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Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Telfairia occidentalis is a tropical vine grown in West Africa as a leaf vegetable and for its edible seeds.Common names for the plant include fluted gourd, fluted pumpkin, ugu (in the Igbo language), "Eweroko" (in the Yoruba language),okwukwo-wiri (in Ikwerre language), and ikong-ubong (in the Efik and Ibibio languages), "Akwukwor ri" (in Etche language).
The leaves of all four of these species may or may not have white spots. [8] The species are monoecious, with unisexual male and female flowers on a single plant and these grow singly, appearing from the leaf axils. Flowers have five fused yellow to orange petals (the corolla) and a green bell-shaped calyx.
The spathe can be up to 25 cm high and the fruiting spike which follows later in the season may be up to 5 cm. [5] The flowers are hidden from sight, clustered at the base of the spadix with a ring of female flowers at the bottom and a ring of male flowers above them. The leaves may be either purple-spotted (var. maculatum) or unspotted (var ...
Siberian irises have pretty sword-shaped foliage and intricate-looking flowers in an array of colors ranging from yellow to pale purple to dark amethyst. They like rich soil but can adapt to poor ...
The basal leaves are triangular, narrow, with a heart-shaped or rounded base, jagged edges and are up to 12 centimetres (4.7 in) long. The upper stem leaves are sessile, lanceolate, and shortly stalked. The inflorescence consists of nodding spikelike racemes with numerous drooping flowers.
Plant pumpkin seeds up to 1" deep in soil, with the pointed end facing downwards. Up to three seeds can be planted together, but make sure you have about 5 feet between clusters. Create a small ...
Flower of T. pallida 'Purpurea' The fleshy, hairy leaves are up to 7 in (180 mm) long, [2] narrow-oblong, and v-shaped. [5] and form a sheath around fleshy stems, which break off easily. On the ends of the stems the plants produce relatively inconspicuous flowers. The flowers are three-petaled as is typical for the Tradescantia genus.