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Rose Canyon Lake, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, September 2010
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Limpopo, South Africa
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Family: NyctaginaceaeDistribution: As a weed in fields. Found in tropics. Photographed at Nellore of A.P, India. Description; Erect annual herbs,25-40cm tall. leaves 1-4x 1-2.5 cm elliptic ovate, undulate, acute, base rounded, chartaceous, glaucous beneath, Flowers 2-4mm, white in long axilary or terminal panicles. Peduncles thin and much branched. Friuts 2-3mm obconic with truncate apex, grooved.This is the White Punarnava, having high reputation as Ayurvedic medicine. It is described as Boerhavia punarnava by Saha and Krishna moorthy. Reference: Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana and A.S.Rao, ENVIS.
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Ppala kpau or Kauai catchbird treeNyctaginaceae (Four O'Clock family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)IUCN: EndangeredKauai (Cultivated)Ppala kpau are truly fascinating plants with a sad, but interesting, cultural history. A sinistral use for the sticky fruit was to trap native birds. [6] The captured victims provided feathers for the strikingly colorful cloaks (capes), helmets, lei, images and khili. Birds such as '' and mamo were plucked of their few moulting yellow feathers and set free to grow more for the next season. However, this was not the case with the 'i'iwi and 'apapane which were covered with red- or green-colored feathers and would not have survived the plucking. They were captured, plucked and eaten.Medicinally, the milky sap from ppala kpau was used for cuts. The cooked leaves were used to cure paoao (childhood disease with physical weakening) and for lepo paa (constipation).The early Hawaiians used an adhesive gum for repairing bowls.EtymologyThe former generic name Pisonia is named for William Piso (ca. 1611-1678), Dutch physician, pharmacist, botanist, and early writer on medicinal plants of Brazil.The specific wagneriana is named for Warren L. Wagner, American botanist.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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In open oak forest in southern arizona. YMCA camp near Oracle Arizona. June 2010
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2009 California Academy of Sciences
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Species: Mirabilis jalapa L. Date: 2014-01-14 Location: Shaneragh rd, Mandara, Harare Habitat: Disturbed roadside verge
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Have Randers
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Tomahawk Creek bottom, .5 k SE (by crow) of S Tomahawk Bridge, Searcy County, Arkansas, US
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Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
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Ppala kpau or Umbrella catchbird treeNyctaginaceae (Four O'Clock family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsHawaii Island (Cultivated)The early Hawaiians used an adhesive gum from ppala kpau for repairing bowls.The milky sap from ppala kpau was used for cuts. The cooked leaves were used to cure paoao (childhood disease with physical weakening) and for lepo paa (constipation).Ppala kpau are truly fascinating plants with a sad, but interesting, cultural history. A sinistral use for the sticky fruit was to trap native birds. [6] The captured victims provided feathers for the strikingly colorful cloaks (capes), helmets, lei, images and khili. Birds such as '' and mamo were plucked of their few moulting yellow feathers and set free to grow more for the next season. However, this was not the case with the 'i'iwi and 'apapane which were covered with red- or green-colored feathers and would not have survived the plucking. They were captured, plucked and eaten.The former generic name Pisonia is named for William Piso (ca. 1611-1678), Dutch physician, pharmacist, botanist, and early writer on medicinal plants of Brazil.The specific epithet umbellifera is from the Latin umbelliferum, umbel-bearing or shade carrying, from umbrella (altered from umbell), Latin for parasol, and named for the large leaves of this species.