BOTANY LAB: IDENTIFICATION OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES (copy)

Difficulty levels Easy: True or false Moderate: Multiple Choice Hard: Identification

caricature plant

Graptophyllum pictum

ti plant, palm lily, cabbage palm

Cordyline fruticosa

Gumamela, Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow and shoeblack plant

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

cornstalk dracaena

Dracaena fragrans

broadleaf lady palm or bamboo palm

Rhapis excelsa

giant taro

Alocasia macrorrhizos

bottle palm or palmiste gargoulette

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

harlequin glorybower, glorytree or peanut butter tree

Clerodendrum trichotomum

Lao

Schefflera leucantha

white mulberry, common mulberry and silkworm mulberry

Morus alba

screw pine

Pandanus tectorius

pomelo

Citrus maxima

lemon

Citrus × limon

sweet oranges

Citrus × sinensis

grapefruit

Citrus × paradisi

Dalanghita, naranghita and sintones

Citrus reticulata

dumbcane or tuftroot

Dieffenbachia seguine

fishbone fern, tuberous sword fern, tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, and herringbone fern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Red Lip, Wild Cinnamon, Australian Brush Cherry, Kelat Paya/Oil, Eugenia oleina

Syzygium myrtifolium

golden dewdrops, pigeon berry

Duranta erecta

split-leaf philodendron, lacy tree philodendron, selloum, horsehead philodendron, guaimbé

Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum

kalamansi, calamondin, Philippine lime, or Philippine lemon

Citrus x microcarpa

Ming Aralia

Polyscias fruticosa

lesser bougainvillea or paperflower

Bougainvillea glabra

great bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis

snake plant, Saint George's sword, mother-in-law's tongue, and viper's bowstring hemp

Dracaena trifasciata

little ironweed and poovamkurunnila

Cyanthillium cinereum

Tropical Carpet Grass, Wide-Leaved Carpet Grass, Cow Grass, Rumput Parit

Axonopus compressus

Chinese croton, blindness tree, buta buta, jungle fire plant

Excoecaria cochinchinensis

chamber bitter, gripeweed, shatterstone, leafflower, or stonebreaker

Phyllanthus urinaria

golden cane palm, yellow palm, bamboo palm, areca palm or butterfly palm

Dypsis Lutescens

Philippine Homalomena or Payau/payaw

Homalomena philippinensis

spurgecreeper

Dalechampia scandens L.

bakong or knob-fruited screwpine

Pandanus dubius

Banana Boat, Lemon Zest, Siderosticta Sedge, Siderosticta's Sedge and Siderosticta's Fox Sedge

Carex siderosticta

the Fairy

Rosa polyantha

multiflora rose, baby rose, Japanese rose, many-flowered rose, seven-sisters rose, Eijitsu rose and rambler rose

Rosa multiflora

mango

Mangifera indica

Mangifera, Quadrifida Mango and Four-Lobed Mango

Mangifera quadrifida

Japanese arborvitae

Thuja standishii

Narrow-Leaf Alstonia or Pulai Penipu Paya

Alstonia angustifolia

Moss rose plants or moss-rose purslane

Portulaca grandiflora

red-edged dracaena or Madagascar dragon tree

Dracaena marginata

common spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Oregano, Spanish thyme or wild marjoram

Origanum vulgare

ji dan hua, nosegay, kalachuchi

Plumeria rubra

Ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan palm, Palas payung, Ruffled lantan palm, or Palas palm

Licuala grandis

brush cherry and native myrtle

Eugenia Mytifolia

Ivory Bamboo, Buluh Gading, Stripe Bamboo

Bambusa Vulgaris var. Striata

Pandan, Fragrant Pandan, Scented Pandan, Screwpine, Fragrant Screwpine, Indonesian Screwpine, Pandan Rampeh, Pandan Wangi, Daun Pandan

Pandanus Amaryllifolius

bashō, Japanese fiber banana, hardy fiber banana, hardy Japanese banana

Musa Basjoo

Variegated Spiral Ginger

Cheilocostus speciosus ‘Variegatus’

cat palm, cascade palm, or cataract palm

Chamaedorea cataractarum

Bowstring Hemp, Ceylon Bowstring Hemp, Devil’s Tongue, Mother-in-Law’s Tongue

Sansevieria zeylanica

Flame of the Woods; Iron Tree; Ixora; Jungle Flame; Jungle Geranium; Maui sunset; Pendkuli

