Gardens & Orchards

 

Bamboo: Bambu


Species List

Click on the name and the link will take you to info about them.
Common names first, then the Scientific name.

Arrowroot: Maranta arundinacea

Bamboo:


Cannas: Cannaceae


Cassava, Yucca, Tapioca: Manihot esculenta

Coconut: Cocos nucifera


Chocolate,Cocoa: Theobroma Cacao


Cherimoya, Custard Apple: Annona cherimola


Broom reed: Elegia capensis

Flamboyant Tree, Delonix Regia

Frangipani,Nosegay: Plumeria

Jacaranda: Jacaranda Mimosifolia

Malanga: Xanthosoma beolacaum


Mamey sapote: Pouteria sapota


Malaysian Palm grass: Setaria palmifolia

Mango: Mangifera indica

Monkey Comb: Apeiba aspera

Papaya: Carica papaya

Sugar cane: Saccharum officinarum


Purple Sugar cane:Saccharum officinarium violaceum


Sweet Potato: Ipomoea batatas

Tibouchina: Tibouchina heteromalla

Vanilla: Vanilla planifolia


Vetiver: Vetiveria zizanioides

Vinca, Madagascar Rosy Periwinkle: Catharanthus roseus
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Yams: Dioscorea batatas


Yellow Ginger Lily: Hedychium gardneranum

 



The Elusive Taro

Taro, Tikisque, Manioc, Dasheen, Cocoyam, Malanga:

Taro: Colocasia esculenta

Taro: Alocasia macrorrhiza

Taro: Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Taro, dryland taro: Xanthosoma atrovirens


More Garden Links:

Sources:

Stokes Tropicals
Florida Plants
Hart Canna
Gardening World


Misc:

Genus Gunnera
Edible Aroids
Purdue University
University of Connecticut
Search Plants
Common Names for Wood
Spices


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