Chinari referred to in botanical science oriental plane tree (lat. Platanus orientalis), like the beauty of both the powerful and for the opportunity for on a hot afternoon to hide in the shadows created by its thick and bulk crown.Stately plants - trees sycamores - familiar to residents of the Caucasus, Central Asia, as well as several southern regions of Ukraine.Apennines and the Balkans, the Aegean islands, Crete and Cyprus, the eastern part of the Mediterranean coast, Asia Minor - the place where today there are in the wild, these deciduous trees.
Platanus orientalis from time immemorial cultivated inhabitants of the Mediterranean region.They planted plane trees near streams, wells, springs, near the temples and houses.The ancient Greeks, otnosivshiesyasya to a tree with special reverence, spread it during the conquests.At the end of the IV.BC Greeks brought the plant on the peninsula.After a short time, and thanks to the thrust of the ancient inhabitants of the Apennines gains sycamore tree (photo presented in the article) became known in all corners of the vast Roman Empire.
Botanical description
sycamore trees belonging to the specified mean, reach a height of 25 - 30 m and more.From the powerful trunk diameter of up to 12 m almost at right angles depart Curved branches.On a gray, sometimes greenish crust formed large plate of irregular shape, which will eventually fall away, exposing the lighter areas.Therefore, the young trunk looks blotchy.Dark gray trunk of the old plane trees beautifully indented with deep cracks.Sycamore leaf five- or seven-bladed, 12 to 15 cm in length and from 15 to 18 cm in width.It is very similar to a maple leaf.Oblong blades have a recess and a few large teeth.The emergence of new leaves, covered with white hairs, coincides with the flowering.As the pubescence disappearing and coloring crown becomes dark green.In the autumn foliage turns the stunning purple hues.The flowers are small and inconspicuous, collected in capitate inflorescences.Fruit - a difficult nut to crack ("chinarik '), remain to winter on the branches, is a feature on which the trees recognize species sycamore Platanus orientalis.Spring "chinariki" fall to the ground and scattered seeds ready for germination in moist soil.Low spreading crown - another sign by which these mighty trees is distinguished from other species.
Plane trees belonging to the species Platanus orientalis, in landscaping and industrial production
Sycamore east is growing rapidly, is stable in terms of the city, undemanding to the soil, can withstand winter decrease in temperature.It is usually used in both single and linear plantings, forming a green tunnel.A classic example of a linear fit - deciduous shady tent on Pushkin Street in Odessa.Trees of this kind are good for creating a powerful kingdom of the plane trees - a large array or groves.Platanus orientalis, as well as other species that belong to monotypic genus of plane trees, is a valuable tree species, readily used in shipbuilding and the manufacture of furniture and flooring.
