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Singapore has a wide variety of flora. Plants are mainly used to beautify the landscape of Singapore. The national flower is a hybrid orchid, Vanda Miss Joaquim. [1] Large tropical tree. As in any tropical rainforest Singapore is home to a number of very large trees from the families Apocynaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fabaceae, Malvaceae and others.
Hemerocallis fulva, the orange day-lily, [3] tawny daylily, corn lily, tiger daylily, fulvous daylily, ditch lily or Fourth of July lily (also railroad daylily, roadside daylily, outhouse lily, track lily, and wash-house lily), [citation needed] is a species of daylily native to Asia.
Flowers (in full bloom, June or early July). A tea (popular in France as tilleul) can be made from the dried flowers. Leaves, without the stalks, edible raw as a salad vegetable [33] Wild lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium: Eastern and central Canada, northeastern United States Berries, edible raw, commonly used in jams and jellies [34]
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Its white flowers are followed by red berries, which are technically drupes. The fruit are favorite by birds that disperse the seeds through droppings. It is grown as an ornamental plant and often used to make bonsai.
Edible plants include: List of culinary fruits; List of culinary herbs and spices; List of culinary nuts; List of edible cacti; List of edible flowers; List of edible seeds; List of forageable plants (edible plants commonly found in the wild) List of leaf vegetables; List of root vegetables; List of vegetables
The flowers are sun dried and used to make floral infusions and as an addition to green tea in Thailand. The edible fruit is softly hairy becoming smooth, ovoid, bright red-orange when ripe. The wood is a luxurious wood that is extremely hard, strong and tough, and rich deep red in color.
Bougainvillea spectabilis grows as a woody vine or shrub, reaching 15 to 40 feet (4.6 to 12.2 m) [4] [5] with heart-shaped leaves and thorny, pubescent stems. [5] The flowers are generally small, white, and inconspicuous, highlighted by several brightly colored modified leaves called bracts.