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This category contains articles related to the native trees 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.
The trees are also used to create living fences and to help stop soil erosion. A sap or gum from the tree is used as a glue and the same material is combined with sapote or pineapple to make a treatment for jaundice. Jocote trees are native to the area that stretches from southern Mexico to northern Peru and parts of north-coastal Brazil.
Flowers on a tree in Havana, Cuba. The Hibiscus elatus tree is quite attractive with its straight trunk, broad green leaves and hibiscus-like flowers. It grows quite rapidly, often attaining 20 metres (66 ft) or more in height. The flower changes color as it matures, going from bright yellow to orange, red and finally crimson.
Arbutus are small trees or shrubs with red flaking bark and edible red berries. [6] Fruit development is delayed for about five months after pollination, so that flowers appear while the previous year's fruit are ripening. [6] Peak flowering for the genus is in April with peak fruiting in October. [7]
The arboretum's desert legume collection is the first primarily seed-based collection accredited by Plant Collections Network.The internationally recognized seed bank of 1,413 species are housed at the University of Arizona in Tucson, [5] while 121 species are grown in field plantings and the Taylor Family Desert Legume Garden at the arboretum.
Crataegus texana, the Texas hawthorn, is a member of the family Rosaceae. Typically, it is found in the form of a small tree or a large shrub and blooms in early spring, usually in the months of March and April. [2] Flowers of the Texas Hawthorn are white and usually produce small, one-inch, scarlet fruits that are said to resemble tiny red apples.
Oleaceae (olive family) Noronhia: noronhia trees; Noronhia emarginata: Madagascar olive Oleaceae (olive family) Olea: olives; Olea europaea: Mediterranean olive; common olive Oleaceae (olive family) Osmanthus: osmanthus trees; Osmanthus americanus: devilwood; osmanthus Oleaceae (olive family) Osmanthus fragrans: sweet osmanthus Oleaceae (olive ...
Tribulus cistoides, also called wanglo (in Aruba), [3] the Jamaican feverplant [4] or puncture vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, which is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.