Ixora coccinea

fire croton, garden croton, or variegated croton

Codiaeum variegatum

desert horse purslane, black pigweed, giant pigweed

Trianthema portulacastrum

Dracaena deremensis

Anahaw, footstool palm

Saribus rotundifolius

palmier bâtard, palmiste poison, or champagne palm

Hyophorbe indica

Narrow Leaved Dracaena

Dracaena angustifolia

Sleeping Hibiscus

Malvaviscus arboreus

physic nut, Barbados nut, poison nut, bubble bush, purging nut, Tubang-bakod Tubang-bakod (Tagalog); tuba-tuba, kasla

Jatropha curcas

elephant ear, heart of Jesus, and angel wings

Caladium x Hortulanum

minnieroot, fever root, snapdragon root and sheep potato

Ruellia tuberosa

Heliconia hirsuta

Gunn's tick-trefoil, Slender tick-trefoil, Southern tick-trefoil

Desmodium gunnii

geranium aralia or wild coffee

Polyscias guilfoylei

Devil's Backbone, Japanese Poinsettia, Redbird Flower, Slipper Flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Dracaena Gold dust, Japanese Bamboo, Gold Dust Plant, Spotted Leaf Dracaena

Dracaena surculosa

False Ashoka, False Asoka, Mast Tree, Indian Mast Tree, Weeping Mast Tree, Green Champa, Mempisang

Monoon longifolium

Polyalthia longifolia

Ivy Tree

Schefflera heptaphylla

balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, touch-me-not or spotted snapweed

Impatiens balsamina

arius

Podocarpus costalis

Brush Cherries, Lillipillies

Syzygium campanulatum

magenta lilly pilly or magenta cherry

Syzygium paniculatum

Siling Labuyo, Tabasco Pepper, Cayenne pepper, Capsicum, Bird Pepper, and Hot Pepper

Capsicum frutescens

common walnut (Great Britain), Persian walnut, English walnut, Carpathian walnut, Madeira walnut

Juglans regia

Sander's dracaena, ribbon dracaena, lucky bamboo, curly bamboo, Chinese water bamboo, Goddess of Mercy's plant, Belgian evergreen

Dracaena sanderiana

Guiana Chestnut, Provision Tree, Shaving-brush Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Water Chestnut, Saba Nut, Fortune Tree, Money Tree, Oje

Pachira aquatica

Song of India, Pride of India, Song of Jamaica

Dracaena reflexa

Australian Ivy Palm, Dwarf Hawaiian Schefflera, Dwarf Schefflera, Hawaiian Umbrella Tree, Parasol plant, Umbrella Plant

Schefflera arboricola

aji, bishop's hat, orchid pepper

Capsicum baccatum

fiery costus or spiral flag

Chamaecostus cuspidatus

Chinese evergreen

Aglaonema modestum

Devil's Ivy; Devil's Vine; Golden Pothos; Ivy Arum; Marble Queen; Pothos; Taro Vine

Epipremnum aureum

Rockweed, Artillery plant, Artillery Fern, Gunpowder plant or Brilhantina, Angeloweed, Joypowder plant

Pilea microphylla

arrowleaf elephant ear, tiquizque, macal, nampi, malanga or American taro

Xanthosoma violaceum

mother-in-law’s tongue, piles root, African bowstring hemp

Sansevieria hyacinthoides

Daun Nisang, Gereneh, Parasol Palm, Palmier Parasol

Licuala orbicularis

wild star-apple or satinleaf

Chrysophyllum oliviforme

Macarthur palm

Ptychosperma macarthurii

Walidda, Artic Snow, Milky Way, Snowflakes, Sampaguita, Coral Swirl, Tellicherry Bark

Wrightia antidysenterica

Chinese ixora

Ixora chinensis

white water sedge or whitehead spikesedge

Kyllinga nemoralis

pepper elder, shining bush plant, man-to-man, silverbush, rat-ear, clearweed

Peperomia pellucida

Purple Heart

Tradescantia pallida

Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra, asana

Pterocarpus indicus

semarak api, royal poinciana, flamboyant tree or peacock tree

delonix regia

caesalpiniaceae

Senna surattensis

Cassia surattensis