山芙蓉 fkuo

高德生以植物牆上的「山芙蓉」為例，錦葵科的山芙蓉，鄒族語為fkuo。

「它的花期是鄒族的鬼魂遊蕩的季節，因此我們稱它為『鬼花』。」

然而在生活用途上，不僅它的花可以食用（涼拌、蛋花湯），樹皮也是重要的編織素材。

同時，鄒族男子佩戴的護身籤條，也是山芙蓉樹皮浸泡後，纖維與韌皮部脫離，再染上梅樹心、山黃梔，並以野牡丹或石楠定色，才具有神聖保平安的功能。

引用資料 : https://www.newsmarket.com.tw/blog/141758/

 

mountain hibiscus ”fkuo”

Gao Desheng took the “mountain hibiscus” on the plant wall as an example. The mountain hibiscus of the Malvaceae family is fkuo in the Tsou language.

“Its flowering season is the season when the ghosts of the Tsou tribe roam, so we call it the ‘ghost flower’.”

However, in terms of daily use, not only its flowers are edible (cold salad, egg drop soup), but the bark is also an important weaving material.

At the same time, the protective tags worn by Tsou men are soaked in the bark of mountain hibiscus bark, the fiber is separated from the phloem, and then dyed with plum tree heart, mountain yellow gardenia, and fixed with wild peony or heather, so that they have the sacred and safe nature. function.

Citation information: https://www.newsmarket.com.tw/blog/141758/