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…
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…
COCA
The coca tree, ERYTHROXYLUM COCA, ERYTHROXYLUM NOVAGRANATENSE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE, is a small tree native to the tropical regions of South America that can grow 5 to 6 m in the wild,…
GERMAN CAMOMILE
The German chamomile, MATRICARIA RECUTITA = MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA, ASTERACEAE, is part of a group of plants that are sometimes difficult to differentiate from each other. Here is frequent confusion between…
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…
BASIL
The common basil, OCIMUM BASILICUM, LAMIACEAE, originating from Asia, is widespread in all the hot regions as well as in countries with a Mediterranean climate. It is a perennial (but…
TROPICAL ALMOND TRIPHALA
Terminalia catappa or tropical almond tree (COMBRETACEAE) are generally large trees They grow in warm regions with deciduous leaves, and discrete earflowers.The fruits are drupes more or less fleshy whose…