If it really happened, then that banyan is one of Taiwan's earliest immigrants. The rust colored sap of the red cedar, like human blood, traditionally scared people from chopping it down, and the tree has prospered as a result.
茄苳樹則由於它的汁液紅褐，彷若人血，民智未開時，一般人多不敢砍傷，而造成今日茄苳大樹公的「樹」多勢眾。