POMEGRANATE

The POMEGRANATE tree, PUNICA GRANATUM, LYTHRACEAE , (PUNICACEAE) is often just a bushy shrub, it is native to the Mediterranean basin or the Middle East. It was already cultivated in…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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BANANA TREE BANANA

The musaceae are tall, shrub-like grasses with a pseudo-trunk or false-stem. MUSA ACUMINATA is the main cultivated species but there also, MUSA SAPIENTUM, MUSA PARADISIACA, MUSA TROGLODYTARUM The inflorescence is…

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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…

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