The knotty, crooked, angular branches are about as rigid as bones, and the red bark is so thin and smooth on both trunk and branches, they look as if they had been peeled and polished and painted.

多节、弯曲、棱角分明的枝条，硬得跟骨头差不多，树干和树枝上的红色树皮，薄而光滑，像是剥了皮、打磨过、涂过漆一样。