Fallopia convolvulus, also known as black-bindweed or wild buckwheat, is a flowering plant species in the family Polygonaceae Juss. The plant has its origins in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. The plant has spread as a weed of cultivated crops throughout the majority of the temperate zone and into sections of the tropics, particularly at higher elevations and cooler valleys. Black-bindweed, Climbing buckwheat, Wild buckwheat, Small-leaved bindweed, Corn-bind, Climbing knotweed, Black weed, Black-grained bindweed, False black-bindweed, Cornfield bindweed, Creeping buckwheat, Tangle head Cornweed, Lesser bindweed, Small-flowered bindweed, and Smaller bindweed are some common names for the plants. The genus name…
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Dalbergia cochinchinensis, also known as Thailand rosewood, Siamese rosewood, and tracwood, is a legume species belonging to the Fabaceae family. Native to Southeast Asia, specifically Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Thailand. Vietnamese rosewood, Vietnamese palisander, Bangkok rosewood, Cambodian rosewood, Thai rosewood, Burmese rosewood, Siamese rosewood, Annam rosewood, Tonkin rosewood, Thailand padauk, Indochinese rosewood, Burmese padauk, and Asian rosewood are some common names for the plants. Rosewood is a highly prized, very attractive, aromatic wood produced by this tree. It is commonly harvested from the forest for commercial purposes. The genus name “Dalbergia” is derived from Anders Dahl (1751-1789),…
Carpobrotus chilensis popularly known as Chinese licorice is a species of succulent plant related to Aizoaceae Martinov (Fig-marigold family). Mesembryanthemum chilensis is another name for it. It comes from China and other parts of Asia. It became famous in nearby countries like Japan, Korea, and India, where it became a key herb in their traditional medicine systems. Some common names for the plants are Sea fig, Sweet Licorice Root, Baby sun-rose, Russian Licorice, Chilean ice plant, Hottentot fig, Western Iceplant, Coastal Iceplant, Pigface, Sun-rose, Fig marigold, Beach apple, Wild Licorice, Chinese Licorice, Sweet Root, Licorice Root, Beach strawberry, Gan Cao,…
Strychnos spinosa is a type of plant in the Loganiaceae R. Br. ex Mart. (Logania family). It is also called the Spiny orange, Spiny-seeded monkey orange or green monkey orange. The plant comes from dry and mostly dry parts of Africa. Countries like Mauritania, Senegal, Tanzania, Mali, Chad, Uganda, Niger, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mozambique are part of its original range. It can also be found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. Some common names for the plants are Bitter-apple, Marmalade orange, Bitter orange, Bigarade orange, Trifoliate orange, Sour orange, Seville orange, Laraha orange, Bergamot orange,…
The formal name for African ebony is Diospyros crassiflora, but most people call it African Blackwood. It is a species of hardwood tree in the Ebenaceae family. The plant is native to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, and Nigeria. Gabon, a country in West Africa, is where the tree gets its name. Gabon ebony, Sierra Leone ebony, West African ebony, Nigerian ebony, African persimmon, Nigerian blackwood, Makassar ebony, Sudanese ebony, Congowood, Black plum, Senegal ebony, Cameroon black ebony, Kenyan ebony, Lagos ebony, Congo blackwood, Benin…
The formal name for Giant Fennel is Ferula communis. It is a type of flowering plant in the same family as carrots. It is in the same family as the common fennel, which is called Foeniculum vulgare. It is much bigger and more impressive than Common Fennel, or Foeniculum vulgare, which is used as a flower in cooking and as a plant for decoration. The plant is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe, the Middle East, and East Africa, as far south as Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Some of the popular common names of the plants are Ferula, Ferula…
Fagopyrum cymosum, also called yellow buckwheat or tall buckwheat, is a species of plant that has been grown in a garden. It is a member of the Polygonaceae family, which is often called the buckwheat family. It’s not a real cereal grain, but a fake one. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine, to feed animals, and as a plant for decoration. The plant is from Bhutan, Nepal, India, Burma, and Vietnam, as well as a large part of China. Some of the popular common names of the plants are Golden buckwheat, Yellow buckwheat, Umbrella Plant, Golden Tartary buckwheat, Yellow…
