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Scientific Name |
Item |
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Hibiscus tiliaceus L. |
Family Name |
Malvaceae |
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Feature
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Up to 4-7m in
height. Big heart shape leaves with long stalk. Yellow flower
with bell shape corolla. |
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Special Feature
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＊ Leaves are used for wrapping cakes in the
old days when there wasn’t any plastic. They are the most
importantwindbreak
plant.
＊ Commonly seen on the coast and in the
wild. The pistil can be used as nail polish.
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Pandanus odoratissimus L. f. var.
sinensis
(Warb.) |
Family Name |
Pandanaceae |
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Feature |
The frontier of the coastal plants, sometimes can be seen
growing on the beach. They are good for windbreak and hold
sand. Dioecism, white flowers, ball shape fruit which rips to
be orange. |
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Special feature
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The fruit tastes like pineapple.
＊ Commonly seen in the coastal region, good
for preventing the enemies from breaking in.
＊In
tropical regions
Coconut Crab
cut off the ripen fruit with their claw and eat.
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Spinifex littoreus Burm. f. Merr. |
Family Name
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Gramineae
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Feature
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Grow in bunch on
sandy hills.
Their seed are carried by the wind, you can find seeds on the
sand hills
all over the costal region in Taiwan. |
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Special Feature |
＊ Spiky leaves with hard and thick wax, it
is really suitable for sandy environment.
Dioecism. The male fruit are flat, and the female fruit have
spikes on them, the spikes helps in enlarge the fruit so it
carried away by the wind. |
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Ipomoea pescaprae
(L.) Sweet. Subsp.
brasiliensis |
Family Name
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Convolvulaceae |
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Feature
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Long stem, it’s also known as saddle vine for their look.
Roots are stretched deep into the sand. Most found frontier
plants. Also act as windbreak plant. |
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Melia azedarach
L. |
Family Name
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Meliaceae |
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Feature
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Brownish grey bark, with opposite needle-like leaves. Purple
fragrant flowers in panicle. Florescence from February to
April. Oval drupes, ripens to be yellow, the stem and bark are
poisonous but has medical use. |
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Vigna marina
(Burm.) Meer. |
Family Name |
Leguminosae |
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Feature
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Yellow flower with a butterfly like corolla, also the pioneer
plants found in the costal region. They help to improve the
soil condition. |
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Phragmites communis（L.）Trin. |
Family Name |
Gramineae
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Feature |
1-3 cm tall, with highly developed rootstalk. Laves are needle
like with long panicle. Flower season from Summer to Autumn.
Can be found in any tropical and temperate zone in the world.
It’s mostly seen in swamps and wetlands near the coast.
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Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. |
Family Name |
Verbenaceae |
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Feature
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Resistant to water, drought and salt. Oval shaped leaves in
cross order. White flowers. |
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Imperata cylinadrica
(L.) Beauv. var.
major (Nees) C. E. Habbard |
Family Name
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Gramineae
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Feature |
70-80cm in height, scales over the underground stem, long soft
leaves of 60cm. White flower tassels in early spring. You find
them on the poor unfertile land. |
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Vitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham. |
Family Name |
Verbenaceae |
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Feature
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This specie of plant has evolved into a drought, wind salt
resistant plant. They can be found anywhere near the coast. On
the breach, in the crack of the rocks. They grow like a carpet
on the ground, with furs on the leaves. The leaves fall at
real cold weather to survive. |
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Special Feature
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＊
Has a special fragrance, that helps freshen
up. The leave and the seeds can be used as medicine for flu.
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