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Alstonia scholaris, commonly called blackboard tree, scholar tree, milkwood or devil's tree in English, [3] is an evergreen tropical tree in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It is native to southern China, tropical Asia (mainly the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ) and Australasia , where it is a common ornamental plant .
Pittosporum undulatum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Pittosporaceae Genus: Pittosporum Species: P. undulatum Binomial name Pittosporum undulatum Vent. Pittosporum undulatum is a fast-growing tree in the family Pittosporaceae. It is sometimes also known as sweet pittosporum, native daphne ...
Ximenia afra, [3] the sourplum, [4] is a small tree or small shrub that is thinly branched. It is part of the Olacaceae family which is native throughout tropical regions.In particular, the sourplum is native to regions in South East Africa, mainly Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [5]
Pseudowintera colorata, or mountain horopito, is an evergreen shrub or small tree (1–2.5 m) commonly called pepperwood because its leaves have a hot taste. It is also known as the New Zealand pepper tree, winter's bark, or red horopito.
Adansonia digitata (African baobab) tree in Mikumi National Park with its fruits hanging. Baobabs are long-lived deciduous, small to large trees from 5 to 30 m (20 to 100 ft) tall [8] with broad trunks and compact crowns. Young trees usually have slender, tapering trunks, often with a swollen base.
The genus Roseodendron was established by Faustino Miranda González in 1965 for the two species now known as Roseodendron donnell-smithii and Roseodendron chryseum. [17] These species had been placed in Cybistax by Russell J. Seibert in 1940, [ 18 ] but were returned to Tabebuia by Alwyn H. Gentry in 1992.
Dalbergia sissoo, known commonly as North Indian rosewood or shisham, [3] is a fast-growing, hardy, deciduous rosewood tree native to the Indian subcontinent and southern Iran. D. sissoo is a large, crooked tree with long, leathery leaves and whitish or pink flowers.
In Australia, where P. pinnata is a weed, it is known as taylorina and in Western Australia it is also known as the blue broom or the Albany broom. [5] In other parts of the world it is also called the African scurf pea , taylorina , blue psoralea and the Dally pine .