[IELTS SPEAKING - PART 2 - AN IMPORTANT PLANT] Describe an important plant in your country. Please say: - What is this plant? - How did you first learn about it? - Why is it so important? I can tell you about the Golden Shower Tree which is a well known plant here in the Philipinnes, well its realy a small tree, but its very populer here. It can grow quite tall, sometimes up to 20m high, it has green leaves, theyre between 6 inches and 24 inches long typically and have smaller leaves, I think theyre called leaflets which are about 8 inches long. It produces lots of yellow flowers, I think thats how it got to be known as the Golden Shower Tree, because of the many golden or yellow colored flowers it produces. It has fruit which has a very strong odor and inside it there are seeds, these seeds are poisonous. The trunk or the main part of the tree and its branches are very hard wood. Here, these plants, or trees, are very popular with butterflies and bees which seem to find them very attractive - most probably because of the bright flowers on them. I first remember seeing one at my grandparents home. They had several in their garden and I can remember my grandfather telling me all about them. Later I noticed them in many different places and I seem to recall we learned about them in school as well. I think this is one of the most popular ornamental planrts we have, and it is used in medicine as well. When the flowers blossom there are lots of them and they cover the tree so you can hardly see the green leaves anymore. It seems to grow well even in dry weather and with lots of sun. It also has another name, which is disease killer and the pulp from the fruit is sometimes used by people like a laxative and for other ailments such as fever, arthritis and stomach problmems. Im sure it has more uses, but those are the ones that I can remember at the moment. Some people have said the root of the tree can also be used for medicinal purposes but other people say it is very dangerous if you are not an expert, because it is very strong. (st) Ad: -TT- _____________________ *Đăng ký tư vấn qua điện thoại để hướng dẫn phương pháp học hiệu quả - Sử dụng tài liệu - Giải đáp thắc mắc - Nâng cao trình độ Tiếng Anh: tinyurl/giaidap1 *Hotline: 097.904.3610 Hà Nội: 71 Chùa Láng, Q. Đống Đa - 193C3 Bà Triệu, Q. Hai Bà Trưng - 446 Nguyễn Trãi, Q. Thanh Xuân. Hồ Chí Minh: 172A Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Q.3 – 368 Cao Thắng, Q.10.
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