Selected Trees and Shrubs
Click on the scientific name of a plant to be taken to its photographs and description.
(Plant numbers and letters refer to their location in the Gardens plan in the 1988 Guide. Plants with an asterisk (*) have not yet been researched.)
(Plant numbers and letters refer to their location in the Gardens plan in the 1988 Guide. Plants with an asterisk (*) have not yet been researched.)
Trees
TREE # |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
FAMILY |
ORIGIN |
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17 48 36 NEW 40 - NEW NEW - - - 19 - 6 NEW 2 35 24 18 34 1 31 16 28 15 NEW 41 21 - 33 42 5 25 - 4 43 - - NEW 49 13 NEW 26 NEW 37 - 7 - - - - 23 29 NEW NEW 14 - 47 NEW NEW - 10 3 9 38 NEW NEW NEW 11 46 - 8 27 12 22 44 30 45 20 32 NEW 39 |
Acrocomia aculeata
Adansonia digitata Afzelia xylocarpa Albezia lebbek Albizia niopoides Alstonia scholaris Annona muricata Annona reticulata Araucaria heterophylla Artocarpus altilis Artocarpus heterophyllus Averrhoa carambola Azadirachta indica Bambusa spinosa Bauhinia variegata Bombax ceiba Brownea coccinea Bucida buceras Butea monosperma Caesalpinia punctata Calliandra surinamensis Cananga odorata Cassia fistular Cassia javanica Catalpa longissima Chrysophyllum cainito Cinnamomum verum Colvillea racemosa Copaifera officinalis Cordia sebestena Corypha umbraculifera Couroupita guianensis Cycas spp. Delonix regia Dialium ovoideum Dillenia indica Diospyros sp. Dipterix odorata Dypsis lutescens Elaeis guineensis *Entandrophragma angolense Ficus benghalensis Gmelina phillipensis Haematoxylon campechianum Hibiscus elatus Hyophorbe lagenicaulis Juniperus bermudiana Kigelia africana Lagerstroemia speciosa Litchi chinensis Livistona chinensis Mangifera indica Manilkara bidentata Melaleuca linearifolia Morinda citrifolia Musa acuminata Pachira insignis Pandanus sp. Peltophorum pterocarpum Persia americana Phoenix reclinata Pimenta officinalis Pinus caribaea Plumeria rubra Podocarpus coriaceus Portea carinalis Pritchardia pacifica Ravenala madagascariensis Rhapis excelsa Roystonea oleracea Samanea saman Saraca indica Senna siamea Sideroxylon foetidissimum Spathodea campanulata Sterculia alata Swietenia macrophylla Tabebuia rosea Tectona grandis Terminalia catappa Thespesia populnea Veitchia merrillii Vitex divaricata |
Gru Gru Palm
Baobab Makamong, Black Rosewood Albizia, Woman's Tongue Caribbean Albizia Ditta Bark, Pulai Soursop, Kowosol Custard Apple, Cashima Norfolk Island Pine Breadfruit Jackfruit, Jacktree Carambola, Star Fruit Neem Spiny Bamboo Orchid Tree Bombax, Red Silk Cotton, Kapoc Brownea, Scarlet Flame Bean Antigua Whitewood Flame of the Forest Bridal Veil Pink Calliandra, Pink Powderpuff Ylang Ylang Golden Shower Pink Cassia, Apple Blossom Haitian Catalpa, French Oak Star Apple, Caimite Cinnamon, Canelle Colville's Glory, Colvillea Balsam Geiger Tree, Spanish Cordia Talipot Palm/Century Palm Canon Ball Tree Sago Palm Flamboyant Velvet Tamarind Elephant Apple, Simpoh False Ebony, Bishop's Heart Tonka Bean, Cumaru Areca or Golden Cane Palm African Oil Palm, Oil Palm Tiama Banyan Tree, Red Ficus Gmelina, Shrimp Plant, Parrot's Beak Campeche, Logwood Blue Mahoe, Cuban Bast, Mahoe Bottle Palm Bermuda Juniper Sausage Tree Queens Flower Tree Litchi, Lychi, Litchee Chinese Fan Palm Mango, Mangue Balata/Bullet Wood Paper Bark Noni, Pangkila Banana, Lacatan Wild Chestnut Screwpine Yellow Flamboyant Avocado, Alligator Pear, Pear, Zaboca Senegal Date Palm, Wild Date Palm Allspice, Pimento Caribbean Pine Frangipani Resinier Montayne Bois Kwaib Fiji Fan Palm Traveler's Palm, Traveler's Tree Lady Palm, Bamboo Palm West Indian Royal Palm, Royal Palm Saman Saraca Siam Cassia Acomat, Wild Olive African Tulip Buddha Coconut Large-leaf Mahogany Pink Poui, Poirier Teak W. Indian Almond Maho La Mer, Portia Tree Manila Palm, Christmas Palm Bois Lezard, Huleumele |
