HaoApocynaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsHawaii Island (Cultivated)Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. The tiny flowers of hao, while not dramatic, have a fragrance similar to plumeria, which belong to the same family. www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5188494228/in/photolist-...Early Hawaiians scraped the bark and mixed with its flowers in water. The medicine was drunk to aid in curing paoao (a childhood disease with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).The wood of hao is very hard. "Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu notes: "It is called Hao because of what it is like due to the hardness that can spoil an adze." Incidentally, the name for iron in Hawaiian is also hao.NPH00003nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Rauvolfia_sandwicensis
Beaumontia grandiflora - beautiful trumpet flowers. They are large and have strong sweet aroma. Flowers have amazing perfect shape and symmetry. They are stunning! Resemble Cup of Gold Solandra maxima , but they are not relatives.It is woody very large rambling vine; that is how I found it growing behind the fence (shot below).Location: Brisbane suburban, AustraliaNative to India and Nepal
Apocynum androsaemifolium var. pumilum A. Gray. Some taxonomists have combined the two varieties (which also also sometimes referenced to as subspecies) into a single species, but I am here following Welsh (2008 and prior) and Cronquist (1984). This variety differs from var. androsaemifolium by its more cylindric or urecolate shaped corolla that does not dilate apically, shorter floral bracts, and by its usually erect or ascending follicles (which as in both varieties are in pairs).July 30, 2011, Neff's Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, approx 5735 ft. elev.
Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Kohler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303724
Barranco de las AlmuniasZaragozaFamilia: ASCLEPIADACEAEDistribucin: Planta mediterrneo-iraniana, que se distribuye por el S de Europa y SE de Rusia. En la Pennsula Ibrica aparece fundamentalmente en el litoral mediterrneo, valles del Guadalaviar, Duero y Ebro, en donde es ms frecuente cuanto ms hacia el E. En el Sistema Ibrico y Prepirineos es ms rara, encontrndose en la cuenca del Jiloca, Tramacastilla, Aranda de Moncayo, cercanas de Jaca, Fonz o Barbastro.Hbitat: Forma parte de sotos ribereos, juncales, herbazales y zarzales en orillas de ros, acequias, arroyos, barrancos hmedos o ramblas. Secundariamente se la puede encontrar en mrgenes de caminos y carreteras, desmontes, huertos, etc.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente, indiferente al sustrato, no desdea los suelos ricos en yesos o sales.Rango altitudinal: 70- 740 ( 1200 ) mFloracin: Junio - SeptiembreForma Biolgica:Camfito escaposoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)