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 According to the History of Taiwan written by Yu Heng-Zhi: "Cieding , a native plant of the waterfront, can be used as firewood. The skin appears in a reddish color, which can be extracted for fabric dye. A village in Anping is called Cieding Village." Cieding tree, know as the Jiadong vines or Ocean Jiadong, is a type of mangrove. Mangrove is a plant of angiosperms, often found in tropical or subtropical regions with calm waters, especially the sediment deposit are at the merging areas of salt water and fresh water.
Mangroves are a common plant in the northern and western coasts of Taiwan, in the lagoons near the river mouth. There are several species of mangroves in Taiwan, including Kandelia (Kandelia candel Druce), Haijiadong (Avicennia marina Vierh), Red Jiadong (Rhizophora mucronata), Wujiaoli (Rhizophora mucronata), Ceriops (Ceriops tagalPerr cb Robins), and Lanli (Lumnizera racemosa). Mangroves in Cieding coasts are mostly Haijiadong.
Jiadong vines, also known as Haijiadong (Avicennia marina (Forsk) Vierh), is an angiosperm Verbenaceae. It is an evergreen arbor with oval-shaped oppo and leathery leaves, grown to four to six centimeters long. The spherical capsule, fallen from the mother tree, drift and waves and sprout autonomously, waiting to be washed ashore. When the capsules found their way to the soil along the coast, they quickly spread their roots and grow into new plants.
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