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Actinopterygii (/ ˌ æ k t ɪ n ɒ p t ə ˈ r ɪ dʒ i aɪ /; from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktis) 'having rays' and πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fins'), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish [2] that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. [3]
Zanthoxylum americanum, the common prickly-ash, common pricklyash, common prickly ash or northern prickly-ash (also sometimes called toothache tree, yellow wood, or suterberry), is an aromatic shrub or small tree native to central and eastern portions of the United States and Canada.
Growth habit of Excoecaria agallocha Excoecaria agallocha in flower. Excoecaria agallocha, a mangrove species, belongs to the genus Excoecaria of the family Euphorbiaceae.The species has many common names, including blind-your-eye mangrove, [1] blinding tree, [citation needed] buta buta tree, [2] milky mangrove, [3] poisonfish tree, and river poison tree. [4]
The taxa can grow as a shrub or a small tree, from 2m up to 20m high, [4] in Australia often with a short, poorly-formed trunk/bole. [5] Dark-coloured bark. Leaves are some 3-7 by 3–5 cm in size (sometimes as short as 2 cm or as long as 16 cm, as narrow as 2 cm and as wide as 9 cm), with curving lateral veins (but these do not form distinct loops inside the margin), oblong blade ...
Thespesia garckeana / ˌ θ ɛ s ˈ p iː ʒ ə ˌ ɡ ɑːr k i ˈ æ n ə,-ˈ ɑː n ə / (also known by its synonym Azanza garckeana) is a tree in the family Malvaceae, found throughout the warmer parts of Southern Africa in wooded grasslands, open woodland and thickets. It grows naturally over a range of altitudes from 1,000 to 2,000 m above ...
Hymenaea courbaril. Hymenaea courbaril, the courbaril or West Indian locust, [3] is a hardwood tree common in the Caribbean and Central and South America.As lumber it is frequently used to make furniture, flooring, and decoration.
A tree some 6-15m tall, with tortuous twigs, the bark is grayish and smooth, exfoliating. Branches are glabrous and stout. Leaves are deciduous, petiolate, oblong to obovate-oblong, glabrous, 30–5 cm long, flowers appear before the leaves, 2–7 in number, yellow coloured petals, flowering starts in April–May.
Solanum aviculare is an upright shrub that can grow up to 4 m (13 ft) tall. [7] The leaves are 8–30 cm (3.1–12 in) long, lobed or entire, with any lobes being 1–10 cm (0.4–4 in) long.