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Yes! thank you. I knew it looked familiar, reminded me of Eperua falcata (the Bootlace Tree) a related tropical tree with flowers hanging from...
Any thoughts on ID of this flowering tree? photo taken in Costs Rica.
Hello, Any tips/suggestions out there on germinating Magnolia seeds? Fall / winter is just setting in here in the E. Bay, California. I have a...
Caloncoba spp. Looks pretty on point. Thank you.
Any thoughts on the ID of this plant? Photo taken in Gabon (Central W. Africa). Informed guesses welcomed and appreciated...
Oh, oops. I knew that. Finger slipped.
They should turn a bit more bright lime green when ripe, although the fruit remains quite hard. Eventually, when the season changes they will all...
Yes, very easy to germinate, but can be time consuming to extract from the fruit. You can just bury a whole fruit and you'll get a bunch of...
its one of the more temperate climate tolerant Erythrina species...
The third photo looks like a Bursera species. Maybe B. simarouba? There are a number of specie with similar looking bark...
Here's some additional info on the species: http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Phytolacca+americana
Terminallia mantalay also looks very similar.
Yes, definitely a good point. Although sometimes a mild rash can really help you remember a particular plant. :)
In addition to the notes above I find that touching the plant's leaves, crushing and smelling them, and smelling the flowers helps me learn more...
That's not the stinging nettle I'm familiar with, Urtica dioica. Does it sting when you brush it across your skin?
Looks like it could be a Mahonia species.
That looks like a species of Lavender. It's in the same family as Sage, Lamiaceae.
Any idea what this tree is. Medium size tree, maybe 20 ft. I found one fruit on it.
There are many species and cultivars of Brugmansia, some more common then others, some more toxic then others. There is also a long ethnobotanical...
Probably Delonix regia (?)
