Plant Sightings

This warty-looking  melon from the Gourd Family (Cucubitaceae) is born from a vine of the  tropics and suptropics and has […]

The  Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata; A. spp.) is the most iconic tree of  Africa and it bears a fruit that

The common name of this plant says it all, Quebra Pedra or Chanca Piedra, meaning “Stone Breaker” (Phyllanthus niruri).  Found

Andrographis  (Andrographis paniculata) has a long traditional use in Ayurvedic,  Traditional Chinese Medicine, Siddah and Innani Traditional medicines.  It has

The Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) comes from a tree (also called the Jack Tree or Nangka) that is native to Eastern

Almost all parts—fruit, leaves, bark and seeds—of the Jamun (Syzygium cumini; syn. Eugenia jambolana) plant have been used for food,

There are approximately 500 species of Passionflowers, but this species is the one responsible for the commercial Passionfruit—Passsiflora edulis. Passiflora

Yagé (Banisteriopsis caapi) is famous for being one of the main plants that is used for making the South American

Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre), also called Gurmar (“The Destroyer of Sugar”) in Hindi, is a viney plant found normally in shrubby

This beach-growing Morning Glory has a leaf with the shape of a goat’s foot, thus its common name, Goat’s Foot