Category Archives: Trees
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy/Oak The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans [ Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Rosids: Sapindales: Anacardiaceae: Toxicodendron: Toxicodendron radicans ] Common Names: Localities: Poison Ivy grows throughout North America, in the United States and through … Continue reading
Camellia: Green Tea
Camellia sinensis Tea The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Camellia: Green Tea Camellia sinensis [ Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales: Theaceae: Camellia: Camellia sinensis ] Common Names: Green Tea, White Tea, Oolong, Pu-erh, black tea, tea plant, tea … Continue reading
Castor Oil Plant
Castor Oil Plant The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Castor Oil Plant Ricinus communis [ Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae: Acalypheae: Ricininae: Ricinus communis ] Common Names: Castor, Castor Oil, Bofareira, Castor Oil Plant, Castor Bean Plant, … Continue reading
The Yew Tree
Yew Tree The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland European Yew Taxus baccata [ Plantae: Pinophyta: Pinopsida: Pinales: Taxaceae: Taxus: T. baccata ] Common Names: Yew, Localities: The European Yew is a conifer that is native to Western, Central, … Continue reading
Alder
Alder Alnus glutinosa Common Names: Alder, Common Alder Localities: Description: A Deciduous Tree with alternate, simple, and serrated leaves; flowering into catkins with elongate male catkins on same plant as shorter woody female catkins that often appear before … Continue reading
Hawthorne
White Thorn Common Hawthorne Crataegus monogyna; formerly Crataegus oxyacantha Common names: May Tree, Haegthorn, “Faerie Tree”, Whitethorn, common hawthorne, thorne, may, mayblossom, maythorn, quickthorn, whitethorn, motherdie, and haw. Localities: Native to Europe, Greece, Northwest Africa, Western Asia. … Continue reading
Gorse
Gorse Ulex europaeus or common names: Gorse, furze, furse, or whin Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Magnoliophyta; Class: Magnoliopsida; Order: Fabales; Family: Fabaceae; Subfamily: Faboideae; Genus: Ulex; Species: U. europaeus; Binomial name: Ulex europaeus L. Gorse … Continue reading
Macadamia : Macadamia spp.
Macadamian Nut Tree between Punalu’u and Kona Macadamia Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; (unranked): Angiosperms; unranked): Eudicots; Order: Proteales; Family: Proteaceae; Genus: Macadamia; Species: various – some examples: Macadamia claudiensis, Macadamia grandis, Macadamia hildebrandii, Macadamia integrifolia Macadamia jansenii Macadamia ternifolia, … Continue reading
Mango : Mangifera Indica
Mango Tree at Graveyard along highway between Punalu’u and Kona Mango Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Angiospermae; Class: Magnoliopsida; Order: Sapindales; Family: Anacardiaceae; Genus: Mangifera; Species: Indica. Mangifera Indica. Common names: Mango, Man-Go, Manga. Usually refers to a fruit … Continue reading
Papaya
Papaya, Big Island, Hawaii Papaya Taxonomy: Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Rosids: Brassicales: Caricaceae: Carica: Carica papaya. Common names: Custard Apple, Papaya, paw paw, big melon, melon tree Carica papaya is the Caribbean/Spanish name of the plant that bears the … Continue reading