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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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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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Texas, United States
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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.
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California, United States
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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New Mexico, United States
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Florida, United States
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Found on hillside above Parker Lake, SE Arizona.
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Alena or Red spiderlingNyctaginaceaeIndigenous to the Hawiian Islands (Alena is found on all the Main Hawaiian Islands and on many of the Northwest Islands: Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll, Pearl & Hermes Atoll, Lisianski, Laysan, French Frigate Shoals, and and collected only once on Nhoa at Adam's Beach in 1923 during the Tanager Expeditions.)Photo: Makapuu, OahuEarly Hawaiians and Samoans used the large roots of alena for medicinal purposes. In Samoa, the tuberous root is reportedly to have been eaten in times of famine.Polynesian Names: Aka taha (Tonga); Akataha kula (Tonga); Alena (Hawaii); Anena (Hawaii); Ktule (Niue); Luna? (Tuvalu); Nena (Hawaii); Nuna (Tokelau); Nunanuna (Societies); Patakomata (Marquesas); Runa (Cooks?, Mangareva, Tuamotus); Ufi tuli (Samoa); Ufi viole (Samoa, a modern name) EtymologyThe generic name Boerhavia was named for Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738), a Dutch botany professor.The specific name repens is Latin for creeping, in reference to its habit of creeping along the ground.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Boerhavia_repens
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March 27, 2010. King Canyon, Tucson Hills, Arizona. Saguaro National Park West.
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Kingdom=PlantaeOrder=CaryophyllalesFamily=NyctaginaceaeGenus=CommicarpusSpecies=australisBinomial name=Commicarpus australisCommon name=perennial tar vine
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Nevada, United States
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D5000, Tamron 300 f/2.8
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Deep Springs, California, United States
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Sabino Creek, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, August 2010