When I first began studying the Chinese weeping willow, it was still in its winter phase, meaning that there were no green leaves, and that the staple appearance of the tree had not yet fully taken shape. I learned that in the tree’s native region, China, it actually had medicinal use...
The Rukam plant, or Flacourtia rukam, is a type of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, which also includes willows and saules. The plant is native to Madagascar and Malesia, but it is rare in the Moluccas (Maluku) and New Guinea. It grows both in gardens and in the wild all ...
Bengali: Prārthnā gācha (প্রার্থনা গাছ), Prarthana Gach (প্রার্থনা গাছ), Prarthana udbhid (প্রার্থনা উদ্ভিদ) Bhutanese: Mantra sabjur (མན་ཏྲ་ས་སྦྱུ...
It is a succulent, perennial plant, about 1 m 39 in tall, with fleshy cylindrical stems and young growth of a reddish tinge, which can be found in flower throughout most of the year. [2] The specific epithet `pinnata` is the feminine form of...
The genus name Agave is derived from the Greek word agauos, meaning admirable or noble in probable reference to the very tall flower spikes found on the plants of many species of Agave. The species name Americana, means ‘of America’, referring to its American origin. Common name of centur...
Genus name Chlorophytum relates to the leaves of the plants and comes from the Greek words chloros meaning green and phyton meaning a plant. Although this may be true for some species, the vegetative parts are green and not yellow-green in C. comosum. The specific epithet comosum also refers...