Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, a root vegetable. It is a member of the Araceae family. The plant is more widely known for its very large and sometimes ornately colored foliage, which adds a smooth texture to the landscape. It can be grown as a houseplant.
Frangipani is a small tree which grows up to the height of 2 to 8 meters and has similar width. The flowers are prominent, have five petals and are strongly fragrant. Flowers are yellows, whites, reds, pinks. Essential oil of Frangipani is used to moisturize skin in massage therapy. The wood is soft, light and white and is used for manufacturing tableware, musical instruments and furniture.
Plumbago auriculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is an evergreen shrub, often grown as a climber. The leaves are a glossy green and grow to 5 cm. Plumbago flowers mostly in the summer, but in the right conditions it can bloom year-round. The plant is visited by various butterflies. Their leaves serve as food for the caterpillar of Hummingbird hawk-moth.
Rubber Plant, botanically known as Ficus elastica, is a large or medium house plant with beautiful foliage belonging to the fig genus and Moraceae family. The plant has beautiful plastic-like leaves which gives the plant a unique appearance and adds up the artistic sense of the room. Thanks to the fact that this plant also helps increase humidity within a room.
Nephrolepis biserrata (Giant Sword Fern) is a species of perennial herb in the family Sword Ferns. It is a popular long-lived plant with lots of flowing fronds. It thrives in damp, but not soggy soil that is rich in nutrients. It is tolerant to drought.
Weeping Fig is a large broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Moraceae. It is a flowering plant. Weeping Tree really doesn’t like being moved around a home. Moving them kind of gives them a shock (they decide it’s time to drop leaves to produce new ones from the change in lighting, temperature, and humidity provided), which can leave a tree looking pretty bare.
Weeping Fig is a large broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Moraceae. It is a flowering plant. Weeping Tree really doesn’t like being moved around a home. Moving them kind of gives them a shock (they decide it’s time to drop leaves to produce new ones from the change in lighting, temperature, and humidity provided), which can leave a tree looking pretty bare.
Cissus quadrangularis is an evergreen climber. In Sanskrit Cissus quardrangularis is known as asthisamharaka which literally means, that which saves the bones from their destruction. Precisely, it is also named as asthisandhani, which describes its peculiar quality of healing bone fractures. The stem is also reputed in Ayurveda as an alterative.
Photinia glabra, the Japanese Photinia, is a species in the family Rosaceae. The plant is a large evergreen shrub or small tree that grows up to 20' tall. This plant blooms in late spring. Leaves are reddish when young. New foliage is a colorful reddish bronze, and reddish buds are visible most of the year. This plant can be grown as a small tree.