Corylus colurna also called the Turkish hazel or Turkish filbert is a tree that loses its leaves in the autumn. It is a member of the birch family (Betulaceae Grey), which has four genera in the Corylaceae group. At least 12 species of hazel are found in the temperate zones of Eurasia and North America. These species are all in the genus Corylus. The plant is native to the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and Afghanistan. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, and Montenegro on the Balkan Peninsula. It is mostly…
The formal name for Sword Bean is Canavalia gladiate. It is a species of legume plant in the Fabaceae family, which is known for its long pods. The plant comes from warm areas of Central and South America. It is grown a lot in South and South-East Asia, especially in Brazil, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Burma, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Indo-China. It is now found all over the tropics, and in some places it has become a native species. It is also called Jack bean, Madagascar bean, Catalina bean, Brazilian bean, Horse bean, Sudan bean, Sword-leaf bean, Brazilian broad bean,…
Chinese quince, also known as Chinese flowering quince or Chaenomeles speciosa, is a type of bush that bears fruit. It is a part of the Rosaceae family, and like other plants in the Chaenomeles genus, it has colorful flowers and fruit that you can eat. The plant grows naturally in the mountains of central and eastern China. Some common names for the plants are Chinese quince, Maule’s quince, Flowering quince, Fire blight-resistant pear, Chinese flowering quince, Apple quince, Chinese flowering pear, Chinese apple, Chinese pear, Oriental quince, Chinese kumquat, Fire blight-resistant quince, Ornamental quince, Chinese bush cherry, Japanese quince, Chinese…
The Moldavian dragonhead, or Dracocephalum moldavica, is an annual grass plant in the genus Dracocephalum, which has between 75 and 90 species and is in the Lamiaceae Martinov (Mint Family) family. Linnaeus’s Species Plantarum 2:595, which came out in 1753, was the first time that D. moldavica was described in a scientific way. The plant is native to the moderate climates of Central Asia, China (Liaoning, Hebei, Xinjiang, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan and Shanxi provinces), Russia (western and eastern Siberia), Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. It is now a native species in many places in Eurasia. Dragonhead, Moldavian blue…
Coffea Liberica is a type of flowering plant in the same family as coffee and madder. It is also called Liberian coffee. The plant comes from West and Central Tropical Africa. Today, it is mostly grown in Guyana, Surinam, Bioko (Fernando Po), Liberia, Sao Tomé, Malaysia, the Philippines, and to a lesser extent in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Congo (Brazzaville), Taiwan Taiwan, Mauritius, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Timor. Liberian coffee, Grand Bassa coffee, Liberian cherry coffee, Liberian coffee bean, Liberian coffee tree, Nigerian coffee, Liberian coffee plant, Liberian coffee shrub, Liberian coffee bush, Bong coffee, Liberian Mocha,…
Croton bonplandianus, also called Bonpland’s croton or monkey face, is a great medicine plant in the family Euphorbiaceae Juss. The plant is native to warm and subtropical parts of the Americas, such as parts of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Bonpland’s croton, Sangre de Grado, Sangue-de-drago, Drago, Dragon’s Blood, Dragon’s Blood palm, Croton plant, Red resin plant, Sangre de Drago tree, Peruvian croton, Dragon’s Blood tree, Sangre de Grado, Tento, Dragon’s Blood palm, Croton tree, Sangre de Drago palm, wild croton, fever nut, Yerba mora, Jarabe, Wild rose, velvetleaf croton, painted-leaf croton, blood of the dragon, Brazilian fever…
The formal name for Coastal Pigface is Carpobrotus acinaciformis. It is a low-growing plant in the Fig-marigold family, Aizoaceae Martinov. This plant belongs to the family Aizoaceae and is loved for its unique look, ability to survive in dry conditions, and ability to adapt to difficult coastal conditions. The plant is native to South Africa, but it has become naturalized in many other places around the world, especially along the coasts of southern Australia (including parts of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales), California, and the Mediterranean, which all have a similar climate. Pigface Ice Plant, Sea…
Erythrina crista-galli is the formal name for the Cockspur Coral Tree or Cry-baby tree. It is a flowering tree in the Fabaceae Lindl. (Pea family), which has about 130 species and grows in tropical and subtropical areas all over the world. The plant comes from eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. It has become a naturalized species along the coasts of eastern Australia, especially in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. It has also sometimes become a naturalized species in northern Queensland. It may have also moved into the seaside areas of central New South Wales.…
