海南岛野生苦丁茶树的发现及其植物学特征特性的观察

苦丁茶具有多种药用功效和保健作用，经济价值极高长期以来，国内外各种文献对海南岛天然分布的野生苦了茶树均无记载．笔者在海南岛中部七指山自然保护区内发现了野生苦了茶植株，并成功地通过扦插和组织培养繁殖了数万株苗木本文介绍了野生苦丁茶树植物学特征特性的观察结果，并就如何保护和开发利用海南岛野生苦了茶资源的问题提出了建议．

A Report on the Discovery of the Wild Kuding Tea Tree in Hainan Islandand and the Observation of Its Botanic Characteristics and Properties

With high economy value, kuding tea has various medical and health protection effects. For along time, the wild kuding tea trees, natually distributed in Hainan Island, have not been reported inthe literatures at home and broad. The author discovered the wild kuding tea trees in the nature protec-tion region at the middle of Hainan Island, and successfully propagated tens upon thousands nursery stoc-cks via cutting and tissuse culture. This paper deals with the observation of the botanic characteristics andproperties of the wild kuding tea brees, and puts fond p- on protecting, developing and utiliz-ing of this resources.