Arecaceae/Palmae
Bombacacea Legum. Caesalp Mimosaceae Mimosaceae Apocynaceae Annonaceae Annonaceae Araucariaceae Moraceae Moraceae Oxalidaceae Meliaceae Poaceae Legum. Caesalp Bombacaceae Legum. Caesalp. Combretaceae Legum. Fabac. Legum. Caesalp. Mimosaceae Annonaceae Legum. Caesalp. Legum. Caesalp. Bignoniaceae Sapotaceae Lauraceae Legum. Fabac. Legum. Caesalp Boraginaceae Arecaceae/Palmae Lecythidaceae Cycadaceae Legum. Caesalp Legum. Fabac. Dilleniaceae Ebenaceae Legum. Fabac. Arecaceae Arecaceae/Palmae Meliaceae Moraceae Verbenaceae Legum. Caesalp Malvaceae Arecaceae/Palmae Cupressaceae Bignoniaceae Lythraceae Sapindaceae Arecaceae Anacardiaceae Sapotaceae Myrtaceae Rubiaceae Musaceae Bombacaceae Pandanaceae Legum. Caesalp. Lauraceae Arecaceae/Palmae Myrtaceae Pinaceae Apocynaceae Podocarpaceae Legum. Fabac. Arecaceae Strelitziaceae Arecaceae Arecaceae Mimosaceae Legum. Caesalp. Legum. Caesalp. Sapotaceae Bignoniaceae Sterculiaceae Meliaceae Bignoniaceae Verbenaceae Combretaceae Malvaceae Arecaceae Verbenaceae |
C. & S. America
W. Africa Trop. Asia Trop. America Trop. America Trop. Asia W.I., Trop. America West Indies Norfolk Island Southeast Asia SW India Indonesia India S.E. Asia S.E. Asia S.E. Asia Trop. America Trop. America Indo-Malaysia Venez., Caribb. Trop. S. America Tropical Asia Tropical Asia Indo-Malaysia Mexico to Ecuador Greater Antilles Sri Lanka and S. India Madagascar S. America W. I., Trop. America Ceylon, Malaba Trop. America Trop.Africa, Asia Madagascar Sri Lanka Indo-Malaysia Africa Cent/Nth S. America Madagascar Trop. West Africa W. Africa India India, Philippines Central America Cuba, Jamaica Mascarene Islands Bermuda W. Africa India & S.E. Asia South China Sth Japan, Taiwan, Sth China Sea Islands Trop. Asia Trop. America Trop. Asia S.E. Asia S.E. Asia Amazonia Trop. Asia Indo-Malaysia Southern Mexico Tropical Africa Jamaica, C. America Honduras, S.E. USA, Cuba, Bahamas Trop. America West Indies Dominica Tonga Madagascar S. China Caribbean Mexico to Brazil Indo-Malaysia S.E. Asia West Indies W. Africa India Trop. America Mexico to Ecuador S.E. Asia Pan Tropical Old World Tropics Philippines Trop. America |
Shrubs
CODE |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
FAMILY |
ORIGIN |
|
NEW
NEW C - F E A - D NEW NEW G B NEW _ |
Acalypha hispida
Agave caribaeicola Allamanda cathartica Alpinia purpurata Bougainvillea glabra Caesalpinia pulcherrima Calliandra purpurea Heliconia rostrata Ixora coccinea Jatropha integerrima Lagerstroemia indica Nerium oleander Petrea volubilis Pitcairnia angustifolia Thunbergia grandiflora |
Red Catstail, Chenelle Plant
Century Plant, Langue Boeuf Allamanda Ginger Lilly, Red Ginger Bougainvillea Barbados Pride Red Powderpuff, Ponpon Rouge Heliconia Ixora Peregrina Crape Myrtle, Queen of Flowers Oleander Blue Petrea Zanana Falez, Batard Lapite Thunbergia |
Euphorbiaceae
Agavaceae Apocynaceae Zingiberaceae Nyctaginaceae Legum. Caesalp. Mimosaceae Heliconiacea Rubiaceae Euphobiaceae Lythraceae Apocynaceae Verbenaceae Bromeliaceae Acanthaceae |
SE Asia
West Indies Brazil SE Asia Brazil W. Indies? India? Lesser Antilles Trop. America East Indies Greater Antilles China and SE Asia Mediterranean Lesser Antilles South America India, E. Indies |
NOTE: Leguminosae (Legum.) Families: Caesalp. - Caesalpianeae, Mimos. - Mimosaceae, Fabac. - Fabaceae.
Plan of the Botanic Gardens & Getting There
Source: Dominica Forestry & Wildlife Division. Dominica's Botanic Gardens. Ministry of Agriculture, Dominica 1988
(Check Tree #s and Shrub letter Codes on the Plan to see their location)
(Check Tree #s and Shrub letter Codes on the Plan to see their location)
