Systematic Classification: Common Name: Purple Orchid Tree, Butterfly tree, Pink butterfly tree, Purple bauhinia, Purple butterfly tree. General Information: Bauhinia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar, and widely introduced elsewhere in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.Common names include orchid tree, purple […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Common Bamboo General Information: Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions. Bambusa vulgaris forms moderately loose clumps […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Buddha bamboo, Buddha’s-belly bamboo. General Information: Bambusaventricosa is a species of bamboo which is native to Vietnam and to Guangdong province in southern China.The species is widely cultivated in subtropical regions around the world for the bulbous and ornamental stems. Bambusa vulgaris forms moderately loose clumps and has no thorns.It has […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Bamboo, Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo, Karmmaram, Mula, Muncha, Mungil, Kabu, Kaniyaram, Pattil. General Information: Culms from a thick stoloniferous rhizome, erect, to 30 m tall and10-20 cm across; culm sheaths broadly triangular, densely brownish-hairy within, and scattered hairy without. Leaves to 20 cm long; sheaths to 12 x .2 cm, linear, […]