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Cymbopogon citratus is abundant in the Philippines and Indonesia where it is known as tanglad or sereh, respectively. Its fragrant leaves are traditionally used in cooking, particularly for lechon and roasted chicken.
Nirgundi Plant with bluish-purple flowers In vitro flowering in Vitex negundo Inflorescence of Vitex negundo in Panchkhal valley in Nepal. Vitex negundo, commonly known as the Chinese chaste tree, [2] five-leaved chaste tree, or horseshoe vitex, or nisinda is a large aromatic shrub with quadrangular, densely whitish, tomentose branchlets.
C. citratus from the Philippines, where it is locally known as tanglad. East Indian lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus), also called Cochin grass or Malabar grass, is native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand, while West Indian lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is native to maritime Southeast Asia.
To scientific name of a plant: This is a redirect from a vernacular ("common") name to the scientific name of a plant (or group of plants). From an alternative language : This is a redirect from a page name in Filipino to a page name in an as yet undetermined or uncoded language .
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
locator map of Bohol. The Philippines supports a rich and varied flora with close botanical connections to Indonesia and mainland Southeast Asia.Forests cover almost one-half of the land area and are typically tropical, with the dominant family, Dipterocarpaceae, representing 75% of the stands.
Scientific name Common name(s) Local name(s) Distribution Aceros waldeni: Rufous-headed hornbill, Visayan wrinkled hornbill, Walden's hornbill, writhed-billed hornbill Kalaw Endemic to Panay, small concentrations on the southwestern end of the province of Zamboanga del Norte in Mindanao, may already be extinct on Negros, extinct on Guimaras
Caladium / k ə ˈ l eɪ d i əm / [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear (which they share with the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma), heart of Jesus, [3] and angel wings. There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original ...