Water hyacinth
Although Water Hyacinth produces beautiful delicate lavender flowers, it is considered a problematic invasive species in many parts of the…
Category: medicinal
Turmeric
Got a turmeric plant as a birthday present a couple of years ago. It needs to be an indoor plant…
East Indian Arrowroot
Looks very much like turmeric (Curcuma Longa), but found via Google Lens that this pic is of a different species…
Red Silk-Cotton
Saw it first in Lalbagh in Bangalore. This majestic tree has beautiful red flowers and attractive bark. It sheds its…
Giant milkweed
This plant grows wild on the street sides of Madras (Chennai). I’ve known it from childhood by its Tamil name,…
Cannonball flowering tree
Large deciduous tree with beautiful, fragrant flowers and large, stinky fruits! Flowers bloom and die within a day, but a…
Pink Crabapple
Small deciduous tree with brilliant pink cup-like flowers in the spring, orange-red leaves in the fall, and bright red berries…