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level: Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Malvaceae

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Malvaceae

Question	Answer
Tree with yellow three-part flowers	Crotalaria retusa (Faboideae)
Pride of Barbados, Flower Fence, Shrub	Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Caesalpinoideae)
tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia syn. Cassia alata • Christmas candle • Shrub	Senna alata (Caesalpinoideae)
erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida • Bread & cheese • Shrub • Native	Pithecellobium unguis-cati (Mimosoideae)
Shaving brush, powder puff • Shrub	Calliandra surinamensis (Mimosoideae)
Hong Kong Orchid Tree • Simple bilobed leaf • No fruit!	Bauhinia X blakeana (Caesalpinoideae)
• Tree	Cassia fistula (Caesalpinoideae)
long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp Tamarind • Tree • Shade, fruit	Tamarindus indica (Caesalpinoideae)
Jacob’s Coat • Shrub • Foliage	Acalypha wilkesiana
grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant Croton • Shrub • Foliage	Codiaeum variegatum
Seaside sage	Croton flavens
Jatropha • Shrub • Caribbean Native	Jatropha integerrima
large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics	Ricinus communis
syn. Pedilanthus tithymaloides • Slipper plant • Shrub • Succulent • Native	Euphorbia tithymaloides
somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts Crown of thorns • Succulent shrub	Euphorbia milii
tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers Poinsettia	Euphorbia pulcherrima
Hibiscus • Shrub • Showy, flowers	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Malvoideae)
Changeable rose	Hibiscus mutabilis (Malvoideae)
Seaside mahoe • Tree • Pantropical	Thespesia populnea (Malvoideae)
Turk’s cap, Sleeping Hibiscus• Shrub	Malvaviscus arboreus (Malvoideae)