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Perennial succulent rosettes. Found in Eastern Africa.
Bamboo with quite long branches.
Groves of several plants.
High bamboo grown for its decorative shape and its edible shoots.
5. Bamboo Sasa (white margin)
This Bamboo species is grown for leaves that wither at the margins in fall, thus giving it a very unusual look with the dark green leaves with a white edge. It is best used as a groundcover in a shady area for the most striking look. It is fine for full sun here in the Pacific northwest. Sasa veitchii will grow to between 3 and 5 feet when left alone, but it can be kept shorter by cutting it to the ground after its spring flush of growth.
Common banana, big, pale green leaves. Bears hanging inflorescences, male purplish flowers are grouped at the bottom.
Grass silhouette, swamp plant.
Lady fern, under wood type fern, also growing along shady banks.
Male fern, persistent frond, slender.
10. Giant Elephant Ear - APE
Originating in Southern Asia and growing throughout the Southern Pacific. Ancient Polynesians (Hawaiians) call this plant Ape. By some, this plant is referred to as ""wild"" Taro. This variety of Alocasia is sometimes referred to as giant elephant ears or upright elephant ears. The leaves push out of the center of the plant from within the innermost leaf stem. The tips of the leaves can reach heights of 10 and 12 feet!
11. Pandang Oil Plant - FARA, HINANO
From South East Asia and much cultivated on the east coast of India, it is a small, slender, branching tree with a flexuous trunk, and aerial roots.
13. Reed (giant), rootstock knotty
Perennial plant with rhizomes. Thick stems bear broad leaves. Produce dense, erected panicles in summer.
14. Sisal (wild), Oldupai sisal
A succulent that grows in Oldupai gorge of the Serengeti.
15. Taro, Elephant Ear - APE
Native from Malaysia, Sri-Lanka, India. Large, pointed, broad leaves grow from tuber on stiff stems.
16. Traveler's Tree (Palm)
Native to Madagascar, the Traveler's Palm gets its name from the fact that thirsty travelers may find water that accumulates in many parts of the plant such as leaf folds, flower bracts and inside each of the hollow leaf bases. Traveler's Palm (not a true palm) has been described as being part banana tree and part palm tree. Its long and multiple petioles (stems) and deep green leaves resemble those of the banana and extend distinctively out from the trunk like large slats of a hand fan. The leaves range up to 10 feet long and from 12 to 20 inches in width.
Native from Western Melanesia, Polynesia, rhizome forming a massive, somewhat spherical trunk to ca 60-90 cm high and 45 cm diameter Stems thick and fleshy, to ca 2 m long.
18. Yellow Garland Flower
This species comes from the Himalayas part of India and has a most delicious smell, quite sweet. It has now become an invading plant in many tropical areas like on Reunion and Mauritius islands.