Common name: Purple wreath, Sandpaper vine. Tamil name: Kudirai valuppu Purple wreath is a large woody climber that can grow to over 8 meters in height. It is native to Southern America and West Indies. The simple leafs are arranged in an opposite manner, leaf margin is entire. The leaf on both surfaces have soft … Read More “Petrea volubilis -Verbenaceae- (Verbenia family)” »
Common name: Monarch Amazonvine Moharch Amazonvine native to the Caribbean and Central America is a vigorous climber. A relatively new exotic introduced to India as an ornamental plant. The plant grows to around 6 feet in height and spreads over 3-4 meters across. The simple leafs are arranged in an opposite manner, the leaf margin … Read More “Stigmaphyllon emarginatum – Malpighiaceae (Barbaodos Cherry family)” »
Common name: Rough buttonweed. Rough buttonweed is native to Central America and is an annual. It is mostly a prostrate plant forming mats on floor. Although some parts of the plant may be growing upright. The stem is reddish , square in cross section with scattered long white hairs. The simple sessile leafs are arranged … Read More “Hexasepalum teres -Rubiaceae (Coffee family)” »
Common name: Perfumed passion flower, Grape leaved passion fruit. Perfumed passion flower plant is a large tendril based climber. It spreads more side-ways that vertical. It can easily spread out to around 8 meters. The plant is native to the tropical South America. The stem of the plant is cylindrical with brown short soft hairs. … Read More “Passiflora vitifolia – Passifloraceae (Passion fruit family)” »
Common Name: Narrow leaf paperbark, Snow-in-summer. Evergreen tree of East-Australian origin that grows to around 2.5 meters in height. The bark of the tree is whitish-cream with heavy papery peelings The simple leaves are arranged in a decussate manner. The young leafs are reddish and narrow-lanceolate. They measure around 9 mm to 1.5 cm in … Read More “Melalevea linariifolia – Myrtaceae (Bottlebrush family)” »
