樹頭菜樹（又稱魚木樹）擁有廣闊開展的樹冠，每到花期它都會開出大量的花，其抗風能力強，並能在任何高度的環境生長，故在香港被廣泛種植作路旁樹。
樹頭菜的花由初期的白色轉為後期的黃色。紅色的雄蕊細長並突出花外，與蜘蛛長腳相似，故其英文名稱為「 Spider tree」（蜘蛛樹）。
Spider Tree withstands wind well and grows at any altitude. It has wide spreading crown and blooms abundance of flowers when flowering. It is extensively planted as a roadside tree in Hong Kong.
The flowers are white in the initial stage but turn yellow in the late stage. Its long and red filaments stretch out from the flowers which are similar to the spider legs and thus named as “Spider Tree”.
