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SIMPLE

Christmas berry is an upright

perennial shrub that grows 1.5-6 feet
tall. It maintains a caespitose growth
pattern and is often multi-trunked.
Christmas berry prefers moist soil and
germination can occur from pH 4 to
pH 10. It does well in temperatures of
25 degrees Celsius and above.

CHRISTMAS BERRY

COMPOUND

Gliricidia sepium is a medium-sized

tree that grows 10.1-11.9 meters high.
The flowers are located on the end of
branches that have no leaves. These
flowers have a bright pink to lilac
color that is tinged with white. The
tree’s fruit is a pod about 10.2-15.2 cm
long. The pod produces four to ten
round brown seeds.

MADRE DE CACAO
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OPPOSITE

It is a perennial herbaceous plant,

with elliptic, obtuse leaves. It grows as
a vine or creeper, doing well in moist,
neutral soil. The most striking feature
about this plant is the herbal benefits
of its flowers, a vivid deep blue;
solitary, with light yellow marking.
They are about 4 cm (1.6 in) long by 3
cm (1.2 in) wide. Some varieties yield
white flower.

ASIAN PIGEONWINGS

ALTERNATE

It is a slow growing tree which grows

to 35 meters tall with a trunk up to 1
meter in diameter. The bark is dark
red-brown. The leaves are scale-like,
2-4 mm long, blunt tipped (obtuse),
green above, and green below with
a white stomatal band at the base of
each scale-leaf.

HINOKI CYPRESS
WHORLED

It is a glabrous tree and grows up to

40 meters (130ft) tall. Its mature bark is
grayish and its young branches are
copiously marked with lenticels. The
upper side of the leaves are glossy,
while the underside is greyish.

MANGO TREE
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PETIOLATE

The herbaceous perennial grows 91.4

cm to 3 meters in height and 61 cm to
91.4 cm in width. The plant’s leaves
are large and green, and often with
variegated white patterns. If its sap
accidentally splashes into your
mouth, it will cause your throat to
swell until you become unable to talk.
So, it is called dumbcane.

DUMBCANE

SESSILE Ebony spleenwort is a small fern with

pinnate fronds, growing in tuffs, with a
shiny reddish-brown stipe and rachis.
The fronds are dimorphic, with long,
erect, dark green fertile fronds, which
are deciduous, and shorter,
spreading, lighter green, sterile
fronds, which are evergreen. The leaf
blade of ebony spleenwort is linear in
shape, measuring from 5.1-50.8 cm
long and from 2-5.1 cm wide.
EBONY SPLEENWORT
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LINEAR

The plant is erect, often forming

colonies. Flowers are small yellow
heads held above the foliage on a
branching inflorescence. This plant,
whose inflorescence is covered with
small yellow flowers, is a particularly
troublesome grass weed. It is on the
list of invasive weeds in several
countries.

CANADA GOLDENROD

ELLIPTIC
It is an annual plant growing to 20-75
cm tall, with a thick, but soft stem. The
leaves are spirally-arranged, 2.5-9 cm
long and 1-2.5 cm broad, with a
deeply toothed margin. The flowers
are pink, red, mauve, lilac, or white,
and 2.5-5 cm diameter; they are
pollinated by bees and other insects,
also by nectar-feeding birds. The ripe
seed capsules undergo explosive
dehiscence.
GARDEN BALSAM
OVATE

Its leaves are dark green and roughly

oval, often with tooth shapes around
the edge. The flowers are five sided
and pale yellow; the yellow-orange
fruits are born inside a balloon-like
calyx. It grows up to 50-80 cm in
height.

JAPANESE LANTERN

CARDATE

It is a robust evergreen climber

growing to 3-6.1 meters, with a heart-
shaped leaves up to 40.6 cm in
length. The flowers are deep red,
fragrant spathes up to 15.2 cm long,
in summer autumn. The shoots are
tender, brittle.

BLUSHING PHILODENDRON
PALMATE
Rhapis excelsa grows up to 4 meters
in height and 30 mm in diameter in
multi-stemmed clumps with glossy,
palmate evergreen leaves. Leaf
segments are single or few in young
plants. Leaf-ends are saw-toothed.
This usually dioecious palm species
produces small inflorescence at the
top of the plant with spirally-
arranged, fleshy yellow flowers
containing three petals fused at the
base.
BROADLEAF LADY PALM
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It is a large fruit-tree, capable of

growing to a height and crown width
of about 30.5 m and trunk
circumference of more than 3.7 m. In
India Buddhism and Hindu
monasteries, there are patterns of
leaves, flowers and fruits from the
Indian mango tree.

MANGO TREE

CRENATE

Distinguishing features of this species

are crenate leaf margins and fruiting
pedicels that are 2 to 8 mm long.
Leaves are obovate, simple,
alternating, deciduous, and grow to
2.5 to 7.5 cm long. Drupe fruits are
red, shiny, and globose, with
diameter of 4 to 8 mm.

POSSUMHAW
SERRATE
It is an annual plant growing to 20-75
cm tall, with a thick, but soft stem. The
leaves are spirally-arranged, 2.5-9 cm
long and 1-2.5 cm broad, with a
deeply toothed margin. The flowers
are pink, red, mauve, lilac, or white,
and 2.5-5 cm diameter; they are
pollinated by bees and other insects,
also by nectar-feeding birds. The ripe
seed capsules undergo explosive
dehiscence.

GARDEN BALSAM

LOBED

Its foliage is opposite and pinnately

divided. The plant height varies from
30-210 cm. The original and cultivars
appears in shades of yellow, orange,
and red. It is said that girls in Europe
often include a sulfur cosmos in their
love letters. This flower represents the
good intentions of a young girl who is
shy and expectant, joyful while
uneasy.
SULFUR COSMOS
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