The Little Prince's "Baobab Tree"Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden "Baobab Tree" is the common name of a genus(Adasonia) containing eight spices of trees,native to Madacascar(having six spices), mainland Africa and Australia (on spices in each). This tree is the National Tree of Madacascar. Other common name is include boab, boaboa, bottle tree, the tree of life, up-side down t..

Royal Palm, Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden This is a popular palm for planting along avenues or large gardens. Native to the Caribbean, is has a straight, smooth, light grey trunk that, when mature, can reach around 25 metres, with a crown of very large, dark green pinnate leaves; on some species the trunk is slightly swollen towards the bottom, especially When young. The tw..

HeliconiaHanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden Heliconia, the only genus in the family Heliconiaceae, is among the fastest-expanding groups of ornamental plants. Fred Berry and W. John Kress, Who Published the first book on the subject in 1991, estimated that there were from 200 to 250 named species and almost that many forms or cultivars; in the relatively few years since then, nu..

Peperomia, Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden Members of the same family as the vine grown commercially for black pepper, these low-growing, fleshy plants are often grown as potted specimens because of their often very ornamental foliage. With proper cre, some varieties can also be used as ground covers, especially in arreas where temperatures do not rise above the low 8os F. p...

Angel's Trumpet, Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden Belonging to the Deadly Nightshade family, which also includes the tomato, Brugmansis compreses about 20 different species, nearly all of them poisonous, B, X, candida, Which in time can become a small tree, makes a striking garden ornamental with its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers that appear in great quantities hanging ..

Hoya, Wax Flower Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden An Evergreen vine that likes to attach itself to trees by means of roots that appear from the stems, Hoya has thick green oval leaves and is prized by many tropical plant collectors because of its small, waxy, starshaped flowers, which are fragrant at night. Numerous hybrids have been made from H, carnosa, some with flowers tha..