Azua: Flora, English

Azua: Flora

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The National Tree, the West Indian Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), family: Meliaceae (Mahogany Family).
The wood (Swietenia Mahonie or Mogno) is very usefull to make furniture. The roots destroy walls and pavement, so don't plant one near your house! This one in Proyecto 4, Azua.
The Caoba Flower, "Flor de Caoba", was official declared as the Nacional Flower on July 16, 1957, by decree 2944, issued by the Trujillo government.

Cayena (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), family: Malvaceae (Mallow Family), popularly called "Sangre Cristo", blood of Christ, known colloquially as the Chinese hibiscus. Many people think the nacional flower is the Cayena, because the presence all over the country, but the flower isn't even endemic in the Dominican Republic!

An exotic specimen, in the garden of Los Holandeses, Las Terrenas, Samaná, (Hibiscus paramaribo), family: Malvaceae (Mallow Family).

Plantation of bananas (Musa), family: Musaceae (Banana Family).

Plantation of maize 1, in the province Azua. Now-adays you see more tractors. Maize (Zea mays), family: Poaceae (Grass Family).

Plantation of maize 2.

Cultivation of rice (Oryza sativa), family: Poaceae (Grass Family), near Padre Las Casas.

Plantation of papayas (Carica papaya), family: Caricaceae.

A cactus tree, family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family), in the garden of the seminary of Azua.

The rose (Rosa), family: Rosaceae (Rose Family), the red one in the gallery of Bastardo and Gela in Azua.

A pear-tree in Padre Las Casas. Pear (Pyrus), family: Rosaceae (Rose Family).

The Flamboyant tree (Delonix regia), family: Fabaceae (Pea Family), subfamily: Caesalpinioideae.

The typical vegetation of Azua, Sweet Acacia, "Bayahonda" (Acacia farnesiana, Prosopis juliflora), family: Fabaceae (Pea Family), subfamily: Mimosoideae (Australian Blackwood Family).

Plantation of Pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan),family: Fabaceae (Pea Family), near Azua.

Oleander (Nerium oleander), family: Apocynaceae (Periwinkle Family).

The flower "Coloradillo or Coralillo" (Ixora coccinea), family: Rubiaceae (Bedstraw Family).

In the mountains they cultivate coffee (Coffea arabica), family: Rubiaceae (Bedstraw Family).

Weeping Fig or Benjamin's Fig (Ficus (=fig) benjamina or Ficus benjamini), family: Moraceae (Mulberry Family). At all the 4 corners of the Park Columbus ("Parque Colón") in the capital Santo Domingo you can see a beautiful one.

Who can tell me the name of this flower? Is it Coronita?

Who can tell me the name of this tree? Is it Guayacán?

White cabbage, "repollo", (Brassica oleracea), family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage Family), in Constanza.

Sandbox tree (Hura crepitans), family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family).

Plantation of yuca, or cas(s)ava or manioc (Manihot esculenta), family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family), a kind of sweet potato.

Bay (Laurus nobilis), family: Lauraceae (Bay Family), on Samaná.

An exotic specimen 2, in the garden of Los Holandeses, Las Terrenas, Samaná. The Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae), family: Strelitziaceae.

What do you think of this tree? You can find this one in front of the restaurant "Chino" in Samaná. The Traveler's Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis), family: Strelitziaceae.

Another one, in front of the hotel Viva Wyndham Samaná, Las Terrenas.

Calabash ?, Limón, Samaná.

Gladiolus (Gladiolus illyricus ?), family: Iridaceae (Iris Family), in the garden of Los Holandeses, Las Terrenas, Samaná.

They call her the Porcelain rose, this one in the garden of Los Holandeses, Las Terrenas, Samaná. Who can tell me the real name?

A beautiful yellow flower, in the garden of Los Holandeses, Las Terrenas, Samaná. Who knows the name?

A nice yellow pink flower, Las Terrenas, Samaná. Who knows how you call this one?

A beautiful pink flower, Las Terrenas, Samaná. Who knows the name?

An exotic specimen 3, the Hanging Lobster Claw or the False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia rostrata), family: Heliconiaceae (Heliconiafamily), in the garden of Los Holandeses, Las Terrenas, Samaná.