Flora – Page 2 – Flora and Fauna of Tropical Asia

4 August 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

The tropical world is home to an incredible variety of unusual and tasty fruits, many of which are completely unknown ...

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In Taiwan money grows on trees. Perhaps not in the literal sense, but many inhabitants of the island believe and ...

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Ixora is a genus of a flowering shrub from the Rubiaceae family. There are hundreds of species and cultivated varieties ...

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Seeing a wild animal advancing rapidly through its habitat is nothing unusual. But watching a plant perform rapid evasive movement, ...

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One of the less pleasant aspects of living on islands or in the coastal areas of climatically warmer zones is ...

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Southern Taiwan is an extraordinary place in many ways. With a hot and humid climate, colourful coral formations, sandy beaches, ...

27 June 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

Some people have asked me what method I use for identifying plants. Well, in the good old days one would ...

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We came across this lovely scene last weekend near the town of Chishang (池上) in Taitung County, southern Taiwan. Much ...

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A rather ordinary plant, the night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) is widely cultivated in southern Taiwan. I always wondered what makes ...

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Once upon a time breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) was the staple diet of many island nations in Polynesia and other parts ...