removed regularly
And the soil must be well drained and moist as possible, especially during summer, and water on the leaves to moisturize
It is preferable to clean up the dried leaves that fall off the ground.
Benefits of Toya
And recently, he began to be interested in it as a medicinal plant, because it contained the oils of his doctor
The active medicinal substance of the thuya plant is found in the green fruit, in addition to the presence of this active substance in the leaves as well.
Toya has been used in folk medicine for a long time. The plant extracts have been used as an ointment for muscles and joints, due to their great effectiveness in relieving pain and stiffness, as well as for diuresis as well as for treatment of late menstrual cycles.
The plant can be taken care of as any sustainable tree, as it must be regular watering and fertilize it even twice a year, and what may dry out of its branches must be removed by trimming it, the plant is suitable for bright sunny lighting, and the soil must be well drained and moist as possible, especially during the summer, and it is preferable to clean what may fall Of its growth on the ground.
Thuya can be propagated by seed or cuttings.
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