July
Featured Plant
Combretum constrictum located in plot 55b
Blooming in July
The following is a partial list of flowering or fruiting plants located in Fairchild. Plants are grouped by area and listed alphabetically by scientific name, and include a common name when available and the location by plot number. You may refer to the plot map at the bottom of this page. Plot maps are also located at the Visitor Center at the entrance to Fairchild.
Arboretum
Botanical Name:
Adansonia digitata
Common Name:
baobab
Plot:
3b
Botanical Name:
Alibertia sp.
Plots:
50, 56, 57a
Botanical Name:
Archidendron lucyi
Common Name:
scarlet bean
Plot:
55b
Botanical Name:
Averrhoa bilimbi
Common Name:
bilimbi
Plot:
3a
Botanical Name:
Averrhoa carambola
Common Name:
star fruit
Plot:
3a
Botanical Name:
Baccharis dioica
Common Name:
hammock groundsel
Plot:
43
Botanical Name:
Barringtonia racemosa
Plot:
55a
Botanical Name:
Bougainvillea arborea
Plot:
33
Botanical Name:
Brugmansia species & cultivars
Common Name:
angel’s trumpet
Plots:
32b, 49, 50
Botanical Name:
Brunfelsia maliformis
Plot:
5
Botanical Name:
Bulnesia arborea
Common Name:
verawood
Plots:
34, 57a
Botanical Name:
Cameraria latifolia
Plot:
3a
Botanical Name:
Cananga odorata
Common Name:
ylang ylang
Plots:
17, 57a
Botanical Name:
Cassia fistula x javanica
Common Name:
rainbow shower tree
Plots:
27, 33, 35
Botanical Name:
Combretum constrictum
Plot:
55b
Botanical Name:
Gmelina philippinensis
Plot:
51
Botanical Name:
Hamelia cuprea
Plots:
14, 17, 43
Botanical Name:
Hedychium coronarium
Common Name:
butterfly ginger
Plots:
49, 50
Botanical Name:
Jacquinia keyensis
Common Name:
joe-wood
Plot:
22
Botanical Name:
Kigelia africana
Common Name:
sausage tree
Plots:
19a, 29
Botanical Name:
Kopsia arborea
Plot:
47
Botanical Name:
Lagerstroemia ‘Monia’
Plot:
30
Botanical Name:
Lawsonia inermis ‘Rubra’
Common Name:
henna
Plot:
30
Botanical Name:
Markhamia zanzibarica
Plot:
29
Botanical Name:
Mascarenhasia arborescens
Plot:
47
Botanical Name:
Pachira aquatica
Common Name:
Guiana-chestnut
Plots:
18, 58
Botanical Name:
Plumeria pudica
Common Name:
bridal bouquet
Plots:
14, 55b
Botanical Name:
Plumeria species & cultivars
Common Name:
frangipani
Plots:
33, 38, 43, 47, 50, 52
Botanical Name:
Portlandia coccinea
Plot:
43
Botanical Name:
Portlandia grandiflora
Common Name:
bell flower
Plots:
8, 25
Botanical Name:
Portlandia platantha
Plots:
24, 25, 50, 146
Botanical Name:
Portlandia proctorii
Common Name:
crimson portlandia
Plots:
8, 19a, 44
Botanical Name:
Radermachera sp. ‘Kunming’
Plots:
18, 29, 57a
Botanical Name:
Ravenia spectabilis
Plot:
39
Botanical Name:
Rondeletia odorata
Common Name:
Panama-rose
Plots:
17, 21, 24
Botanical Name:
Stemmadenia litoralis
Common Name:
milky way tree
Plot:
47
Botanical Name:
Strophanthus boivinii
Plot:
47
Botanical Name:
Tabernaemontana spp.
