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Definition[edit] Plants are considered carnivorous if they have these five traits: [18] capture prey in traps. kill the captured prey. digest the captured prey. absorb nutrients from the killed and digested prey. use those nutrients to grow and develop. Other traits may include the attraction and retention of prey.
E. tirucalli. Binomial name. Euphorbia tirucalli. L. [3] Euphorbia tirucalli (commonly known as Indian tree spurge, naked lady, pencil tree, pencil cactus, fire stick, aveloz or milk bush [3]) is a tree native to Africa that grows in semi-arid tropical climates. A hydrocarbon plant, it produces a poisonous latex that can cause temporary blindness.
Euphorbiaceae ( / juːˈfoʊrbiːˌeɪsiˌaɪ, - siːˌiː / ), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, [2] which is also the name of the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as Euphorbia paralias, are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees ...
The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. (1789) ( nom. alt. et cons. = alternative and valid name) are a family of plants including 13 genera and ca 750 species. [3] Several former members of Clusiacae are now placed in Calophyllaceae and Hypericaceae. They are mostly trees and shrubs, [4] with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds.
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa). More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds are the product of the ripened ovule, after the embryo sac is fertilized by sperm from pollen, forming a zygote.
water hemlock, cowbane, wild carrot, snakeweed, poison parsnip, false parsley, children's bane, death-of-man. Apiaceae. The root, when freshly pulled out of the ground, is extremely poisonous and contains cicutoxin, a central nervous system stimulant that induces seizures. [citation needed]
Uncaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has about 40 species. [1] Their distribution is pantropical, with most species native to tropical Asia, three from Africa and the Mediterranean and two from the neotropics. [2] They are known colloquially as gambier, cat's claw or uña de gato.
Asystasia multiflora Klotzsch. Asystasia ansellioides C.B.Clarke var. lanceolata Fiori. Asystasia podostachys Klotzsch [1] Asystasia gangetica is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is commonly known as the Chinese violet, coromandel [2] or creeping foxglove. [3] In South Africa this plant may simply be called asystasia.