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Submitted by:
Jannella E. Rendon
Submitted to:
Sir Jayderick Ferolin
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Simple

Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines,

bushes, or trees. The inflorescence consists of large
colourful sepallike bracts which surround three simple
waxy flowers. It is native to South America from Brazil
west to Peru and south to southern Argentina.

Bougainvillea leaves

Compound

Caricature plant (Graptophyllum pictum) is an

evergreen, ornamental shrub. It can grow to 6 – 9 ft
tall. Graptophyllum pictum is basically grown for its
variegated foliage.

Caricature leaves
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Petiolate

India rubber plant, (Ficus elastica), also called India

rubber tree, large tree of the family Moraceae, once
an important source of an inferior natural rubber. It
was largely replaced as a source of rubber by the
unrelated rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in the early
20th century. The India rubber plant is native
to Southeast Asia and is commonly grown as an indoor
pot plant elsewhere. The young plants are durable
and grow well under less-than-ideal indoor conditions.

India rubber plant leaves

Sessile

Calabash tree, (Crescentia cujete), tree of the

family Bignoniaceae that grows in parts of Africa,
Central and South America, the West Indies, and
extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an
ornamental; however, it is also used in traditional
systems of medicine. The tree produces large
spherical fruits, up to 50 cm (20 inches) in diameter, the
hard shells of which are useful as bowls, cups, and
other containers when hollowed out.

Calabash leaves
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Opposite

A fern is a member of a group of vascular plants that

reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor
flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e.,
having specialized tissues that conduct water and
nutrients and in having life cycles in which the
sporophyte is the dominant phase.

Fern

Alternate

Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the crane

flower or bird of paradise,[3] is a species of flowering
plant indigenous to South Africa.
An evergreen perennial, it is widely cultivated for its
dramatic flowers. In temperate areas it is a popular
houseplant.

Birds of paradise leaves

Whorled

Pine trees are in the Pinus genus and the Pinaceae

family. They are coniferous trees, meaning that they
have cones through which they reproduce. In
addition to being coniferous, pine trees are also an
evergreen, which means they retain their foliage and
color throughout the whole year.

Pine tree
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Linear

Coconut tree leaves are one of the main parts of any

tree and there are many uses of leaves of any plants. If
we consider about the coconut tree leaves, it mainly
used for sheltering purposes in houses and shields in
rural areas. Normally coconut leaves called fronds,
they are bright green when they first emerge and then
it get darkens when it getting aged. As coconut tree
grows the bottom fond fall off and grey color trunk
behind.

Coconut leaves

Elliptic

The pomelo, shaddock, or in scientific terms Citrus

maxima or Citrus grandis, is the largest citrus fruit from
the family Rutaceae. It is a natural, i.e., non-
hybrid, citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a
large grapefruit, native to South and Southeast Asia.
The pomelo is one of the original citrus species from
which the rest of cultivated citrus have
been hybridized. The popular fruit is used in many
festive celebrations throughout Southeast Asia.

Pomelo leaves

Ovate

Yellow archangel is the common name of Lamiastrum

galeobolon, an herbaceous perennial plant used as a
low-growing ornamental. Lamiastrum means
“resembling Lamium“, referring to the similar-looking
deadnettles that are also grown as ornamental
ground covers.

Yellow archangel leaves

Cardate

Giloy (Tinospora Cordifolia) is an Ayurvedic herb that

has been used and advocated in Indian medicine for
ages. In Sanskrit, Giloy is known as ‘Amrita’, which
literally translates to ‘the root of immortality’, because
of its abundant medicinal properties.

Amrita leaves

Palmate

Papaya, (Carica papaya), also

called papaw or pawpaw, succulent fruit of a
large plant of the family Caricaceae. It
is cultivated throughout the tropical world and into
the warmest parts of the subtropics. The papaya fruit
is slightly sweet, with an agreeable musky tang,
which is more pronounced in some varieties and in
some climates than in others. It is a popular breakfast
fruit in many countries and is also used in salads, pies,
sherbets, juices, and confections. The unripe fruit can
Papaya leaves be cooked like squash.
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Entire

Cacao, also called cocoa,

tropical evergreen tree grown for its edible seeds,
whose scientific name means “food of the gods” in
Greek. Native to lowland rainforests of the Amazon
and Orinoco river basins, cacao is grown
commercially in the New World tropics as well
as western Africa and tropical Asia. Its seeds, called
cocoa beans, are processed into cocoa
powder, cocoa butter, and chocolate.

Cacao leaves

Crenate

Coleus are tender tropical plants grown for their

leaves, not for their flowers. The leaf patterns are
distinctly on the wild side — spotted, splashed, and
artistically edged in shades of color ranging
from purple, yellow, pink, intense red, and luminous
chartreuse. Coleus thrives in heat. For generations,
rooted cuttings of fancy coleus plants were simply
passed along from one gardener to another but the
market opened up in recent years and the selection of
coleus varieties is now bigger than ever.
Coleus plant leaves

Serrate

Gumamela is a shrub that grows from one meter up to

4 meters high. Gumamela is also known as: Hibiscus,
China Rose and Shoeflower. In the Philippines,
gumamela is cultivated as an ornamental plant. The
gumamela flower comes in many colors: red, yellow,
orange, white, purple, pink and other color
combinations.

Gumamela leaves
Lobe

The common polypody is a medium-sized fern that is

characteristic of damp, shady gorges and banks in
woodlands, as well as rocks, walls and mossy
branches. It can also survive in quite dry conditions
and is ideal for gardens - plant it in shade under trees,
or on walls or gravelly areas for attractive cover.

Common polypody leaves

 CITATIONS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea
https://www.plantingman.com/caricature-plant-graptophyllum-pictum-house-
plants/
https://www.britannica.com/plant/India-rubber-plant
https://www.britannica.com/plant/calabash-tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia_reginae
https://www.treemusketeers.net/pine-tree/
https://www.usesofcoconut.com/coconut-
leaves/#targetText=coconut%20tree%20leaves%20are%20one,of%20leaves%20o
f%20any%20plants.&targetText=Normally%20coconut%20leaves%20called%20fro
nds,and%20gray%20color%20trunk%20behind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomelo
https://wimastergardener.org/article/lamiastrum-galeobdolon-yellow-
archangel/
https://food.ndtv.com/health/10-amazing-benefits-of-giloy-the-root-of-
immortality-1434732
https://www.britannica.com/plant/papaya
https://www.britannica.com/plant/cacao
https://www.burpee.com/gardenadvicecenter/annuals/coleus/coleus%3A-
colorful-leafy-and-
luxurious/article10411.html#targetText=Coleus%20(Coleus%20blumei)%20are%20t
ender,Coleus%20thrives%20in%20heat.
https://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/gumamela.htm
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/ferns-and-horsetails/common-
polypody