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A Cananga odorata in Maui. Cananga odorata, known as ylang-ylang (/ ˈ iː l æ ŋ ˈ iː l æ ŋ / EE-lang-EE-lang) or cananga tree, is a tropical tree that is native to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia.
It is an elongated, climbing or creeping herbaceous evergreen plant that reaches a height of 10–20 m (33–66 ft) with a sympodial growth type, lacking branches (branches off only after damage to the apical meristem), cylindrical to oval in cross-section.
Commelina diffusa, sometimes known as the climbing dayflower or spreading dayflower, is a pantropical herbaceous plant in the dayflower family.It has been introduced to the southeastern United States where it is most common in wet disturbed soils.
Mixed-species tangle of lianas in tropical Australia Lianas in Udawattakele, Sri Lanka A canopy of Entada gigas that has formed over a monkey ladder vine (Bauhinia glabra) on Kauai, Hawaii Liana tangle across a forest in the Western Ghats
Combretum indicum, commonly known as the Rangoon creeper [2] or Burma creeper, [3] is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia and grows in thickets, primary and secondary forest, and along river banks in the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia and the Philippines.
The winged bean plant grows as a vine with climbing stems and leaves, 3–4 m (10–13 ft) in height. It is an herbaceous perennial, but can be grown as an annual. It is generally taller and notably larger than the common bean. The leaves can be 15 cm (6 in) long. [2]
Asparagus setaceus, with the common names of common asparagus fern, asparagus grass, [2] lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in the family Asparagaceae native to southern Africa. [3] Despite its common name, the plant is not a true fern, but has leaves that resemble one. [4]
It is scandent, climbing using modified leaf-tip tendrils, the stem reaching 4 m (13 ft) long. [7] The leaves are mainly alternately arranged, but they may be opposite, as well. They are somewhat lance-shaped and tipped with tendrils, and they are up 13 to 20 cm (5.1 to 7.9 in) long.