Grapes

Grapes (Vitis vinifera)A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, and from the deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, vinegar, and grape seed oil.

Scientific classificationKingdom: PlantaeDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaOrder: VitalesFamily: VitaceaeGenus: VitisSpecies: V. viniferaBinomial name Vitis vinifera L (Linnaeus, 1758)Common Name Grapes

Money Plant – (Epipremnum aureum)

Scientific classificationKingdom: PlantaeDivision: AngiospermsOrder: Alismatales

Family: AraceaeSubfamily: MonsteroideaeTribe: MonstereaeGenus: EpipremnumSpecies: E. aureumBinomial name Epipremnum aureum (L.)Common Name Money Plant

Epipremnum aureum, also known as the Pothos (once classified under the genus Pothos),It is sometimes mistakenly labeled as a Philodendron in plant stores.

It is an epiphyte growing to 20 m tall, with stems up to 4 cm diameter, climbing by means of aerial roots which hook over tree branches. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, heart-shaped, entire on juvenile plants, but irregularly pinnatifid on mature plants, up to 100 cm long and 45 cm broad The Money Plant is Toxic to Cats and Dogs

Pomegranate (Punica granatum)

Scientific classificationKingdom: PlantaeDivision: AngiospermsClass: EudicotsOrder: MyrtalesFamily: LythraceaeGenus: PunicaSpecies: P. granatumBinomial name Punica granatum L. (Linnaeus, 1758)Common Name Pomegranate

The pomegranate, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between five and eight meters tall.

Native to the area of modern day Iran and Iraq, the pomegranate has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. From there it spread to Asian areas such as the Caucasus as well as the Himalayas in Northern India Hemisphere

Rose (Rosa rubiginosa)

Scientific classificationKingdom: PlantaeDivision AngiospermsClass EudicotsOrder: RosalesFamily: RosaceaeSubfamily: RosoideaeGenus: Rosa LSpecies R.FlushCommon Name Yellow Rose

A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles.

Marigold (Tagetes erecta)

Scientific classificationKingdom: PlantaeDivision: AngiospermsClass: Eudicots

Order: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeSubfamily: AsteroideaeGenus: TagetesSpecies Tagetes erectaCommon Name Marigold

Tagetes is a genus of 56 species of annual and perennial mostly herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae). The genus is native to North and South America, but some species have become naturalized around the world. One species, T. minuta, is considered a noxious invasive plant in some areas.

Sadabahar (Catharanthus roseus)

Bougainvillea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 2011)

For the similarly named genus of hydroids, see Bougainvillia.Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilisScientific classificationKingdom:Plantae(unranked): Angiosperms(unranked): Eudicots

(unranked): Core eudicotsOrder: CaryophyllalesFamily: NyctaginaceaeTribe: BougainvilleeaeGenus: BougainvilleaComm. ex Juss.[1]Speciessee textSynonyms

Tricycla Cav.[1]

Bougainvillea ( /ˌbuːɡɨnˈvɪliə/)[2] is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The first European to describe these plants was Philibert Commerçon, a

French botanist accompanying French Navy admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville during his voyage of circumnavigation, and first published for him by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789.[3] It is possible that the first European to observe these plants was Jeanne Baré, Commerçon's lover and assistant whom he snuck on board (despite regulations) disguised as a man (and who thus became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe).[4]

They are thorny, woody vines growing anywhere from 1 to 12 meters tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. The thorns are tipped with a black, waxy substance. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. The leaves are alternate, simple ovate-

acuminate, 4-13 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. Bougainvillea glabra is sometimes referred to as "paper flower" because the bracts are thin and papery. The fruit is a narrow five-lobed achene.

