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Pisonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae.It was named for Dutch physician and naturalist Willem Piso (1611–1678). [3] Certain species in this genus are known as catchbirdtrees, birdcatcher trees or birdlime trees because they catch birds. [4]
The leaves are eaten by four gall-producing insects of the genus Pachypsylla, which do not cause serious damage to the tree. A number of insects and fungi cause rapid decay of dead branches or roots of the tree. The small berries, hackberries, are eaten by a number of birds, [11] including robins and cedar waxwings, [12] and mammals. Most seeds ...
Bird food plants are certain trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants bearing fruits which afford food for birds. These have been discovered by observation, and by the ...
Alectryon excelsus is a sub-canopy tree growing to 9 m (30 ft) in height. It has a twisting trunk with smooth dark bark, spreading branches and pinnate leaves. [2] Adult leaflets do not have marginal teeth or usually have very few, blunt and shallow marginal teeth and usually leaflet margins are downturned, whereas, in juvenile leaflets have leaflets with strong teeth and flat along the edges. [3]
Hawthorn, may-tree: Crataegus monogyna: Native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia; naturalized elsewhere: Leaves (when young, in April), edible raw as a salad vegetable . Berries (in autumn), edible raw, or made into jellies, jams and syrups, or used as a flavoring [6] Beech: Fagus sylvatica
Ceodes umbellifera is a shrub with large, medium green leaves. Other variegated varieties exist (Ceodes umbellifera 'Variegata') with marbling of white, light and dark green on the shrub's leaves. The tree's elliptic to ovate leaves may be between 6 and 20 cm long, and 4 to 10 cm wide. [13] They are hairless and glossy with a papery texture. [3]
Moringa stenopetala, commonly known as the African Moringa or cabbage tree, is a deciduous tree in the plant genus Moringa, native to Kenya and Ethiopia. [3] A drought-resistant species, it is characterized by its bottle-shaped trunk, long twisted seed pods , and edible leaves likened to cabbage, from which its common name is derived.
Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, [3] or by its Māori name of tī or tī kōuka, is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand.. It grows up to 20 metres (66 feet) tall [4] with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of the branches and can be up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) long.