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The etymological association of oleander with the bay laurel has continued into the modern day: in France the plant is known as "laurier rose", [12] while the Spanish term, "Adelfa", is the descendant of the original Ancient Greek name for both the bay laurel and the oleander, daphne, which subsequently passed into Arabic usage and thence to Spain.
Cascabela thevetia is an evergreen tropical shrub or small tree. Its leaves are willow-like, linear-lanceolate, and glossy green in color. They are covered in waxy coating to reduce water loss (typical of oleanders).
They also carry oleanders, which are popular shrubs with pretty flowers. However, note that all parts of the plant, including the leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers, are poisonous if consumed.
Females may be wingless or winged , the production of the alate form occurs a higher rate in those regions where it is necessary for oleander aphid to migrate each year on to temporary hosts. [ 11 ] Oleander aphid has a wide range of hosts, but mainly feeds on plants in the dogbane family , including milkweeds , oleander and periwinkle . [ 9 ]
Earth's Tropical Islands is a 2020 British television series co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and PBS. [1] It premiered on 1 January 2020 in the United Kingdom on BBC Two. [2] and later in the USA on PBS under the title, Islands of Wonder. The series has three episodes, each of which features a different tropical island.
The baseline survey of marine biodiversity in the Solomon Islands that was carried out in 2004, [1] found 474 species of corals in the Solomons as well as nine species which could be new to science. This is the second highest diversity of corals in the World, second only to the Raja Ampat Islands in eastern Indonesia.
Po Toi is an important birding hotspot in Hong Kong, with over 350 species recorded. [6] However the numbers are declining like elsewhere in Hong Kong, the rather degraded environmental situation around the village being one of the factors.
The island is the tenth entry in CNN's World's 100 Best Beaches list which was published on May 13, which remarked the island's "raw beauty" [6] On June 22, 2018, the Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape was designated a national park through the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act or Republic Act No ...