Sunday, July 31, 2011

Pithecellobium saman

Pithecellobium saman
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Pithecellobium saman | Saman is a wide-canopied tree with a large symmetrical crown. It usually reaches a height of 25 m (82 ft) and a diameter of 40 m (130 ft).

Carica papaya

Carica papaya
Plant | Carica papaya | The papaya is a large tree-like plant, with a single stem  growing from 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 ft) tall, with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk.

Artocarpus integra

Artocarpus integra
Plant | Artocarpus integra | A stately tropical fruit tree, originally from South-east Asia; it is growing abundantly in Suriname; grows up to a height of 75 feet.

Psidium guajava

Psidium guajava
Plant | Psidium guajava | The apple guava or common guava (Psidium guajava; known as Goiaba in Brazil and Guayava in parts of The Americas) is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. It is easily pollinated by insects; in culture, mainly by the common honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Averrhoa carambola

Averrhoa carambola
Plant | Averrhoa carambola | Averrhoa carambola  or Carambola is a slow growing tree from the Malay Region. In nature, the trees will reach about 30 feet (9 m) tall and about half as wide. The alternate, odd-pinnate leaves are somewhat sensitive -- leaves fold together at night, much like mimosas.

Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Oryza sativa |  Oryza sativa contains two major subspecies: the sticky, short grained japonica or sinica variety, and the non-sticky, long-grained indica variety.

Zea mays

Zea mays
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Zea mays | The kernel of maize has a pericarp of the fruit fused with the seed coat, typical of the grasses, and the entire kernel is often referred to as the seed. The cob is close to a multiple fruit in structure, except that the individual fruits (the kernels) never fuse into a single mass.

Palaquium rostratum

Palaquium rostratum
Biggest Plant Dictionary| Palaquium rostratumPlant | Plant  Nagasari (Palaquium  rostratum) have a large tree with a  height of up to 30 m,  and reaches 120 cm in diameter.

Salacca zalacca

Salacca zalacca
plant | Salacca zalacca | Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Indonesia. It is a very short-stemmed palm, with leaves up to 6 metres (20 ft) long; each leaf has a 2-metre long petiole with spines up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long, and numerous leaflets.

Durio zibethinus

Durio zibethinus
 plant | Durio zibethinus |  Species. Tree grows to a height of 20 meterw or more. Leaves are dark green, smooth and shiny above, oblong to obovate-oblong, about 20 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide.

Punica granatum

Punica granatum
plant | Punica granatum | Kingdom : Plantae,Division : Angiosperms, Class : Magnoliopsida, Subclass :  Rosids, Order :  Myrtales, Family : Lythraceae, Genus : Punica, Species : P. granatum. 

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Nephelium lappaceum

Nephelium lappaceum
 The biggest plant dictionary | Sterculia foetida | Nephelium lappaceum is an evergreen tree about 10-12 m tall; principal trunk is erect with an open crown of large branches; bark is slightly rugose, greyish or red. Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound without an end-leaflet. On the lower surface of each leaflet are the domatia, small crater-like hills located in the axils between the mid and secondary veins.

Sterculia foetida

Sterculia foetida

The biggest plant dictionary | Sterculia foetida | Java olive is a soft wooded tree that grows up to 115 feet high. In tea growing regions the soft wood is used to make tea chests.

Manilkara zapota

Manilkara zapota



Biggest Plant Dictionary |Manilkara zapota| Current name: Manilkara zapota, Authority: (L.) van Royen, Family: Sapotaceae. The sapodilla is a large, evergreen, forest tree more than 30 m in height and with a diameter up to 1.5 m; under cultivation it varies between 9 and 15 m, depending on location, and generally does not exceed 50 cm in diameter.

