Featured Plant

Corypha utan gebanga palm located in Plot 85
Blooming in May
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:
Acacia tortuosa

Botanical Name:
Arachnothryx leucophylla

Botanical Name:
Archidendron lucyi
Common Name:
scarlet bean

Botanical Name:
Ardisia seiboldii

Botanical Name:
Bombax glabrum
Common Name:
Malabar chestnut

Botanical Name:
Brunfelsia species
Plots:
5, 8, 27, 44, 49, 50, 52

Botanical Name:
Bulnesia arborea

Botanical Name:
Cameraria latifolia

Botanical Name:
Cassia fistula x javanica
Common Name:
rainbow shower tree

Botanical Name:
Catesbaea melanocarpa

Botanical Name:
Catesbaea spinosa

Botanical Name:
Clerodendrum minahassae var. brevitubulosum

Botanical Name:
Cornutia pyramidata

Botanical Name:
Crescentia alata

Botanical Name:
Erythrochiton brasiliensis

Botanical Name:
Fouquieria splendens

Botanical Name:
Gardenia taitensis
Common Name:
Tahitian gardenia

Botanical Name:
Goetzea elegans

Botanical Name:
Grewia occidentalis

Botanical Name:
Gustavia superba

Botanical Name:
Hibiscus fragilis
Botanical Name:
Hura crepitans
Common Name:
sandbox tree

Botanical Name:
Inga paterno
Common Name:
ice-cream bean

Botanical Name:
Ixora chinensis

Botanical Name:
Jacaranda cuspidifolia

Botanical Name:
Kigelia africana
Common Name:
sausage tree

Botanical Name:
Leucophyllum frutescens
Common Name:
Texan silver leaf
Botanical Name:
Majidea zanquebarica

Botanical Name:
Napoleonaea beninensis
Common Name:
Napoleon’s hat

Botanical Name:
Ocotea coriacea

Botanical Name:
Oncoba spinosa
Common Name:
fried egg tree

Botanical Name:
Pavetta australiensis

Botanical Name:
Parmentiera cereifera

Botanical Name:
Pereskia grandifolia

Botanical Name:
Pereskia portulacifolia

Botanical Name:
Phaleria macrocarpa

Botanical Name:
Pimenta racemosa
Common Name:
bay-rum tree

Botanical Name:
Portlandia platantha

Botanical Name:
Portlandia proctorii

Botanical Name:
Premna odorata
Common Name:
fragrant premna

Botanical Name:
Samyda sp.

Botanical Name:
Stemmadenia litoralis
Common Name:
milky way tree

Botanical Name:
Strophanthus boivinii

Botanical Name:
Syzygium samarangense

Botanical Name:
Tabernaemontana arborea

Botanical Name:
Thespesia grandiflora

Botanical Name:
Vitex gaumeri

Botanical Name:
Woodfordia uniflora

Botanical Name:
Aristolochia maxima

Botanical Name:
Bauhinia fassoglensis

Botanical Name:
Chonemorpha fragrans
Common Name:
frangipani vine

Botanical Name:
Combretum rotundifolium
Common Name:
monkey’s brush

Botanical Name:
Combretum indicum
Common Name:
Rangoon creeper

Botanical Name:
Congea tomentosa
Common Name:
shower of orchids

Botanical Name:
Pereskia bleo

Botanical Name:
Petrea volubilis
Common Name:
Queen’s wreath

Botanical Name:
Schlegelia parasitica

Botanical Name:
Securidaca diversifolia
Common Name:
Easter flower

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal creeper

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia mysorensis
Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar
Plot 31

Botanical Name:
Aloe ‘Rooikappie’

Botanical Name:
Aloe sinkatana

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia fiherenensis

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia milii var. bevilanensis

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia xylophylloides

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium lamerei var. ramosum

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium rosulatum var. rosulatum

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium baronii var. windsorii

Botanical Name:
Uncarina grandidieri
Common Name:
mouse trap tree

Botanical Name:
Uncarina roeoesliana

Botanical Name:
Uncarina stellulifera
Tropical Plant Conservatory and Rare Plant House

Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii ‘Ice Blue’

Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii ‘Green Ice’

Botanical Name:
Calathea lutea

Botanical Name:
Costus malortieanus
Common Name:
stepladder plant

Botanical Name:
Etlingera corneri
Common Name:
Siam rose ginger

Botanical Name:
Etlingera elatior
Common Name:
torch ginger

Botanical Name:
Hedychium longicornutum

Botanical Name:
Osa pulchra

Botanical Name:
Ouratea theophrasta

Botanical Name:
Pentagonia macrophylla

Botanical Name:
Psychotria poeppigiana

Botanical Name:
Scutellaria costaricana

Botanical Name:
Tacca chantrieri

Botanical Name:
Tapeinochilos ananassae
Common Name:
pineapple ginger
Lisa D. Anness South Florida Butterfly Garden
Plot 19b

Botanical Name:
Acacia choriophylla

Botanical Name:
Anastraphia ilicifolia

Botanical Name:
Bourreria cassinifolia
Common Name:
pineland strongbark

Botanical Name:
Brya ebenus
Common Name:
Jamaican rain tree

Botanical Name:
Callicarpa americana
Common Name:
American beautyberry

Botanical Name:
Calotropis gigantea
Common Name:
giant milkweed

Botanical Name:
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius

Botanical Name:
Justicia brandegeeana
Common Name:
shrimp plant

Botanical Name:
Koanophyllon villosum
Common Name:
shrub eupatorium

Botanical Name:
Lantana involucrata

Botanical Name:
Malpighia glabra
Common Name:
Barbados cherry

Botanical Name:
Mimosa strigillosa

Botanical Name:
Pentas lanceolata
Common Name:
Egyptian starclusters

Botanical Name:
Psychotria nervosa

Botanical Name:
Randia aculeata
Common Name:
indigo berry

Botanical Name:
Senna mexicana var. chapmanii
Common Name:
Bahama senna

Botanical Name:
Varronia bullata ssp. humilis
Common Name:
butterfly sage
Photos by Arielle Simon/FTBG