Western Indian Ocean Plants of Western Indian OceanContributions

Pyrostria orbicularis A.Rich. ex DC.

Rubiaceae

Mimosa diplotricha C.Wright

Giant false sensitive plant Fabaceae

Asparagus racemosus Willd.

Asparagus-fern Asparagaceae

Volkameria heterophylla Poir.

Lamiaceae

Pandanus utilis Bory

Common screwpine Pandanaceae

Setaria barbata (Lam.) Kunth

Corn grass Poaceae

Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

Chinese violet Acanthaceae

Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

Karanj Fabaceae

Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe

Yellow ginger-lily Zingiberaceae

Ipomoea alba L.

Moon flower Convolvulaceae

Terminalia catappa L.

Tropical almond Combretaceae

Aeschynomene americana L.

Joint-vetch Fabaceae

Unidentified

Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

Chinese violet Acanthaceae

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified

Centrosema pubescens Benth.

Mexican Butterfly-Pea Fabaceae

Thunbergia laevis Wall. ex Nees

Acanthaceae

Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.

Cochineal cactus Cactaceae