Solanum lycopersicum

Solanum lycopersicum

Biggets Plant Dictionary | Solanum lycopersicum | The tomato fruit is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes and sauces, and in drinks.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Musa paradisiaca

Musa paradisiaca
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Musa paradisiaca | Kingdom : Plantae. Division : Spermatophyta. Sub division : Angiospermae. Kelas : Monokotil. Ordo : Zingiberales. Family : Musaceae. Genus : Musa. Spesies : Musa paradisiacal, Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive,

Juniperus rigida

Juniperus rigida

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Juniperus rigida | It is a shrub or small tree growing to a height of 20 to 33 feet (6–10 m) and a trunk diameter up to 20 inches (50 cm).

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

plant | Zingiber officinale Roscoe | Family : Zingiberaceae. family, Genus  : Zingiber Mill. Species     Zingiber officinale Roscoe Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingiberacae) is a medicinal plant that has been widely used in Chinese,

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Eugenia aromatica

Eugenia aromatica

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Eugenia aromatica | Eugenia aromatica, discription. A slender, evergreen tree, 10-20 m tall, conical when young, later becomming cylindrical, in cultivation usually smaller than when found growing wild. Root system dense and close to the surface.

Amaranthus sp

Amaranthus sp

Plant | Amaranthus sp | Formerly, Sauer (1955) classified the genus into 2 sub-genera, differentiating only between monoecious and dioecious species: Acnida (L.) Aellen ex K.R. Robertson and Amaranthus.

Dianthus caryophyllus

Dianthus caryophyllus

Biggest Plant Dictionary  | Dianthus caryophyllus | Family:Caryophyllaceae, Genus:Dianthus, Species:D. caryophyllus. Dianthus caryophyllus (Clove Pink) is a species of Dianthus.

Persea americana

Persea americana




Biggest Plant Dictionary  | Persea americana | Famili: Lauraceae, Genus: Persea, Spesies: Persea americana P. Mill. The avocado tree has shiny evergreen, elliptic leaves 4-8 in (10-20 cm) long. It is a much-branched, medium-sized tree, to 60 ft (18 m) or more in height. The little flowers are greenish and not at all showy.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Plumeria acuminata

Plumeria acuminata

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Plumeria acuminata |  Famili: Apocynaceae, Genus: Plumeria, Spesies: Plumeria acuminata Ait, Plumeria acuminata Air. is a flowering plant cultivated in the Philippines. Known commonly as “kalachuchi,” it is usually planted for

Cocos nucifera

Cocos nucifera

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Cocos nucifera |  Cocos nucifera. The ripe fruit of the coconut palm has a hard shell covered by a fibrous outer coat and contains an edible kernel with the coconut in the centre. The nut is split open, and the edible kernel is dried to a moisture content below 6% to prevent deterioration. The dried meat, called copra, is then subjected to

Nephelium lappaceum

Nephelium lappaceum

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Nephelium lappaceum | Current name: Nephelium lappaceum, Family: Sapindaceae. Trees, evergreen, ca. 10 m tall. Branches grayish brown, terete, rugose, ferruginous pilosulose when young. Leaves with petiole 15-45 cm, axis slightly

Jasminus sambac

Jasminus sambac

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Jasminus sambac | Famili: Oleaceae, Genus: Jasminum, Spesies: Jasminum sambac. Jasminum sambac is a species of jasmine native to South and Southeast Asia.It is a small shrub or vine growing up to 0.5 to 3 m (1.6 to 9.8 ft) in

Michelia champaka

Michelia champaka

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Michelia champaka | Current name: Michelia champaca, Family: Magnoliaceae,  The genus is named after Italian botanist Peter A. Michel (1679-1737); the specific epithet after the Hindu name.Michelia champaca is an evergreen or semi-deciduous, small
Phalaenopsis amabilis

Biggets Plant Dictionary | Phalaenopsis amabilis | Family: Orchidaceae, Genus: Phalaenopsis, Species: amabilis, Plants of this genus have a uniform structure that makes the identification easy for novice botanists. Phalaenopsis amabilis, like most of the other species in this genus, has a short stem. This is believed to be an adaptation to gain the light requirements needed to grow, according to Christenson.