Get to know 14 plants selected from Camiguin. Discover their scientific names, identifying features and growing needs.
Caladium bicolor
Caladium bicolor is a tuberous perennial grown for its striking, heart-shaped leaves that display a vibrant mix of green, white, pink, red, and burgundy. The foliage is papery thin with prominent veins, arising directly from the underground
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Sansevieria trifasciata
S. trifasciata is a succulent perennial forming a clump of erect, sword-shaped deep green leaves with pale green transverse bands, with racemes of small, tubular pale green flowers in summer or autumn
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Codiaeum variegatum, commonly known as croton, is a striking evergreen shrub grown primarily for its bold, leathery leaves. The leaves come in a dazzling array of colors including green, yellow, orange, red, and purple, often with variegate
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Dieffenbachia seguine
Dieffenbachia seguine is a popular houseplant known for its large, ovate leaves that are dark green with cream or white variegation. It has a thick, cane-like stem that supports the foliage, and under ideal conditions it may produce a small
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Tabernaemontana divaricata
Tabernaemontana divaricata is a bushy, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and waxy, white, pinwheel-shaped flowers that have a delightful fragrance, especially at night. The flowers are often double or semi-double in cultivated
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Cordyline fruticosa
Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen shrub reaching up to 2-3 meters in height. It has erect stems with a tuft of sword-shaped or lanceolate leaves at the top, each 30-60 cm long. The foliage exhibits a wide range of colors, including deep g
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Asplenium nidus
An evergreen fern forming a striking rosette of strap-shaped, undivided, bright green, fronds to 1.2m in length
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Tradescantia zebrina
A trailing evergreen perennial to 15cm, with lance-shaped, deep bronze-green leaves with two longitudinal silvery bands above, purple beneath; rosy-purple flowers in small terminal clusters appear sporadically throughout the year
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Terminalia catappa
Terminalia catappa is a large deciduous tree reaching 15–25 m in height with a spreading, umbrella-shaped canopy. Its broad, obovate leaves are 10–25 cm long, turning brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow in autumn before falling. Sma
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Arachis hypogaea
A leguminous plant grown as an annual and cultivated for its edible fruit- the peanut. Leaves are divided into four leaflets and small, pea-like yellow flowers with orange veining up to 1.5cm across are borne from mid- to late summer. Follo
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Ocimum basilicum
An aromatic tender annual or short-lived perennial, 30-60cm tall and 30cm wide, with bright green, elliptic leaves approximately 5cm long and 2-3cm wide. Many different cultivars available, varying in size and colour. Small, tubular white o
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Lagerstroemia indica
L. indica is an upright, deciduous tree or large shrub with peeling brown and grey bark and, 8cm long, dark green leaves which are bronze when young. The crinkly, white, pink or purple flowers are produced from summer to autumn in showy, co
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Plumeria rubra
P. rubra is a deciduous shrub with few succulent branches bearing oblong leaves to 40cm long, and terminal panicles of highly fragrant, yellow-centred rose-pink flowers to 9cm across, in late summer and autumn
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Musa acuminata
Musa acuminata is a large, fast-growing perennial herbaceous plant with a pseudostem formed by tightly overlapping leaf bases. It produces huge, oblong to elliptic leaves that are bright green and can reach up to 3 meters in length. The inf
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