GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA
GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA, FABACEAE, which does not have a common name in French or English, is native to West Africa, from Senegal to Congo, but is mainly present in Liberia, Ivory…
PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
Unlike other members of the MYRTACEAE family, eucalyptus or cloves , guava is not very aromatic. This small tree, PSIDIUM GUAJAVA, of 3 to 10 m, with very hard wood,…
OKRA GOMBO PACIFIC CABBAGE
Plants of the genus ABELMOSCHUS are very close to HIBISCUS, MALVACEAE, they are native to Africa and Asia-Pacific. Some were still recently classified in the genus Hibiscus. The Abelmoschus are…
COMMON JUNIPER
JUNIPERS are part of a large family of conifers, cupressaceae, in some genera the trees have gigantic proportions or have an exceptional longevity (sequoia, redwood, cypress). For their part junipers…
EUCALYPT NIAOULI
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUSEUCALYPYUS RADIATAMELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIAMELALEUCA LEUCADENDRONMELALEUCA CAJEPUTIMELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIAMYRTUS COMMUNIS MYRTACEAE They are trees or shrubs with evergreen foliage and often with bark that exfoliates and falls to shreds. Endemic to Australia…
DOG ROSE ROSE HIP
ROSACEAE are especially numerous in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. These are plants with varied port (herbaceous to the trees) which have given by selection or hybridization many…
COCONUT
COCONUT TREE, COCOS NUCIFERA, ARECACEAE,is the emblematic tree of the tropical shores, it is probably native to Southeast Asia but is now found in all tropico-equatorial countries. It has been…
CARAPA ANDIROBA TOULOUCOUNA
MELIACEAE are trees or shrubs from tropico-equatorial regions. Many have a desirable wood and have been overexploited such as African mahogany (Kaya), the Caribbean mahogany (Swietenia), or mahogany "female" or…
POT MARIGOLD
POT MARIGOLD (CALENDULA OFFICINALIS), FIELD MARIGOLD (CALENDULA ARVENSIS),COMMON DAISY (BELLIS PERENNIS),ASTERACEAE These three plants are very common in Europe. POT MARIGOLD or COMMON MARIGOLD, widely cultivated, is annual or perennial…
ALOE VERA
Aloe (between 100 and 200 species) are liliaceae without bulb and sometimes looking like a tree. Aloe vera or common aloe or Barbados aloe or true aloe, is a succulent…