221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Berries/Raspberries • Scientific name : Rubusoccidentalis • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : Eastern North America Berries are found on low bushes and ground creepers. They are perennial with woody stems. There are about 450-500 species of berries. Habitats include openings in deciduous woodlands, woodland borders, savannas, thickets, fencerows, etc. […]

• Common name : Shrimp Plant • Scientific name : Justiciabrandegeeana • Family : Acanthaceae • Native land : Mexico, peninsular Florida It is an evergreen perennial shrub. It is often grown in tropical and sub-tropical gardens. It grows only 2 to 3 feet tall but spreads up to 6 feet wide. Flower blooms almost

• Common name : Tuberous Begonia • Scientific name : Begonia tuberhybrida • Family : Begoniaceae • Native land : Tropical South America and Southern Africa Tuberous begonia is a flowering perennial plant. The plants generally grow 12-18 inches tall. Tuberous begonias grow best in a location that has partial to full shade, but bright

• Common name : Wax Begonia • Scientific name : Begonia obliqua • Family : Begoniaceae • Native land : Mexico, Central and South America, Asia and South Africa It grows in moist sub-tropical and tropical climates. It is an annual terrestrial herb or under shrub plant. This plant grows mostly in shaded spots in

• Common name : Beetroot • Scientific name : Beeta vulgaris • Family : Amaranthaceae • Native land : Southern Europe Beets are herbaceous biennial or, rarely, perennial plants. The leaves are simple and the petals or the sepals are fused into a cup or tube. The roots are most commonly deep red-purple in colour.

• Common name : Oriental Beech • Scientific name : Fagusorientalis • Family : Fagaceae • Native land : Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, Azerbai-jan, and Armenia, Eastern Europe and Asia Minor It is an evergreen annual deciduous broad-leaved tree. It can grow up to 100 feet tall. It has a smooth pale grey bark and

• Common name : Ponytail Palm, Elephant-foot Tree • Scientific name : Beaucarnearecurvata • Family : Asparagaceae • Native land : Mexico and Central America. Beaucarnea is an evergreen flowering perennial. The plant resembles a palm. It is a slow-growing plant with a green rosette of recurved, pendulous leaves rising from its swollen trunk. It

• Common name : Snap Bean, Green Bean, Kidney Bean • Scientific name : Phaseolus vulgaris • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : Central and South America It is a herbaceous annual plant, grown worldwide for its edible fruit, either the dry seed or the unripe fruit, both of which are referred to as

• Common name : Runner Bean, Multiflora Bean • Scientific name : Phaseoluscoccineus • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : South America, Asia (Pakistan) Runner beans are long, twining perennial vines that are usually grown as annuals for their showy flowers and their edible pods and seeds. The leaves are trifoliate and each leaflet

• Common name : Lima Bean, Butter Bean • Scientific name : Phaseoluslunatus • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : Central and South America Lima bean is a herbaceous perennial plant but is generally grown as an annual. The plant is bushy, which grows up to 3.25 feet. The white to yellow flowers, which

• Common name : Baybean • Scientific name : CanavaliaRosea • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : Coastal areas of Australia, West Africa It is a perennial herb with a trailing or climbing stem growing 2-10 metres long and becoming somewhat woody with age. Blooming takes place with the greatest intensity between May and

• Common name : Basil/Tulsi • Scientific name : Ocimumbasilicum • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Africa and Asia (India, China, South-East Asia, and New Guinea) It is an annual herb. In India, basil is believed to be imbued with divine essence. A number of varieties exist today, ranging from tiny-leafed Greek basil

• Common name : Winter Rocket • Scientific name : Barbarea vulgaris • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Eurasia, North America They are small herbaceous biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals. The stem is ribbed and hairless, branched at the base. The fruit

• Common name : Land Cress • Scientific name : Barbareaverna • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : South-Western Europe and Florida This is a biennial plant. The plant grows up to 1 feet tall. The basal leaves are dark green, shiny and deeply lobed with a tall yellow flower spike in spring. It

• Common name : Common Bamboo • Scientific name : Bambusa vulgaris • Family : Poaceae • Native land : East Asia, Eastern and Southern India and the Himalayas, Northern Australia, sub-Saharan Africa, Argentina and Chile Bamboos are the flowering perennial evergreen plants. They are some of the fastest-growing plants in the world. Certain species