Bougainvillea are relatively pest-free plants, but may suffer from worms, snails and aphids. The larvae of some Lepidoptera species also use them as food plants, for example the Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)

Common name: Morpankhi, Oriental thuja, Oriental arborvitae • Hindi: मो�रपं�खी� Morpankhi, मोयूरपं�खी� mayurpankhi • Manipuri: Lairikheibi Botanical name: Platycladus orientalis Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family)Synonyms: Thuja orientalis, Biota orientalis Morpankhi is a plant which is found in every small garden in India. Belonging to the cypress family, it is a densely branched evergreen conifer that can become 50 ft tall with a spread of 20. However, it is commonly grown as a smaller, bushier shrub. It tends to have several to many stems, but can be trimmed to a single leader stem creating a treelike form. The overall shape is conical, with the crown becoming more irregular and spreading with age. The bark is rusty-brown and fibrous. The numerous slender ascending branches support shoots that spread out in flat, vertical planes. The leaves are like little scales overlapping and tightly packed on the shoots. The cones are 15-25 mm long, green ripening brown in about 8 months from pollination, and have 6-12 thick scales arranged in opposite pairs. Morpankhi is native to China and Korea, but cultivated as an ornamental plant the world over. Photographed in Delhi.

Identification credit: Radhika Vathsan

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Muskmelon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Muskmelon

Scientific classificationKingdom: Plantae(unranked): Angiosperms(unranked): Eudicots(unranked): RosidsOrder: CucurbitalesFamily: CucurbitaceaeGenus: CucumisSpecies: C. meloBinomial nameCucumis meloL.

Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) is a species of melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. These include smooth skinned varieties such as honeydew, crenshaw and casaba, and different netted cultivars (cantaloupe, Persian melon and Santa Claus or Christmas melon). The Armenian cucumber is also a variety of muskmelon, but its shape,

taste, and culinary uses more closely resemble those of a cucumber. The large number of cultivars in this species approaches that found in wild cabbage, though morphological variation is not as extensive. It is a fruit of a type that botanists call a pepo. Muskmelon is native to Persia (Iran), Armenia, and adjacent areas on the west and the east. Persia and the trans-Caucasus are believed to be the main center of origin and development, with a secondary center including Pakistan and the northwest provinces of India and Afghanistan . Although truly wild forms of C. melo have not been found, several related wild species have been noted in those regions.

Sunflower From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Sunflower (disambiguation). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2011)Helianthus annuus Sunflower

Scientific classificationKingdom: PlantaeDivision: AngiospermaePhylum: MagnoliophytaSubdivision: EudicotsClass: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeSubfamily: HelianthoideaeTribe: HeliantheaeGenus: HelianthusSpecies: H. annuusBinomial nameHelianthus annuusL.

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head). The sunflower is named after its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers. The heads consist of many individual flowers which mature into seeds, often in the hundreds, on a receptacle base. From the Americas, sunflower seeds were brought to Europe in the 16th century, where, along with sunflower oil, they became a widespread cooking ingredient.

Leaves of the sunflower can be used as cattle feed, while the stems contain a fibre which may be used in paper production.

Delonix regia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Delonix regia

Tree in full bloom in the Florida KeysConservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)Scientific classificationKingdom: Plantae(unranked): Angiosperms(unranked): Eudicots(unranked): RosidsOrder: FabalesFamily: FabaceaeSubfamily: CaesalpinioideaeGenus: DelonixSpecies: D. regiaBinomial nameDelonix regia(Boj. ex Hook.) Raf.

Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of flowers. In many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree and in English it is given the name Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant. It is also one of several trees known as Flame tree.

In India it is known as Gulmohar (Hindi and Urdu -‘Gul’ means ‘Flower’ and ‘Mohr’ is 'Peacock', thus the name suggests a spectacular show of color, like the extraordinary colors of a peacock's tail[1]). It is also known there as Krishnachura (Bengali: 'crown of the Lord Krishna). In Vietnamese it is known as Phượng vĩ (means "Phoenix's Tail) (Vietnamese), Malinche, and Tabachine.[2] In Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala, it is known as "Llama del Bosque".

This species was previously placed in the genus Poinciana, named for Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy, the 17th century governor of Saint Christophe (Saint Kitts), who is credited with introducing the plant to the Americas. Because it is a legume, the tree has nitrogen-fixating and soil-improving properties.