科別：鼠李科Rhamnaceae

原產地：中國、中國內蒙古自治區、中國新疆維吾爾自治區、韓國

種植區：玄奘大師區、祇園

植物特性：

多年生落葉性小喬木植物。高可達10公尺，分枝斜生下垂，枝梢自幹左右兩側長出，成扁平狀。葉互生，紙質，廣橢圓或心臟形，葉面有光澤，背面長白毛，葉尖有刺。花為聚繖花序，生於新梢葉腋，色淡黃綠。果形有球狀、橢圓形或橄欖形，果皮黃紅色。

花期：4月-5月 果期：5月-8月

資料來源：http://kplant.biodiv.tw/%E7%B4%85%E6%A3%97/%E7%B4%85%E6%A3%97.htm

經文：

■《方融璽禪師語錄》雲居道：若人識得心，大地盡是土。盡是土，無寸土，紅棗甜，黃檗苦。馬師還鄉道不香，達磨西來稱鼻祖。

■《大唐西域記》：「風壤既別，地利亦殊。花草果木，雜種異名。所謂菴沒羅果、菴弭羅果、末杜迦果、跋達羅果、劫比他果、阿末羅果、鎮杜迦果、烏曇跋羅果、茂遮果、那利羅果、般娑果。凡厥此類難以備載，見珍人世者，略舉言焉。」

In Quotes of Chan Master Fang Rongxi, Master Yunju said, “If one understands his or her own mind, (he or she would understand that) the earth is filled with soil. All is the soil, and at the same time, it is not. Chinese jujube is sweet, while Phellodendron is bitter. Master Mazu’s homecoming did not make the path sweetsmelling; Bodhidharma arrived from the west, and was regarded as the founder.”