2005年是我国农历乙酉年,俗称鸡年。笔者现介绍几种带有“鸡”字的有趣植物。金鸡纳树:常绿小乔木,高约三米,叶对生,椭圆状披针形,夏初开花,花白色,圆锥花序。果椭圆形。原产南美洲,我国南部也有栽培。树皮是提取奎宁及奎尼丁等重要的制药原料。鸡尖:落叶乔木,叶对生或互生,卵 2005 is the second year of the Chinese Lunar New Year, commonly known as the Year of the Rooster. I now introduce several with “chicken” word interesting plants. Cinchona tree: evergreen small tree, about three meters high, leaves opposite students, oval-shaped lanceolate, early summer flowering, white flowers, panicles. Fruit oval. Native South America, southern China also has cultivation. The bark is an important pharmaceutical ingredient for extracting quinine and quinidine. Chicken tip: Deciduous trees, leaves opposite or alternate, eggs