Prunus davidiana, also called Persica davidiana, is a tree in the family Rosaceae in the genus Prunus. The plant comes from East Asia, which includes China, Korea, and Japan. Some common names for the plants are David’s Plum, Chinese Plum, Indian Olive, David’s peach, Sweet Olive Plum, Madagascar Plum, Sweet Olive, Indian Plum, Malay Gooseberry, Batoko Plum, Himalayan Plum, Malayan Olive, Kedondong, Governor’s Plum, Orange berry, Prickly Plum, Ganda, Chinese wild peach, and Nthlaba. The formal name “Prunus davidiana” is in honor of Armand David, a French missionary and botanist who found and wrote about the plant in the late…
Portulaca quadrifida is a type of flowering plant in the Purslane family (Portulacaceae Dumort.) and the Portulaca genus. It is also known as pusley, wild Purslane, chicken weed, or chicken weed. The plant comes from warm Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and South East Asia. It is very common in the tropics of the Old World and has been brought to other places. Some of the popular common names of the plants are Four-leafed Pigweed, Duckweed, Alligator weed, Purslane-leaved Pigweed, Moss Rose, Garden Purslane, Broadleaf Portulaca, Four-leafed Portulaca, Chicken weed, Wild Purslane, Red Pigweed, Summer Purslane, common Purslane, Yellow Pigweed,…
Rumex alpinus, also known as Alpine dock, monk’s-rhubarb, or Munk’s rhubarb, is a leafy annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae Juss. The plant comes from mountainous and semi-mountainous areas in Europe and Asia. It grows in mountainous places like the Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Caucasus, Siberia, Mongolia, and northern China. However, its current range has been changed in part by the fact that it was used as a vegetable and medicine in the past. Alpine sorrel, Alpine sour leaf, Mountain sorrel, Alpine wild rhubarb, Alpine field sorrel, Field dock, Alpine dock weed, Alpine sour dock, Alpine knotweed, Alpine sour grass,…
Pyrus pashia, also known as Pyrus pashia or the Himalayan Pear is a species of pear tree that belongs to the Rosaceae family. This is the same family as apples and cherries, which are also fruit-bearing trees. The plant grows all over the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Vietnam and from the southern state of China to the northern part of India. It is also found in Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan, and Kashmir. Himalayan wild pear, Wild Himalayan pear, Nepalese pear, Indian pear, Nepal pear, Pyrus calleryana Himalayan, Chalpat pear, Kainth, Kaiphal, Pashia pear, Khejur, Kainthola, Kainthola Choti, Kangoo, Kithela,…
The formal name for frog fruit or fog fruit is Phyla nodiflora. It is a flowering plant with broad leaves that belongs to the Verbenaceae J. St.-Hil. The plant is native to North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and it can be found in many other places around the world. Many people think of this plant as a weed because it grows in fields, especially those that are watered often. Some common names for the plants are Frog fruit, Trailing clusterweed, Fog fruit, Cat’s foot, Carpetweed, Sawtooth fogfruit, wild long pepper, Turkey-tangle frogfruit, Capeweed, Turkey tangle fogfruit, Frog…
The Himalayan Balsam, also called Impatiens glandulifera, is an invasive species of tall annual plant in the family Balsaminaceae A. Rich. It is also known as the Himalayan Balsam. (Family of touch-me-nots). The plant is native to the foothills of the Himalayas in Asia, especially India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. But it has been brought to many other parts of the world, such as Austria, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Croatia, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Estonia, Switzerland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Romania, Montenegro, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Germany, Spain, Canada, Sweden, the United States, and…
Erigeron Multiradiatus, also called Himalayan fleabane, is a flowering plant species from Asia. It is a member of the Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl (Aster family), which is one of the largest plant groups and has many flowering plants in it. It belongs to the genus Erigeron, which has about 350 species all over the world. The plant grows at high altitudes in the mountains of Iran, Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet. It is also found in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the southwestern United States, as well as in some parts of Mexico. Himalayan Fleabane,…
