Botanical Names Flashcards
Yam
Dioscorea alata
Maize
Zea mays
Beans
Vigna unguiculata
Onion
Allium cepa
Carrot
Daucus carota
Cana lily
Canna indica
Africa never die or sensitive plant
Mimosa pudica
Orange
Citrus sinensis
Water lily
Nymphaea lotus
Water spinach
Ipomoea aquatica
Water hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
Siam or Awolowo weed
Chromolaena odorata
Broad leaf carpet grass
Axonopus compressus
Morning glory weed
Ipomoea involucrata
Cassava
Manihot utillissima
Mango
Mangifera indica
Bahama grass
Cynodon dactylon
Sugarcane
Saccharum Oficinarum
Resurrection plant
Bryophyllum pinnatum
Weed tuber
Icacina trichantha
Indian Almonds(ebelebo)
Terminalla Catappa
Red mangrove
Rhizophora racemosa
White mangrove
Avicennia nitida
Riverside screwpine
Pandanus odoratissimus
Bamboo
Bambusa bambusa
Bayan tree
Ficus benghalenis
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Guava
Psidium guayava
Indian rubber tree
Ficus elastica
Bottle gourd
Lagenaria Siceraria
Sourgrass
Paspalum conjugatum
Banana
Musa Sapientum
The temple tree
Plumella alba
Pine
Pinus sylvestris
Wild vine
Vitus trifoliate
Water leaf
Talinum triangulare
Cactus
Opuntia robusta
African succulent
(Stapelia grandiflora
Elephant grass
Pennisetum purpureum
Cocoyam
Colocasia esculenton
Garlic
Allium sativum
Wild yam
Dioscorea bulbifera
Plantain
Musa paradisiaca
Couchgrass
Digitaria scalarum
Couchgrass
Digitaria scalarum
Pineapple
Ananas comosus
Dagger plant
Yucca gloriosa
Lime
Citrus aurantifolia
Gourd
Cucurbita moschata
prickly pear
opuntia dilleni
Spiny amaranth
Amaranthus spinosus
Black velvet tamarind
Dalium guineese
Pumpkin
Curcubita moschata
Tropical nettleweed
Fluerya aestuans
White rockrose
Helianthemum apenninum
Falsethistle
Acanthus montanus
China grass
Boehmeria Nivea
China rose
Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis
Lemon verbena
verbena rigida
Bull grass
Eleusine indica
Sundew
Drosera indica
Black night-shade
Solanum nigrum
Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
Ixoras
Ixora parviflora
Stinking cassia
Cassia alata
African copaiba balsam tree
daniellia oliveri
Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Pride of Barbados
Caesalpina pulcherrima
The silk cotton
Ceiba petandra
Para rubber
Hevea braziliensis
Horse-Chest nut
Aesculus hippocastanum
The capper-bush
Gynandropsis gynandra
The bush potato
Ipomoea mauritiana
Allamanda
Allamanda Carthatica
Brazilian tea
Stachytarpheta indica
Mexican poppy
Argemone mexicana
Leaves modified for Protection purposes consist of:
1.Stipulate leaves: bears thorny Lateral Appendages at its base are protected by stipule e.g kangaroo thorn
2.scale leaves: Thin, dry, membranous brown structure that protect the axillary buds which develop the axil of scale leaves e.g onion
3. Sensitive leaves:Leaves respond to touch by folding up e.g African never die
Rattle box
Crotolaria retusa
The piper plant
Peperomia pellucida
the Ivy
Hedera helix:
woody nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
the broad bean
Vicia faba
the apple
Malus sylvestris
the edible melon
Cucumeropsis manni
the wax gourd
Benincasa hispida
breadfruit
Artocarpus altilis
cotton
Gossypium hirsutum
The black walnut
Acacia mearnsi
the avocada pear
Prunus persica
the field bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
cashew
Anacardium occidentale
castor oil
Ricinus communis
Okra
Abelmoschus essentus
African star apple
Chrysophyllum albidum
the Nigerian pear or the butter tree
Dacryodes edulis
the tea bush
Ocimum gratissimun
The American basil
Ocimum Americanum