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Ceodes umbellifera, synonym Pisonia umbellifera, commonly known as the birdlime tree [2] or bird catcher tree, is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. The evergreen shrub has soft wood, small pink or yellow flowers, and produces cavate brown fruit throughout the period March to April. [ 3 ]
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]
Kennard, H., List of Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Herbaceous Plants, native to New England, bearing fruit or seeds attractive to Birds (Reprint from Bird-Lore, v. XIV, no. 4, 1912) McAtee, W. L., Plants useful to attract Birds and protect Fruit, (Reprint from Yearbook of Agriculture 1898)
Toxicodendron vernicifluum (formerly Rhus verniciflua [1]), also known by the common name Chinese lacquer tree, [1] [2] [3] is an Asian tree species of genus Toxicodendron native to China and the Indian subcontinent, and cultivated in regions of China, Japan and Korea. [4]
Melaleucas are an important food source for nectarivorous insects, birds, and mammals. Many are popular garden plants, either for their attractive flowers or as dense screens and a few have economic value for producing fencing and oils such as "tea tree" oil. Most melaleucas are endemic to Australia, with a few also occurring in Malesia.
Stems and leaves, raw or cooked [45] Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale: Native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere: Leaves, edible raw or cooked when older [46] Stinging nettle: Urtica dioica: Very common in Europe and Asia, less common in North America: Young shoots and leaves (until May), edible after soaking or boiling as a vegetable, or as a ...
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 ...
The leaves are green, and lighter on the underside. [8] The bark and leaves have a pungent scent resembling camphor when bruised, [8] due to a chemical known as umbellulone. [6] The leaves are entire and lance-shaped about 3–10 centimetres (1.2–3.9 in) long. They may substitute for the Mediterranean bay leaf in cooking.