The scientific name for African Mustard is Brassica tournefortii. It is a type of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae Burnett, which also includes other mustard plants and cruciferous veggies. The plant is native to Spain, Italy, Greece, northern Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and northern Libya in northern Africa, western Asia, and Pakistan. It has spread to many parts of southern and central Australia, including southern and central Queensland, many parts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, southern and central Western Australia, and the southern parts of the Northern Territory. It also naturalized only rarely in the…
The formal name for the Benghal dayflower is Commelina benghalensis. It is a species of flowering plant in the family of spiderworts called Commelinaceae Mirb. It is native to Africa (i.e. Cameroon, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Congo, Somalia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, South Africa, Benin, Lesotho, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland), the Arabian Peninsula (i.e. Saudi Arabia), the Indian Sub-continent (i.e. Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), southern China, Japan and south-eastern Asia (i.e. Indo-china, Indonesia and the Philippines). Some common names for the plants are Benghal dayflower, Indian dayflower, Jio,…
The Giant Ironweed is a perennial blooming plant with the scientific name Vernonia gigantea. It is a member of the Asteraceae family, which includes a wide range of flowering plants. It is in the genus Vernonia, which has about 1,000 kinds all over the world. The specific name for the Giant Ironweed is Vernonia gigantea, which makes it stand out within the group. This plant is native to the eastern and central parts of North America. It grows naturally from the eastern United States to New York state and Ontario in the north, and from Texas in the southwest to…
Indian Fleabane, scientifically known as Pluchea indica, is an extraordinary flowering plant that belongs to the esteemed Asteraceae family. The Pluchea genus is made up of about 80 different species that live in warm and subtropical areas all over the world. It looks beautiful in a lot of different places, like the beautiful open spaces of East Asia, which include Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, among others. Its natural beauty also spreads to Africa and the Americas, where it can be found in countries like India, Japan, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Brazil. Notably, this…
Melilotus Indicus, also called Sour Clover or Yellow Sweet Clover, is an interesting herb that comes from the Fabaceae Lindl. family, which is more widely known as the Pea family. This interesting plant comes from India, the Mediterranean, and south-western Europe. Over time, it has spread all over the world and become naturalized in places like Europe, the United Kingdom, southern and Pacific North America, Chile, Australia, Japan, southern Africa, Hawaii, and New Zealand. It now grows well on every continent. Some of the names for it are sweet clover, Bokhara clover, sour clover, common melilot, annual yellow sweet clover,…
Scarlet Caterpillarclub fungus, also called the Cordyceps Militaris mushroom, is a unique species that belongs to the family Cordycipitaceae and the genus Cordyceps. This parasitic fungus is known for its powerful medicinal qualities and wide use in traditional Chinese medicine. It mostly attacks insects, especially caterpillars. Cordyceps Militaris grows well in high-altitude areas, especially in the beautiful mountains of Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and different parts of China. Because of this, traditional Tibetan, Chinese, and Ayurvedic medicine groups have a lot of respect for it. It is a valuable natural resource because it can make people healthier, help them live longer,…
Onion weed or Onion-leaved Asphodel scientifically known as Asphodelus Fistulosus is a perennial herbaceous plant that belongs to the Asphodelaceae family. It is also known as Onion-leaved Asphodel, Onion weed, Jacob’s rod, Hollow-stemmed Asphodel, asphodelus, Onion weed, Asphodel-leaved onion, Wild asparagus, Onion asphodel, Wild onion, Egyptian onion, asphodel, and common onion weed. It gets the name “hollow-stemmed asphodel” because it has a long, cylinder-shaped stem. This plant was originally from the Mediterranean area, which includes North Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe. It has since spread around the world and can now be found in North America, Australia, and…
Macroptilium lathyroides, which is also called Phasey bean or cowpea, is a legume that has been grown for its tasty seeds for hundreds of years. This plant is a proud member of the Pea family. It is in the genus Macroptilium and the family Fabaceae Lindl. This plant is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, but it has spread all over the world and is now an invasive species in many tropical and subtropical areas. Because of how famous it is, it has been brought to Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, and the southern United States. This…