Malaysia is the season to enjoy cherry blossoms in March and April every year. Many parks featuring cherry blossoms welcome bustling visitors and photography lovers. However, in 2012, the "Malaysian cherry blossom" in Penang, Malaysia had no flowers to enjoy, which disappointed the visitors.
Botanists told everyone that the murderer who hurt the Malaysian cherry is the mulberry parasite, and further explained that when the Malaysian cherry is "entangled" by the mulberry parasite, although it will not die immediately, it will lose its luster greatly, and the flowers will gradually decrease. Mulberry parasitism is an evergreen shrub parasitic on other trees. It uses its own special fruit to "entangle" victims with the unconscious help of animals.
Every late autumn, the orange fruits of mulberry parasites are covered with branches, attracting many birds to peck. Because there is a layer of sticky gum in the peel, the fruit will stick firmly to the beak as soon as the bird pecks. In order to get rid of the fruit adhered to its mouth, the bird had to fly to the surrounding branches and rub and rub. In this way, the sticky peel and seeds stick to the branches. The bird swallowed the fruit, and the seed could not be completely digested. After the viscous colloid was discharged, it stuck to the bird's ass, and the bird rubbed it against the tree trunk. In this way, in the second year, the seeds germinate under the conditions of appropriate temperature and humidity, produce adsorbed roots, invade the host cortex, grow stems and leaves, and finally integrate with the host.