The flower of Moringa oleifera (family: Moringaceae), a tree with edible leaves quite important as a green leafy, highly nutricious, and tasty, vegetable, especially in the dry areas of Mozambique. Local names: lengkero (Macua language) , nengkero (Mwani language).
Calytrix strigosa is a Western Australian endemic species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, The shrub grows to a height of 0.15-1.6 metres ). It can flowers most of the year producing purple-blue-violet star-shaped flowers.Photo: Fred
lei or Hawaiian hawthornRosaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahuEarly Hawaiians used the seeds and buds as a laxative for babies. The leaves, root bark and salt were pounded together and the liquid used for deep cuts.The small white sweet fruits were eaten and is similar in taste to rose petals. They produced a lavender to purple dye for kapa (tapa). Both the fruit and flowers of lei were used in lei making.EtymologyThe generic name Osteomeles comes from the Greek osteon, bone, and melon, apple, in reference to the pome-type fruit with its hard endocarps (seed shell).The specific epithet anthyllidifolia literally means "with Anthyllis-like leaves." Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the Fabaceae or Pea family.NPH00012nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Osteomeles_anthyllidif...