Plots:
5, 47, 49
Botanical Name:
Wrightia coccinea
Plot:
24
Vine Pergola
Botanical Name:
Adenocalymna comosum
Botanical Name:
Argyreia nervosa
Common Name:
woolly morning glory
Botanical Name:
Aristolochia maxima
Common Name:
pipevine
Botanical Name:
Bauhinia fassoglensis
Botanical Name:
Chonemorpha fragrans
Common Name:
frangipani vine
Botanical Name:
Cissus intermedia
Common Name:
bull-vine
Botanical Name:
Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’
Common Name:
bleeding heart vine
Botanical Name:
Combretum indicum
Common Name:
Rangoon creeper
Botanical Name:
Petraeovitex bambusetorum
Common Name:
Nong Nooch vine
Botanical Name:
Rhytidophyllum tomentosum
Common Name:
little screamers
Botanical Name:
Schlegelia parasitica
Botanical Name:
Securidaca diversifolia
Common Name:
Easter flower
Botanical Name:
Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum
Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal creeper
Botanical Name:
Thunbergia mysorensis
Tropical Plant Conservatory and Rare Plant House
Botanical Name:
Costus stenophyllus
Botanical Name:
Etlingera corneri
Common Name:
Siam rose ginger
Botanical Name:
Etlingera eliator
Common Name:
torch ginger
Botanical Name:
Heliconia chartacea ‘Sexy Pink’
Botanical Name:
Homalomena rubescens
Botanical Name:
Ouratea theophrasta
Botanical Name:
Psychotria poeppigiana
Botanical Name:
Tacca integrifolia
Common Name:
white bat flower
Botanical Name:
Tapeinochilos ananassae
Common Name:
pineapple ginger
Lisa D. Anness South Florida Butterfly Garden
Plot 19b
Botanical Name:
Anastraphia ilicifolia
Botanical Name:
Asclepias curassavica
Common Name:
milkweed
Botanical Name:
Bourreria cassinifolia
Common Name:
pineland strongbark
Botanical Name:
Bourreria succulenta
Common Name:
Bahama strongbark
Botanical Name:
Brya ebenus
Common Name:
Jamaican rain tree
Botanical Name:
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
Common Name:
chaya
Botanical Name:
Hamelia patens
Common Name:
firebush
Botanical Name:
Lantana involucrata
Common Name:
wild sage
Botanical Name:
Melochia tomentosa
Common Name:
teabush
Botanical Name:
Mimosa strigillosa
Common Name:
powderpuff
Botanical Name:
Nashia inaguensis
Common Name:
moujean tea
Botanical Name:
Pentas lanceolata
Common Name:
Egyptian starclusters
Botanical Name:
Psychotria ligustrifolia
Common Name:
Bahama wild coffee
Botanical Name:
Salvia coccinea
Common Name:
tropical sage
Botanical Name:
Stachytarpheta spp.
Common Name:
porterweed
Botanical Name:
Vitex sp.
Lowlands
Botanical Name:
Acacia macracantha
Common Name:
steel Acacia
Plot:
164
Botanical Name:
Bourreria cassinifolia
Common Name:
pineland strongbark
Plot:
176
Botanical Name:
Callicarpa americana
Common Name:
American beautyberry
Plot:
176
Botanical Name:
Euphorbia gymnonota
Plot:
164
Botanical Name:
Guaiacum sanctum
Common Name:
lignum vitae
Plots:
158, 176
Botanical Name:
Guettarda scabra
Common Name:
rough velvet-seed
Plot:
176
Botanical Name:
Hypelate trifoliate
Common Name:
white ironwood
Plot:
164
Botanical Name:
Jacaranda caerulea
Plot:
164
Botanical Name:
Lantana depressa var. depressa
Common Name:
rockland shrub lantana
Botanical Name:
Lonchocarpus domingensis
Plot:
164
Botanical Name:
Physalis walteri
Common Name:
ground-cherry
Plot:
176
Botanical Name:
Plumeria ‘Dieudonne’
Plot:
172
Botanical Name:
Solanum conocarpum
Plot:
158
Botanical Name:
Tabebuia maxonii
Plot:
158
Botanical Name:
Thespesia grandiflora
Plots:
92, 96
Botanical Name:
Turnera diffusa
Common Name:
damiana
Photos by Arielle Simon/FTBG