發布日期：2021-09-10
刺蔥Tana（泰雅語）
刺蔥為多年生落葉性喬本植物，冬季時氣溫低於15度，植株會自然的落葉，花期為8月至9月，10月為結果期，刺蔥是一種雌雄異株的植物，只有雌株才會結果。主要分布在台灣北部、中部、東部以及中、低海拔的山區，尤其在火燒森林後的新生地，常可發現野生的刺蔥。刺蔥的嫩枝長滿銳利的尖刺，老幹也有短硬地瘤刺，讓鳥類不敢棲息在上面，因此又有鳥不踏之稱
刺蔥是原住民重要的香料，嫩葉具有強烈的香氣，嚐起來味道像蔥但香氣又卻有不同，是許多原住民的傳統香菜，刺蔥可以加入魚、雞湯進行調味也具有去腥的效果，刺蔥嫩葉常與蛋一起料理，製作刺蔥炒蛋的佳餚。然而刺蔥的種子具有辛辣味，在料理上可代替胡椒使用
（資料來源：台行政院農業委員會、台灣原住民歷史語言文化大辭典等）
Tana is categorized as a perennial and deciduous tree; during winters, when the temperature falls below 15°C, the plant’s leaves will fall naturally. Its flowers bloom in August and September, and October is their fruiting season.
Tana is a dioecious plant, and only the pistillate plant will produce fruits. The plant is mainly distributed in northern, central, and eastern Taiwan and low- to mid-altitude mountains; wild tana can be especially found in newborn land within burnt forest. Sharp spikes grow all over tana’s sprouts, and its old branches would also have short and hard tumor spikes so that birds would not dare to rest over them; hence tana’s other name – “niao-bu-ta (“no bird-stepping” in Chinese)”.