Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea Family: Fabaceae (pea family)
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This wonderful twining plant generously bears quite large flowers (about 2" across) which are a beautiful shade of vivid cobalt blue with a white throat. The flowers are presented upside down - the "keel" petal appears on the top rather than the underside. A native of subtropical America and Asia, the butterfly pea is beautiful. A vine that can climb to 9 feet in a hot summer. The flowers are produced in late summer, deep blue with a yellow to white pattern in the center of the lower petal. A member of the pea family, elongated peas are produced and seeds can be collected for sowing the following year. The botanical name comes from the resemblance to intimate parts of the human anatomy
Common
name: Butterfly Pea • Hindi: अपराजिता Aparajita • Manipuri: অপরাজিতা
Aparajita • Tamil: சங்கு கன்னிக்கொடி Kannikkodi • Malayalam: സന്ഗ പുശ്പമ
Sangu pushpam • Marathi: Shankha Pushpa शंख पुष्प • Konkani: Shankha
Pushpa शंख पुष्प
Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea Family: Fabaceae (pea family)
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This wonderful twining plant generously bears quite large flowers (about 2" across) which are a beautiful shade of vivid cobalt blue with a white throat. The flowers are presented upside down - the "keel" petal appears on the top rather than the underside. A native of subtropical America and Asia, the butterfly pea is beautiful. A vine that can climb to 9 feet in a hot summer. The flowers are produced in late summer, deep blue with a yellow to white pattern in the center of the lower petal. A member of the pea family, elongated peas are produced and seeds can be collected for sowing the following year. The botanical name comes from the resemblance to intimate parts of the human anatomy.
Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea Family: Fabaceae (pea family)
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This wonderful twining plant generously bears quite large flowers (about 2" across) which are a beautiful shade of vivid cobalt blue with a white throat. The flowers are presented upside down - the "keel" petal appears on the top rather than the underside. A native of subtropical America and Asia, the butterfly pea is beautiful. A vine that can climb to 9 feet in a hot summer. The flowers are produced in late summer, deep blue with a yellow to white pattern in the center of the lower petal. A member of the pea family, elongated peas are produced and seeds can be collected for sowing the following year. The botanical name comes from the resemblance to intimate parts of the human anatomy.
Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea Family: Fabaceae (pea family)
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This wonderful twining plant generously bears quite large flowers (about 2" across) which are a beautiful shade of vivid cobalt blue with a white throat. The flowers are presented upside down - the "keel" petal appears on the top rather than the underside. A native of subtropical America and Asia, the butterfly pea is beautiful. A vine that can climb to 9 feet in a hot summer. The flowers are produced in late summer, deep blue with a yellow to white pattern in the center of the lower petal. A member of the pea family, elongated peas are produced and seeds can be collected for sowing the following year. The botanical name comes from the resemblance to intimate parts of the human anatomy
Botanical name: Magnolia champaca Family: Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Synonyms: Michelia champaca
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Champa is native to Indonesia, India and other neighbouring areas. It occurs naturally in the eastern Himalayan region. It is a large evergreen tree with a long straight bole of 18-21 m with a close tapering crown composed of ascending branches. The most interesting part of the tree are its flowers which are not very showy with few narrow yellowish white petals, but have an extremely heady fragrance. This fragrance has made Champa flowers very popular and they have been part of the culture in India from time immemorial. They are used in religeous offering in various parts of India. On a warm humid night, the scents can easily be enjoyed several hundred feet away. Champa flowers are used to make the world's most expensive perfume
'Joy' in America.
Common
name: Crown Flower • Hindi: Safed aak सफ़ैद आक • Manipuri: অংকোত Angkot •
Tamil: எருக்கு Erukku • Telugu: Jilledi Puvvu జిల్లేడి పువ్వు
Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
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Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
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This
large shrub, which looks like a small tree, sports clusters of waxy
flowers that are either white or lavender in color. Each flower
consists of five pointed petals and a small, elegant "crown" rising
from the center, which holds the stamens. The plant has oval, light
green leaves and milky stem. The flowers last long, and in Thailand they
are used in various floral arrangements. They were also supposed to be
popular with the Hawaii queen Liliuokalani, who considered them as
symbol of royalty and wore them strung into leis. In India, the plant is
common in the compounds of temples. The fruit is a follicle and when
dry, seed dispersal is by wind. The seeds with a parachute of hairs, is a
delight for small children, who like to blow it and watch it float in
the air. This plant plays host to a variety of insects and butterflies.
