Indiapoon Beatyleaf Large trees, evergreen; bark thick. Leaves opposite, thick, leathery, oval, apex round or convex, petioles rigid. Inflorescences raceme. Flowers aromatic; petals 4; stamens numerous. Fruit drupe, globose, skin thick, one seed. Fruit turns from green to brown when mature, sweet and edible.
♦ Fruiting: from May to November ♦ Seed Source: Parks, gardens, campuses ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks
African Asparagus Herbs, evergreen, perennial. Tubers ellipsoid. Stems clustered, somewhat climbing, semilignified, slender, elongate and pendulous at distal part; branched, branchlets decussate and developing into flat leafylike leaves (cladodes). Flowers clustered, light red to white. Fruit a berry, globose, green when young and bright red at maturity.
♦ Fruiting: from May to November ♦ Seed Source: Parks, campuses ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks
Silver Trumpet Tree Trees, up to 8 meters tall. Leaves palmately compound, silver-gray green and with silvery scales on both surfaces. Inflorescences panicle or racemose. Flowers golden yellow; corolla trumpet-shaped. Flower type and color and flowering period similar to those of Golden Trumpet Tree (Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S. O. Grose).
♦ Fruiting: from June to July ♦ Seed Source: Parks, gardens, street trees ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks
Cannonball Tree Trees, deciduous, up to 18-20 m tall; bark grey white with some black brown clots and dotshaped vertical cracks. Leaves oval-shaped when young, oblong to obovate when mature, acute at both ends, spirally clustered at branch apexes. Inflorescences raceme, cauliflory, pendulous. Flowers numerous; petals pink near the bases and yellowish toward the tips. Fruits globose, brown, 15–20 cm in diameter, similar to projectile and thus commonly named “cannonball tree.” 65–550 seeds in each fruit.
♦ Fruiting: from June to September ♦ Seed Source: Parks, gardens, street trees ♦ Time required for germination: About 1 week
Avocado Trees, evergreen. Leaves ovate, lanceolate to elliptic. Flowers small, light yellow, a little fragrant. Fruit pear- or egg-shaped, with bright green or purple-red skin.
♦ Fruiting: from June to October ♦ Seed Source: Fruit markets ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks
Longan Trees, evergreen, up to 20 m in height. Leaves even pinnately compound, alternate; leaflets 2–4 pairs, thinly leathery, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or slightly obtuse. Inflorescences panicle, terminal or axillary. Flowers polygamous, clustered, yellow white; sepals 5–6; petals 5–6. Fruit drupe-like, globose; pericarp brittle, not cracked when dry; aril fleshy, edible. Seeds spherical, brownish black, shining.
♦ Fruiting: from July to August ♦ Seed Source: Fruit markets, parks, campuses ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks
Santol Large trees, deciduous. Leaves alternate, palmately trifoliate; petioles long; leaflets ovate-elliptic or broadly elliptic, bases obtuse, apexes aristate, margin entire. Inflorescence panicle, with 20–80 flowers. Flowers radial symmetry. Fruit spherical or spheroidal, yellow or orange-brown at maturity. Seed coat edible, sweet and sour.
♦ Fruiting: from July to September ♦ Seed Source: Parks, campuses, street trees ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks
Indian Almond Tree Large trees, deciduous. Leaves obovate, clustered at apexes of branchlets; buds emerging in spring, green, turning yellow to red-purple in autumn and winter before falling. Fruit a drupe, ovoid to ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, with two longitudinal ribs or keels, initially green, brown-blackish when ripe.
♦ Fruiting: from July to September ♦ Seed Source: Parks, campuses, street trees ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks
Poison Bulb Herbs, perennial. Bulb cylindrical. Leaves sessile, clasping at base; blades dark green, linearlanceolate, thick and juicy; margins undulate; veins parallel. Inflorescence umbellate, 20–50 flowered. Flowers fragrant, perianth white. Capsule globose, beaked, spongy, floatable to dispersal and reproduction. Although the flowers are beautiful, the whole plant is poisonous.
♦ Fruiting: from July to September ♦ Seed Source: Parks, coastal roadsides ♦ Time required for germination: About 3 weeks
Indian Shot Herbs, perennial, about 1 to 2 meters high. Stems cylindrical. Leaves oblong-elliptica. Flowers with red, yellow, pink, orange, or milky white color, or speckled. Fruit a capsule, greenish, with small soft thorns when young, dark brown when mature. Seeds 5–15 in each fruit, round, black.
♦ Fruiting: from July to December ♦ Seed Source: Parks, gardens, campuses ♦ Time required for germination: About 2 weeks