Archive for the 'Flora' Category
Saveok Water Ritual Offering Pits
Offering Pits at Saveok Water Archaeology Site:
Saveok Mill, Greenbottom, Cornwall, England
Within the last 10 years, one of the world’s best archaeological examples of Ritual Witchcraft has been exposed in Cornwall, England. This site, Saveok Water Archaeology, has several site features suggesting ritual offerings, purification pools, and spellcraft dating as early as the mesolithic upwards to […]
Foxglove
Foxglove
Foxglove
Digitalis L.; common names: ‘Witches’ Gloves’, ‘Fairy’s Glove’, ‘Gloves of Our Lady’, ‘Virgin’s Glove’, ‘Fairy Caps’, ‘Folk’s Glove’, ‘Fairy Thimbles’, ‘fairy-folks-fingers’, ‘lambs-tongue-leaves’, ‘bloody fingers’, ‘deadman’s bells’.
Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; Angiosperms; Eudicots; Asterids; Lamiales; Plantaginaceae; Digitalis L.; several species including: Digitalis cariensis;
Digitalis ciliata; Digitalis davisiana; Digitalis dubia; Digitalis ferruginea; Digitalis grandiflora; Digitalis laevigata; Digitalis lanata; Digitalis […]
Gorse
Gorse
Ulex europaeus or common names: Gorse, furze, furse, or whin
Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Magnoliophyta; Class: Magnoliopsida; Order: Fabales; Family: Fabaceae; Subfamily: Faboideae; Genus: Ulex; Species: U. europaeus; Binomial name: Ulex europaeus L.
Gorse is a common name for the Ulex europaeus, a genus of roughly 20 species of spiny evergreen shrubs that are native to Western […]
Macadamia : Macadamia spp.
Macadamian Nut Tree between Punalu’u and Kona
Macadamia
Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; (unranked): Angiosperms; unranked): Eudicots; Order: Proteales; Family: Proteaceae; Genus: Macadamia; Species: various - some examples: Macadamia claudiensis, Macadamia grandis, Macadamia hildebrandii, Macadamia integrifolia Macadamia jansenii Macadamia ternifolia, Macadamia tetraphylla, Macadamia whelanii, Macadamia neurophylla, etc. Common names: Macadamia Nut, Bush Nut, Maroochi Nut, Queent of Nuts, Bauple […]
Mango : Mangifera Indica
Mango Tree at Graveyard along highway between Punalu’u and Kona
Mango
Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Angiospermae; Class: Magnoliopsida; Order: Sapindales; Family: Anacardiaceae; Genus: Mangifera; Species: Indica. Mangifera Indica. Common names: Mango, Man-Go, Manga.
Usually refers to a fruit that comes off a large tree called Mangifera indica L. These trees reach a height upwards of 40 meters in […]
Pu’u o’o’
Big Island
Pu’u o’o
is a cindercone / spatter cone on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea in the Hawaiian Island of Big Island. It has been erupting continuously since January 3, 1983 making it the longest living rift zone eruption for the last two centuries. It has expanded over 37 square miles from 1983-1998 eruptions. Its […]
Papaya
Papaya, Big Island, Hawaii
Papaya
Taxonomy: Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Rosids: Brassicales: Caricaceae: Carica: Carica papaya. Common names: Custard Apple, Papaya, paw paw, big melon, melon tree
Carica papaya is the Caribbean/Spanish name of the plant that bears the fruit “Papaya”. The plant is “tree-like” with a single stem that grows to about 5-10 meters tall, with spirally arranged […]
Pineapple : Ananas comosus
Pineapple plant, Big Island, Hawaii
Pineapple Plant
Taxonomy: Plantae: Angiosperms: Monocots: Commelinids: Poales: Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae: Ananas comosus. Common names: Pineapple, Pine Apple,
Pineapple is a common tropical fruit that is often used in tropical drinks, appetizers, desserts, and cooking. It was first named “pineapple” in 1398 to describe the reproductive organs of conifer trees and once European explorers […]
The Coconut Palm
Coconut Trees, Big Island, Hawaii
Coconut Palm
Taxonomy: Plantae: Gymnospermae: Cycadopsida: Commelinids: Arecales: Arecaceae: Arecoideae: Cocoeae: Cocos nucifera. Common names: Nut, Coco, Coconut
Most of the world is familiar with coconuts, the fruit and seed of which comes from the Coconut Palm. Its one of the ever-more popular icons of tropical beaches and regions, uninhabited islands, Florida, Hawaii, […]
Avacado : Persea americana
Butter Avacado
Avacado
Taxonomy: Angiosperms: Lauraceae: Persea americana. Common names: palka, aguacate, butter pear, alligator pear.
Avacado is a native tree common to tropical areas, especially the Carribean, Mexico, South America, Central America, Florida, New Mexico, and California. Of the Lauraceae family, it is related with cinnamon, camphor, and bay laurel. The common term “Avacado” refers to the […]