Fy: Asclepiadaceae.Distribution: Found on the bushes in drying ponds. Found in India and Srilanka.A slender perennial creeper fond along water bodies . Normally found along with Typha. Leaves linear-lanceolate; mucronate, base truncate, sub coriaceous. Flowers pink with purple veins, axillary, solitary or few flowered racemes. Calyx 5 partite; Corolla rotate, lobes triangular; ciliate, corona processes adnate to the staminal tube, base dialated, acuminated, anthers erect, with a short membranous inflexed appendage, pollen masses waxy, pendulous; ovary of 2 many ovuled carpels, fruits a pair of follicles, rounded at the base and winged.
Taxonomy Family: Asclepiadaceae Order: Gentianales Series: Bicarpellatae Sub class; Gamopetalae Class: DicotyledonaeDistribution: Found in rocky areas of tropical southern India. It is small cactoid herb. Latex milky, Flowers in terminal racemes. A pair of follicles formed from each flower. The shoots are sour to taste.
Hlei or Kauai yellowwoodApocynaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)RareKauai (Cultivated)Flowers smell like a mild plumeria or frangipani. The nuts were eaten by early Hawaiians and the leaves & stems were used in steam baths. The bark of the stems and roots produced a yellow dye for kapa (tapa).nativeplants.hawaii.edu
Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Kohler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303606
HleiApocynaceae (Dogbane family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, Maui)RareUpper Waimea Valley, OahuFlowers smell like a mild plumeria or frangipani. The early Hawaiians used the nuts as a wild food source. www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4831991187/Medicinally, an infusion of bark and leaves were for steam in a sweat bath. The nuts with other plants were chewed and given to infants for general debility.Early Hawaiians used the wood for gunwales on canoes. The bark of the stems and roots produced a yellow dye for kapa (tapa).nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Ochrosia_compta
Fy; AsclepiadaceaeOrder: GentianalesSeries: BicarpellataeSub class: GamopetalaeClass: DicotyledonsDistribution: t is common on hedges and bushes in jungles of AsiaIt is a woody twiner. with watery sap.Perennial, Leaves in opposite decussate phyllotaxy.Leaves ovate and cordate at the base. Flowers pale green in dense drooping axillary umbels. Corolla lobes overlapping to the right in the bud.corona -processes5, hard, adnate at the base to the staminal column, staminal column arising from the base of the corolla tube, pollen masses erect. Follicles brown woody, blunt at the apex, 10 cm long.Tender twigs are emetic. The plant also contains some anti cancer principles. See the beautiful green bloom.
Pilo or Woodland mirrorplantRubiaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii Island only)Kpukapuala, Hawaii IslandPistillate (female) flowers and unripe fruitBerries of pilo were used as a laxative. As in early Hawaiian use, the berries are occasionally used as a laxative today.Pilo of many species provide fruit for native birds, such as mao or Hawaiian thrush (Myadestes obscurus) and so favored in some areas that they have been observed guarding and chasing off other birds from fruit-laden trees.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Coprosma_rhynchocarpa
HaoApocynaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsHawaii Island (Cultivated)Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. The tiny flowers of hao, while not dramatic, have a fragrance similar to plumeria, which belong to the same family.Early Hawaiians scraped the bark and mixed with its flowers in water. The medicine was drunk to aid in curing paoao (a childhood disease with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).The wood of hao is very hard. "Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu notes: "It is called Hao because of what it is like due to the hardness that can spoil an adze." Incidentally, the name for iron in Hawaiian is also hao.NPH00002nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Rauvolfia_sandwicensis
Beaumontia grandiflora - beautiful trumpet flowers. They are large and have strong sweet aroma. Flowers have amazing perfect shape and symmetry. They are stunning! It is woody very large rambling vine; that is how I found it growing behind the fence (next shot ).Location: Brisbane suburban, AustraliaNative to India and Nepal