All plant species
13 species
NEArabian jasmine
Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton
Oleaceae family
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is a fragrant shrub of the olive family with white flowers that release a rich sweet scent at night — the raw material for jasmine tea and prized jasmine absolute in perfumery.
NEBarringtonia
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.
Lecythis family
Barringtonia is a water-loving landscape tree famed for cascading red flower spikes that hang like strings of lanterns.
NEChrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.
Aster family
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium) is a perennial herb of East Asian origin — both a major cut-flower and pot plant and a medicinal, cooling, eye-brightening tea used for over 2,000 years in East Asia.
NEDendrobium crumenatum
Dendrobium crumenatum
Orchid
Dendrobium crumenatum, commonly called pigeon orchid, or 木石斛 (mu shi hu) is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is native to Asia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Christmas Island. It has two rows of leaves along its pseudobulb and relatively large but short-lived, strongly scented white flowers. It usually grows in exposed positions in lowland rainforest and coastal scrub.
NEDevil's trumpet
Datura metel L.
Nightshade family
Datura contains highly toxic tropane alkaloids (scopolamine, atropine); the whole plant can cause delirium and hallucinations if ingested.
NEFlamboyant
Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.
Legume family
Royal poinciana (Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.), also called flamboyant, flame tree or flame of the forest, is a leguminous tree in the family Fabaceae, grown for its broad umbrella canopy and spectacular masses of scarlet-orange flowers in summer; in Vietnam it is the familiar “schoolboy flower” that shades schoolyards. According to Kew POWO it is native to Madagascar and widely cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics. It has bipinnate leaves and five-petalled flowers with a larger standard petal streaked white and yellow; its tissues contain flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, rhamnetin, isorhamnetin), anthocyanins, tannins, sterols and a seed galactomannan gum.
NEJapanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Caprifoliaceae family
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica Thunb.) is a semi-evergreen twining vine of the family Caprifoliaceae, native from China to temperate eastern Asia according to Kew's Plants of the World Online. Its flowers grow in pairs and shift from white to yellow as they age — the gold-and-silver colouring that gives the plant its Chinese name — and the buds and flowers form Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, a medicinal material standardized to at least 1.5% chlorogenic acid in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020, with more than 140 chemical constituents isolated.
NELavender
Lavandula angustifolia Mill.
Lamiaceae family
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) is a low aromatic subshrub of the mint family Lamiaceae, native from north-eastern Spain to Italy according to Kew's Plants of the World Online. True lavender oil is rich in linalool and linalyl acetate (60–75%) with low camphor, giving a clean, sweet floral note; it is a classic perfumery oil and an aromatherapy material studied clinically for anxiety, while the hybrid lavandin (Lavandula × intermedia) accounts for most industrial output.
LCNelumbo lutea
Nelumbo lutea
Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbo lutea is a species of flowering plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. Common names include American lotus, yellow lotus, water-chinquapin, and volée. It is native to North America. The botanical name Nelumbo lutea Willd. is the currently recognized name for this species, which has been classified under the former names Nelumbium luteum and Nelumbo pentapetala, among others.
NEOleander
Nerium oleander L.
Dogbane family
Oleander (Nerium oleander L.) is a shrub or small tree of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), planted as a drought- and pollution-tolerant ornamental — but EXTREMELY POISONOUS: every part contains cardiac glycosides (oleandrin, oleandrigenin, neriifolin…). A few leaves can be fatal; it must NEVER be used as medicine or food.
NERose
Rosa chinensis Jacq.
Rose family
The rose (genus Rosa, family Rosaceae) is a group of perennial thorny shrubs and the world's most popular cut flower and ornamental garden plant, a symbol of love. This entry takes Rosa chinensis Jacq. (the China rose) as its representative — a species native to south-west China and an important ancestor of modern roses because of its repeat-flowering habit. The petals are distilled into a precious oil (rose otto/absolute) rich in citronellol and geraniol; the hips are rich in vitamin C; and the petals and buds are also used in tea, preserves and spices.
NESacred lotus
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Nelumbonaceae family
Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a rhizomatous aquatic herb with flowers 15–30 cm across and seeds that can germinate after more than 1,000 years. Its leaves are rich in nuciferine while the seed embryo (plumule) holds liensinine, isoliensinine and neferine, alkaloids studied for cardiovascular, metabolic and anticancer activity.