Common
name: Crown Flower • Hindi: Safed aak सफ़ैद आक • Manipuri: অংকোত Angkot •
Tamil: எருக்கு Erukku • Telugu: Jilledi Puvvu జిల్లేడి పువ్వు
Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
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This large shrub, which looks like a small tree, sports clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color. Each flower consists of five pointed petals and a small, elegant "crown" rising from the center, which holds the stamens. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem. The flowers last long, and in Thailand they are used in various floral arrangements. They were also supposed to be popular with the Hawaii queen Liliuokalani, who considered them as symbol of royalty and wore them strung into leis. In India, the plant is common in the compounds of temples. The fruit is a follicle and when dry, seed dispersal is by wind. The seeds with a parachute of hairs, is a delight for small children, who like to blow it and watch it float in the air. This plant plays host to a variety of insects and butterflies
Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
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This large shrub, which looks like a small tree, sports clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color. Each flower consists of five pointed petals and a small, elegant "crown" rising from the center, which holds the stamens. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem. The flowers last long, and in Thailand they are used in various floral arrangements. They were also supposed to be popular with the Hawaii queen Liliuokalani, who considered them as symbol of royalty and wore them strung into leis. In India, the plant is common in the compounds of temples. The fruit is a follicle and when dry, seed dispersal is by wind. The seeds with a parachute of hairs, is a delight for small children, who like to blow it and watch it float in the air. This plant plays host to a variety of insects and butterflies
Common
name: Crown Flower • Hindi: Safed aak सफ़ैद आक • Manipuri: অংকোত Angkot •
Tamil: எருக்கு Erukku • Telugu: Jilledi Puvvu జిల్లేడి పువ్వు
Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
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This large shrub, which looks like a small tree, sports clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color. Each flower consists of five pointed petals and a small, elegant "crown" rising from the center, which holds the stamens. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem. The flowers last long, and in Thailand they are used in various floral arrangements. They were also supposed to be popular with the Hawaii queen Liliuokalani, who considered them as symbol of royalty and wore them strung into leis. In India, the plant is common in the compounds of temples. The fruit is a follicle and when dry, seed dispersal is by wind. The seeds with a parachute of hairs, is a delight for small children, who like to blow it and watch it float in the air. This plant plays host to a variety of insects and butterflies.
Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
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This large shrub, which looks like a small tree, sports clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color. Each flower consists of five pointed petals and a small, elegant "crown" rising from the center, which holds the stamens. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem. The flowers last long, and in Thailand they are used in various floral arrangements. They were also supposed to be popular with the Hawaii queen Liliuokalani, who considered them as symbol of royalty and wore them strung into leis. In India, the plant is common in the compounds of temples. The fruit is a follicle and when dry, seed dispersal is by wind. The seeds with a parachute of hairs, is a delight for small children, who like to blow it and watch it float in the air. This plant plays host to a variety of insects and butterflies.
Common
name: Mexican oleander, Yellow Oleander, Lucky Nut • Hindi: Peeli kaner
पीली कनेर •Manipuri: উতোংগ লৈ Utonglei • Bengali: Kolkaphul
Botanical name: Thevetia peruviana Family: Apocynaceae (oleander family)
Synonyms: Thevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia
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Mexican oleander is a large shrub or a small tree, up to 10 to 20 feet tall with Oleander-like leaves mostly in whorls of three, long and narrow up to 10 inches long. Tip of leafs are pointed with a dark green color. Flowers are generally yellow, but there are varieties with white and orange flowers too. Fruit is small, containing two to four flat seeds. If ingested may experience pain in the mouth and lips, may also develop vomiting, cramping, abdominal pain, nausea and bradycardia shortly after ingestion. Mexican oleander is native to tropical America
Botanical name: Thevetia peruviana Family: Apocynaceae (oleander family)
Synonyms: Thevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia
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Mexican oleander is a large shrub or a small tree, up to 10 to 20 feet tall with Oleander-like leaves mostly in whorls of three, long and narrow up to 10 inches long. Tip of leafs are pointed with a dark green color. Flowers are generally yellow, but there are varieties with white and orange flowers too. Fruit is small, containing two to four flat seeds. If ingested may experience pain in the mouth and lips, may also develop vomiting, cramping, abdominal pain, nausea and bradycardia shortly after ingestion. Mexican oleander is native to tropical America
Common
name: Mexican oleander, Yellow Oleander, Lucky Nut • Hindi: Peeli kaner
पीली कनेर •Manipuri: উতোংগ লৈ Utonglei • Bengali: Kolkaphul
Botanical name: Thevetia peruviana Family: Apocynaceae (oleander family)
Synonyms: Thevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia
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Mexican oleander is a large shrub or a small tree, up to 10 to 20 feet tall with Oleander-like leaves mostly in whorls of three, long and narrow up to 10 inches long. Tip of leafs are pointed with a dark green color. Flowers are generally yellow, but there are varieties with white and orange flowers too. Fruit is small, containing two to four flat seeds. If ingested may experience pain in the mouth and lips, may also develop vomiting, cramping, abdominal pain, nausea and bradycardia shortly after ingestion. Mexican oleander is native to tropical America.
Botanical name: Thevetia peruviana Family: Apocynaceae (oleander family)
Synonyms: Thevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia
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Mexican oleander is a large shrub or a small tree, up to 10 to 20 feet tall with Oleander-like leaves mostly in whorls of three, long and narrow up to 10 inches long. Tip of leafs are pointed with a dark green color. Flowers are generally yellow, but there are varieties with white and orange flowers too. Fruit is small, containing two to four flat seeds. If ingested may experience pain in the mouth and lips, may also develop vomiting, cramping, abdominal pain, nausea and bradycardia shortly after ingestion. Mexican oleander is native to tropical America.
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