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Telfairia occidentalis - Useful Tropical Plants
Telfairia occidentalis
Cucurbitaceae
This species is sometimes erroneously referred to as Telfairia pedata, the Oysternut, which is a distinct species
+ Synonyms
Illustration of the leaves, flowers, f...
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Capsicum frutescens - Useful Tropical Plants
Capsicum frutescens
Several bushes of tabasco pepper with small, hot peppers in a variety of colours ranging from white to a deep red.
Public domain
General InformationCapsicum frutescens is a much...
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Kyllinga brevifolia - Useful Tropical Plants
Kyllinga brevifolia
General InformationKyllinga brevifolia is a herbaceous, perennial plant with culms of grass-like leaves frowing from a long, slender rhizome creeping horizontally under or close to...
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Tropaeolum minus - Useful Tropical Plants
Tropaeolum minus
Flowering plants
Fruits
General InformationDwarf nasturtium is an annual to short-lived perennial plant growing around 30cm tall.
The plant provides edible flowers, leaves and seeds...
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Avicennia marina - Useful Tropical Plants
Avicennia marina
Photograph by: Fagg, M.
Photograph by: Fagg, M.
Photograph by: Dryas
Fruits of the white mangrove on the coast of Pemba Bay, northern Mozambique.
Leaves, plus an egret.
Salt crystals ...
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Murraya koenigii - Useful Tropical Plants
Murraya koenigii
Publication
Description
A superb book, very concise and well written, giving a wealth of information on 400 or more species including descriptions, habitat, cultivation details and pl...