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Libidibia coriaria, synonym Caesalpinia coriaria, is a leguminous tree or large shrub native to the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and northern and western South America. [2] Common names include divi-divi, cascalote, guaracabuya, guatapana, nacascol, [3] tan yong, [4] and watapana .
Parkinsonia aculeata may be a spiny shrub or a small tree. It grows 2 to 8 m (6.6 to 26.2 ft) high, with a maximum height of 10 metres (33 ft). Palo verde may have single or multiple stems and many branches with pendulous leaves. The leaves and stems are hairless. The leaves are alternate and pennate (15 to 20 cm long).
Calycophyllum spruceanum, [2] common names capirona and Pau-Mulato, is a canopy tree belonging to the Gardenia Family indigenous to the Amazon rainforest. Its most interesting characteristic is its very shiny, highly polished green bark. [3] The oblong leaves are up to seven inches (18 centimeters) in length.
Bixa orellana, also known as achiote, is a shrub or small tree native to Central America. [3] [4] Bixa orellana is grown in many countries worldwide.[3]The plant is best known as the source of annatto, a natural orange-red condiment (also called achiote or bijol) obtained from the waxy arils that cover its seeds.
Frangula purshiana (cascara, cascara buckthorn, cascara sagrada, bearberry, and in the Chinook Jargon, chittem stick and chitticum stick; syn. Rhamnus purshiana) is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae.
Xylosma / z aɪ ˈ l ɒ z m ə / [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. [2] It contains around 100 species of evergreen shrubs and trees [4] commonly known as brushhollies, xylosmas, or, more ambiguously, "logwoods".
A close up view of the stilt roots How the stilt roots were proposed to allow it to right itself after other plants collapse on it. 1 - the palm is growing normally. 2 - a tree collapses onto the palm and flattens the stem. 3 - new stilt roots form along the old stem and the original roots (dashed lines) start to die. 4 - the palm continues to grow normally but has now moved away from where it ...
Cylindropuntia imbricata, the cane cholla (walking stick cholla, tree cholla, or chainlink cactus), is a cactus found in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including some cooler regions in comparison to many other cacti.