Shrubs

Scientific name

Common name

Family

Origin

Acalypha hispida

Red Catstail, Chenelle Plant

Euphorbiaceae

SE Asia

Agave caribaeicola

Century Plant, Langue Boeuf

Agavaceae

West Indies

Aloe Vera

Aloe

Xanthorrhoeaceae

 

Allamanda cathartica

Allamanda

Apocynaceae

Brazil

Alpinia purpurata

Ginger Lilly, Red Ginger

Zingiberaceae

SE Asia

Bougainvillea glabra

Bougainvillea

Nyctaginaceae

Brazil

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Barbados Pride

Legum. Caesalp.

W. Indies India

Calliandra purpurea

Red Powderpuff, Ponpon Rouge

Mimosaceae

Lesser Antilles

Cascabela thevetia

 Yellow oleander, Lucky nut 

Apocynaceae 

Central America

Cecropia schreberiana 

Trumpet bush 

Urticaceae

American tropics

Cymbopogon

Lemon grass 

Poaceae  
Dillenia suffruticosa  Dillenia Dilleniaceae Malaysia
Encostema verticillanum

Part a man life 

   
Eryngium foetidum

Chadon beni

Apiaceae

 Mexico and South America

Heliconia rostrata

Heliconia

Heliconiaceae

Trop. America

Ixora coccinea

Ixora

Rubiaceae

East Indies

Jatropha integerrima

Peregrina

Euphobiaceae

Greater Antilles

Lagerstroemia indica

Crape Myrtle, Queen of Flowers

Lythraceae

China and SE Asia

Lantana camara

Buddy me eye

Verbenaceae

American tropics

Leonotis nepetifolia

Ball head

Lamiaceae

tropical Africa and southern India

 Mormodica charantia

 Carila

 

 

Nerium oleander

Oleander

Apocynaceae

Mediterranean

Opuntia cochenillifera

Prickle pear 

Cactaceae

 

Petrea volubilis

Blue Petrea

Verbenaceae

Lesser Antilles

 Peperomia pellucida

Shine bush 

Piperaceae

 
 Phyllanthus amarus

Seed under leaf

Phyllanthaceae

 
Plantago lanceolata

English plantain/ eye washer 

Plantaginaceae

  British Isles
Rosemarinus offinalis

Rosemary 

Lamiaceae

Mediterranean region

Thubergia grandiflora

Thunbergia

Acanthaceae

India, E. Indies

       

 

    

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