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Kokio ula, Kokio ulaula, or Hawaiian red hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai)Oahu (Cultivated)A form known as kahilii, with possible recognition as a full species: Hibiscus kahilii.Kokio was pounded with other plants, juice strained, and taken to purify blood. The leaves were chewed and swallowed as a laxative or mothers would chew buds and given to infants and children as a laxative. Mother would also chew the buds and give to children or children would eat the seeds to strengthen a weak child.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific and subspecific epithet kokio comes from the Hawaiian name for this hibiscus.
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Seed sample of Pomaderris paniculosa (Shining Dogwood). Mature seeds are orange brown. White appendage is an elaiosome.
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Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Burra, Queensland, Australia
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Dog Valley ivesia, Ivesia aperta var. canina, Sierra Nevada, Peavine Mountain, Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, elevation 1935 m (6350 ft).This rare species is found only in a small area of northeastern California and adjacent western Nevada. These photos are from the only Nevada occurrence. Also visible is Artemisia arbuscula (low sagebrush).
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The Domain, Sydney (adjoining Botanic Gardens).Genus Alectryon includes some tall rainforest trees but some species have extended into much more exposed habitats, such as this one which occurs in seashore scrubs in northern NSW. Others occur widely in the semi-arid interior, most of them in the northern half of Australia. Pinnate leaves are the ancestral state in this genus, but the species from exposed habitats show a strong tendency to unifoliolate leaves in the adult state.Fruits are loculicidal capsules with 3 compartments each potentially containing a single seed, but often only 1 or 2 seeds develop. The seeds are black and shiny, each partly enclosed by an edible red aril, which is an outgrowth of the seed stalk. Arils are eaten by birds and possibly other fauna which thereby disperse the less edible seeds.
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Late in the season, Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum dons a distinctly different look. Synonyms include Geum macrophyllum subsp. perincisum, Geum macrophyllum var. rydbergii, Geum perincisum, Geum oregonense and others. It is a member of the Rose family and is distributed over most of the western United States through the extreme North Central Midwest to Michigan, and from Greenland to Alaska. More often it grows in the shade, although here it was completely exposed.Sept 24, 2014, Salt Lake County, somewhat damp meadows, Silver Lake area, Brighton, Utah, approx. 8735 ft..
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Maichingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Confirmed by the Hong Kong Herbarium on October 11, 2011, this is a Millettia speciosa. Photo taken on Sai Shan, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong.
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Nevada, United States
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Lundu, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Arizona, United States
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cultivated, South Miami, Florida, USA.
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Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Pafuri, Limpopo, South Africa
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Barrio Colon, Panama, Panama
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La Ensenada, Los Lagos Region, Chile
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Scarlet Kunzea (Kunzea baxteri) in cultivation in King's Park, Perth, Western Australia. Photographed on 20 August 1977.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.