Systematic Classification: Common Name: Lychee , Chinese litchi, Chinese leeschee General Information: Litchi chinensis, commonly known as lychee, is an evergreen monoecious tree with a dense rounded crown that is native to southern China. It is noted for producing an excellent tasting globose to ovoid red fruit. Cultivation of this fruit tree (particularly cultivars thereof) […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Jequirity bean or Rosary pea General Information: Abrus precatorius, is a herbaceous flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae. It is a slender, perennial climber with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves that twines around trees, shrubs, and hedges. The plant is best known for its seeds, which are used as beads and in […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Walking maidenhair fern, black maidenhair. General Information: Adiantum philippense grows in a creeping or semi-erect position. Its fronds are arched and tufted. The fern is notably overall very glabrous and smooth. It grows on streambanks, often on rocks in forests and woodland. Adiantum philippense can be found across south-east Asia. It […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: White dammar, Kuntrikkappayin, Safed Daamar, Turulakkam. General Information: Vateria indica is a species of tree. It is endemic to the Western Ghats mountains in India. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a large canopy or emergent tree frequent in tropical wet evergreen forests of the low and mid-elevations. Evergreen […]