Autumn season arrives and the ying1hua1 kai1

In the city of Huaibei, in the Province of Anhui (安徽省 • An1hui1sheng3), the Oriental Cherries (櫻花 • ying1hua1) belonging to the Rosaceae genus (薔薇科 • qiang2 wei2 ke1) of trees (樹 • shu4) once again (再度 • zai4 du4) have begun blooming (花開 • hua1 kai1).

The Oriental Cherry is a defoliating (落葉喬木 • luo4 ye4 jiao1 mu4) tree with a glossy (光澤 • guang1 ze2) purple-brownish (紫褐色 • zi3 he4 se4) bark (樹皮 • shu4 pi2). The bottle-green (深綠色 • shen1 lv4 se4) leaves are oval (橢圓形 • tuo3 yuan2 xing2) shaped with stiff serrated edges (邊緣芒齒 • bian1 yuan2 mang2 chi3). The inflorescences (開花 • kai1hua1) grow in clusters of at least 35 flowers (花 • hua1) with petals (花瓣 • hua1 ban4) colored from white (白色 • bai2 se4) to red (紅色 • hong2 se4).

A truly wonderful sight!

Note: Huabei is adjacent to the Yangtze River Delta (長江三角洲 • chang2jiang1san1jia3zhou1)

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