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Strychnos spinosa, the Natal orange, [1] also called Mokotra in Madagascar, is a tree indigenous to tropical and subtropical Africa. It produces sweet-sour, yellow fruits, containing numerous hard brown seeds. Greenish-white flowers grow in dense heads at the ends of branches (Sep-Feb/Spring - summer). The fruits tend to appear only after good ...
These perennials with a funny name have tall spikes of bright orange flowers in the summer. Red hot pokers have tubular-shaped flowers that hummingbirds love! Photos by R A Kearton - Getty Images
The generic name Citrus originates from Latin, where it denoted either the citron (C. medica) or a conifer tree . The Latin word is related to the ancient Greek word for the cedar of Lebanon , κέδρος ( kédros ), perhaps from a perceived similarity of the smell of citrus leaves and fruit with that of cedar.
Day flower Milo: Thespesia populnea: Malvaceae (Mallow family) Milo, Pacific rosewood Moegalo: Cymbopogon citratus: Poaceae (Grass family) Lemon grass Moli'aina ("edible moli") Citrus sinensis: Rutaceae (Citrus family) Orange, sweet orange Moso'oi: Cananga odorata: Annonaceae (Soursop family) Perfume tree, ylang-ylang Namulega: Vitex trifolia ...
Aphelandra sinclairiana [1] is a plant species commonly called coral aphelandra, orange shrimp plant, Panama queen [2] or Sinclair's aphelandra. [3] It is a shrub up to 3 m (10 feet) high, native to Central America, specifically Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. It is also cultivated in warm locations elsewhere, with pink, red, orange ...
Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the crane flower, bird of paradise, or isigude in Nguni, [3] is a species of flowering plant native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. An evergreen perennial , it is widely cultivated for its dramatic flowers.
The flowers are fragrant and are arranged in loose groups, each flower on a pedicel 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long. There are five (sometimes four) sepals about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and five (sometimes four) white or cream-coloured petals 13–18 mm (0.51–0.71 in) long. and the fruit is an oval, glabrous, orange-red berry 12–14 mm (0.47 ...
Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas. The generic name originated in Late Latin, where it refers to the unrelated Viburnum lantana. [3] Lantana's aromatic flower clusters (called umbels) are a mix of red, orange, yellow, or blue and white florets. Other colors exist as new varieties are being selected.