Acalypha Hispida

Genus: Acalypha Hispida
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Chuukese name:
English name: Chenille Plant, Red-hot Cat's Tail
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Growth form: perennial shrub
Growth location: Terrestrial
Growth environment: cultivated garden, Pahnasang Heights
Growth zone: Tropical
Average Height: 4.5 m
Stem: hairy, brown, multiple branching
Leaf arrangement: alternate, simple leaf
Stipule: none
Petioles: 4 cm long
Leaf blade: dark green, actinomorphic, ovate, hairy, 6 in. long or more, toothed on the margin (serrated)
Inflorescence: spike, hairy, multiple branching flower habit
Floral bracts: none
Flower: velvety bright red flower spikes, tiny flowers lacking petals, hairy,30 t0 50 cm long
Calyx: none
Corolla: none
Stamens: none
Ovary: none
Style: none
Fruit: none
Seed: none
Anything: Native of New Guinea and Indonesia
Cultural usage: none

Collected by: M. Johnny

Genus: Hedychium Coronarium
Family: Ginger (Zingerbericeae)
Chuukese name: Sinser
English name: White butterfly ginger
Kosraean name:
Pohnpeian name: sinser
Yapese name: kokoris
Growth form: herb
Growth location: terrestrial
Growth environment: Cultivated garden
Growth zone: Tropical
Average height:150 cm
Stem: smooth
Leaf arrangement: alternate
Stipule: absent
Petioles: none
Leaf blade: linear, 10 to 12 cm long, cuneate, green, smooth
Inflorescence: spikelet, 6-8 flowers
Floral bracts: green, 2-4 cm long, funnel form
Flower: papilionaceous (butterfly), red
Calyx: none
Corolla: three petals
Stamens: three white anther and filament, curved upward
Ovary: inferior ovary
Style: white, 2 cm long, stigma: yellow-like color
Fruit: none
Seed: none
Anything: the roots of the plant is being used for different recipes, sweet scent
Cultural usage: flowers are use for leis, decoration, use for giving scent to a certain place

Collected by: M. Johnny

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Growth form: shrub
Growth location: terrestrial
Growth environment: planted among some betelnut trees
Growth zone: tropical
Average height: 5-6 m
Stem: woody
Leaf arrangement: alternate
Stipule: none
Petioles: 4 cm long, hairy, green
Leaf blade: ovate to hastate, rotate, 4.5 to 5 cm long, acute to acuminate tip, green, hairy, pinnate venation, entire margin
Inflorescence: umbel, 7-8 flowers
Floral bracts: none
Flower: rotate, red
Calyx: green, 5 parts, free
Corolla: 5 petals, rotate, red
Stamens: five red filament and anther
Ovary: inferior ovary
Style: red, five yellowlike lobes of stigma
Fruit: none
Seed: none
Anything: no odor
Cultural usage: decoration

Collected by: M. Johnny