About Plants

Common name Botanical name Family Place

Hollyhocks Alcea rosea Malvaceae Eastern Mediterranean

Dog Flower/Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus Scrophulariaceae China and the US

Cosmos/ Mexican aster Cosmos bipinnatus Asteraceae Mexico and South

America
Carnation/Clove Pink Dianthus Caryophyllus Caryophyllaceae Europe, Asia and
Mediterranean
Stokes Stokesia Asteraceae Southeastern United
States
Marigold Tagetes Asteraceae North and South
America,
Viola tricolor var.
Pansy hortensis or Viola x Violaceae South America
wittrockiana
Dahlia Dahlia Pinnata Asteraceae Mexico

Sage/Culinary sage Salvia Lamiaceae Mediterranean region,

Oaxaca and Mexico
Barberton daisy or
Transvaal daisy Gerbera jamesonii Asteraceae South America, Africa
and Asia
yesterday-today-and-
tomorrow, morning- Brunfelsia pauciflora Solanaceae Brazil.
noon-and-night, Kiss
Me Quick, and Brazil
raintree
Mexico, Central
Gulchin Plumeria Alba Apocynaceae America and
the Caribbean
Chinaberry tree, Pride
of India, bead-tree, Melia azedarach Meliaceae Indomalaya and
Cape lilac, syringa berry Australasia
tree, Persian lilac, and
Indian lilac,Dhraik
Ashoka tree Saraca asoca Fabaceae Asia and South America
Common Name Botanical Name Family Place

Elephant's foot Beaucarnea recurvata Asparagaceae Tamaulipas, Veracruz and

or Ponytail Palm eastern Mexico
Kangi Palm, sago
palm, king sago, sago Cycas Revoluta Cycadaceae southern Japan
cycad, Japanese sago
palm
Amaryllis , Belladonna Western Cape region
lily, Jersey lily, Amarillo, Hippeastrum Amaryllidaceae of South Africa
Easter lily
Golden Cane Palm, Philippines, Madagascar
Areca Palm, Yellow Dypsis lutescens Arecaceae and South India
Palm or Butterfly Palm
Song of India or song of Mozambique,
Jamaica Dracaena reflexa Asparagaceae Madagascar, Mauritius

Musambi, Sweet southern regions of Iran

Lime, Sweet Lemon Citrus limetta Rutaceae and Mediterranean Basin

Norfolk Island Pine,

Christmas Tree Plant, Araucaria Araucariaceae Brazil, Chile, Argentina,
Australian Pine, House New Guinea, New
Pine Caledonia, Norfolk Island,
and Australia
Weeping Fig, Benjamin
Fig or ficus Ficus benjamina Moraceae Asia and Australia

Banana Musa Acuminata, Musa Musaceae Southeast Asia and the

Balbisiana South Pacific
Mandarin, Tangerine, Rutaceae
Unshu orange, Satsuma Citrus reticulata Morocco
Orange,Temple
Olive Olea europaea Oleaceae Mediterranean regions.

Yellow Trumpetbush,
Yellow bells, Yellow Tecoma stans Bignoniaceae Americas
elder, Ginger-Thomas

Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae Indian subcontinent

South America from

Paper Flower Bougainvillea glabra Nyctaginaceae Brazil west to Peru and
south to southern
Argentina
Common name Botanical name Family Place

Africa, Asia, Madagascar

Cape jasmine Gardenia Rubiaceae and Pacific Islands

Middle East and

Fig Ficus carica Moraceae western Asia

Virginia Eastern and Central

creeper, Victoria Parthenocissus Vitaceae North America, and
creeper, five-leaved ivy quinquefolia south to eastern Mexico
or five-finger and Guatemala
Golden Pothos, Ceylon
creeper, hunter's Epipremnum aureum Araceae Solomon Islands
robe, ivy arum, money
plant, silver
vine, Solomon Islands
ivy and taro vine. It is
also called devil's
vine or devil's ivy
Marwa Origanum majorana Mediterranean region
Lamiaceae and Anatoila
Arabian Bhutan, Bangladesh, In
jasmine or Sambac Jasminum sambac Oleaceae dia, and Pakistan
jasmine
night-blooming
jessamine, night- Cestrum nocturnum Solanaceae West Indies, South Asia
blooming
jasmine, night-blooming
cestrum, and Raatrani
Hibiscus, rose mallow, warm temperate, subtro
hardy hibiscus, rose of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Malvaceae pical and tropical regions
sharon, throughout the world
Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera Arecaceae Egypt and Mesopotamia
Arjuna or Arjun tree Terminalia arjuna Combretaceae India Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Meyer lemon Citrus meyeri Rutaceae China

Daylily Hemerocallis Asphodelaceae Temperate regions of

Asia
Mako, black nightshade Solanum nigrum Solanaceae Eurasia Americas,
Australasia, and South
Africa, Pakistan, India