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This category contains articles related to the native flora of Jamaica. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. This category follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
Roselle is also known as Florida Cranberry or Jamaica sorrel in the United States. [28] It is called saril or flor de Jamaica in Spanish across Central America. [29] [30] It is known as sorrel in many parts of the English-speaking Caribbean, including Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and most of the islands in the West Indies. [31]
The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. [50] The strawberry tree is also the national tree of Italy because of its green leaves, its white flowers and its red berries, colors that recall the Italian flag. [51]
Commonly known as the bell flower, this plant is considered native to Jamaica but is also native to Cuba (VanZile 2014). It is mainly found in limestone montane forests although some occur on karst areas near Jamaica's coast. It mostly grows on alkaline soils as can be observed by the habitats they are found in.
The hibiscus is a national symbol of Haiti, [32] and the national flower of nations including the Solomon Islands and Niue. [33] Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea, [34] and Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis is the national flower of Malaysia. [33] Hibiscus brackenridgei is the state flower of Hawaii. [35]
Mahoe or Hibiscus elatus, (also known as "blue mahoe" for the characteristic coloration of its wood after milling), is a tree native to Jamaica and Cuba. A volunteer species, characteristic of open disturbed habitats and also found, due to its shade tolerance, as an understory tree in secondary forests, mahoe grows to 25 m tall and upwards of ...
Passiflora laurifolia, commonly known as the water lemon, [1] Jamaican honeysuckle, [1] golden bellapple, [2] pomme liane on Martinique & Guadeloupe and orange lilikoi (not to be confused with yellow lilikoi, or simply lilikoi, is the name given to passiflora edulis v. flavicarpa for the valley where it first grew in Hawai'i), is a species in the family Passifloraceae.
Tecoma stans is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas.Common names include yellow trumpetbush, [3] yellow bells, [3] yellow elder, [3] ginger Thomas. [4]