茄苳

Bischofia javanica

科名：大戟科(Euphorbiaceae)

屬名：重陽木屬(Bischofia)

原產地：分佈於中國華南、臺灣、印度、緬甸、泰國、老撾、柬寨埔、越南、馬來西亞、印度尼西亞、菲律賓、日本、澳大利亞和波利尼西亞等。常生於海拔 800 公尺以下山地潮濕溝谷林中或平原栽培，尤以河邊堤岸或行道樹為多。幼樹稍耐蔭，喜水濕，為熱帶和亞熱帶常綠季雨林中的主要樹種。在土層深厚、濕潤肥沃的砂質壤土生長特別良好。

分布：廣泛分佈於海拔1500公尺以下之山野或海邊。

Origin: distributed in South China, Taiwan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Australia and Polynesia. It is often cultivated in moist ravine forests or plains in mountainous areas below 800 meters above sea level, especially river banks and road trees. The young trees are slightly shade-tolerant, like water and wet, and are the main tree species in tropical and subtropical evergreen monsoon forests. The deep, moist and fertile sandy loam soil grows particularly well.

Distribution: Widely distributed in mountains or seaside below 1500 meters above sea level.