All Entries in the "flowering plants" Category
Hibiscus varieties
Hibiscus esculentusDescription Rigid growing, erect annual: 6′ Requires warm, sunny environment Leaves: palmate; 3-5 lobed Flowers: pale yellow with red center; 3″ diameter blooms start mid-summer Depending on where you look, this plant will be labeled under the genus: Abelmoschus, which is still in the Malvaceae family Uses Fruit: ribbed seed pod, up to [...]
admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Comments 0
Vitex negundo
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Vitex Species: V. negundo Synonyms Vitex cannabifolia Siebold & Zucc. Vitex incisa Lam. Vitex incisa var. heterophylla Franch. Vitex negundo var. heterophylla (Franch.) Rehder Vitex negundo, commonly known as the five-leaved cheste tree, is a large aromatic shrub with quadrangular, densely whitish, tomentose branchlets. It is widely used [...]
admin | Oct 17, 2011 | Comments 0
Monochoria
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Commelinales Family: Pontederiaceae Genus: Monochoria Species: M. vaginalis Synonyms: Pontederia auct. mal. Common names: M. hastata (L.) Solms: Trakiet, chrach (Khmer); Pak top noy, ‘ il hin (Laos); Pak top, phakpong (Thai); Rau mac (Viet.). M. vaginalis (Burm. f.) J. Presl: Chrach (Khmer); Rau mac la thon, rau choc, rau mac la [...]
admin | Oct 13, 2011 | Comments 0
Strobilanthes kunthiana(neelakurinji)
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Strobilanthes Species: S. kunthiana Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana)is a shrub that used to grow abundantly in the shola grasslands of the Western Ghats in South India above 1800 metres. The Nilgiri Hills, which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of Neelakurinji that [...]
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Achyranthes aspera(Prickly Chaff-flower)
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Achyranthes Species: A. aspera Achyranthes aspera (Common name: Prickly Chaff Flower, Devil’s Horsewhip, Sanskrit Apamarga) is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is distributed throughout the tropical world.It can be found in many places growing as an introduced species and a common weed.It is an [...]
admin | Oct 03, 2011 | Comments 0
kaempferia galanga(Aromatic Ginger)
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Zingiberales Family: Zingiberaceae Subfamily: Zingiberoideae Tribe: Kaempferia Genus: Kaempferia Species: K. galanga Kaempferia galanga, commonly known as kencur, aromatic ginger, sand ginger, cutcherry or resurrection lily, is a monocotyledonous plant in the ginger family. It is found primarily in open areas in southern China, Taiwan, Cambodia and India, but is also widely [...]
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spade flower
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Malpighiales Family: Violaceae Genus: Hybanthus species: Hybanthus enneaspermus Synonyms: Ionidium suffruticosum Perennial herb or small shrub to 60 cm high, glabrous or hairy.Leaves linear to lanceolate, 1–5 cm long, margins recurved to revolute, occasionally flat; stipules acuminate, 1–4 mm long.Flowers solitary. Sepals 3–4 mm long. Lower petal broad-spathulate; upper petals linear-oblong, 3–4 [...]
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Desmodium Spp.
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Desmodieae Genus: Desmodium A suberect undershrub, 0.6-1.2 m high. Leaves 1-foliolate, 9-12.5 cm long, ovate, oblong, acute or slightly acuminate. Flowers violet or white, in a copious ascending terminal and axillary racemes, 15-30 cm long. Pods subfalcate, 12-20 mm. long, [...]
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Sesame
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Lamiales Family: Pedaliaceae Genus: Sesamum Species: S. indicum Sesame is among the most important oil seeds of mankind, and one of its oldest. There are very different kinds of sesame oil available, and some knowledge about their culinary properties is required to make a competent choice. Basically, nearly all seeds contain some [...]
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Argemone(Mexican prickly poppy)
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Papaveraceae Subfamily: Papaveroideae Tribe: Papavereae Genus: Argemone Hindi: Shialkanta, Satyanashi Gujrati: Darudi Danarese: Balurakkisa, Datturi, Pirangi, datturi Marathi: Daruri, Firangi-kote-pavola, dhotara. Sanskrit: Brahmadandi, Pitopushpa, Srigalkanta, Svarnakshiri. Malyalam: Ponnummattu, Kantankattiri Tamil: Kutiyotti, Ponnummuttai Telugu: Brahmadandicettu Mexcian prickly poppy, Satyanashi (Hindi), Kudiyotti (Tamil), Ponnummattu (Malayalam), BaraShil-Kantal (Bengali), Firangi [...]
admin | Oct 02, 2011 | Comments 0