HK trees 04: Golden Shower
Specie: Golden Shower Scientific name: cassia fistula Genus: Cassia Family: FABACEAE sub-family: Caesalpinioideae Chinese name: 臘腸樹, 豬腸豆 Location: HKU Pokfulam […]
Hong Kong, Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Pacific Place 3 I had one of the most surreal experiences last November when I […]
Mangoes!
Specie: Mango Tree (mangifera indica 杧果) Location: Hong Kong Park, various There are mangoes in Hong Kong! While mangoes are […]
John Denver’s Wanchai tree
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: Wanchai, Johnston Road, corner of Luard Road, and corner of Wan Chai Road […]
Pretty in scarlet
Specie: Rhodoleia (rhodesia championii 紅花荷) Location: Lugard Road (next to the Indian Rubber Tree and Mount Austin Road next to […]
Climbing walls
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: top of Eastern Road (leading to Bonham Road); top of Honiton Road (leading […]
Star of Africa
Specie: African Tulip tree (spathodea campanulata 火焰木) Location: end of Wun Sha Street, Tai Hang; Wanchai; edge of the tennis […]
Two-faced Banyan
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Old and Valuable tree: HYD CW/5 Location: Caine Road minibus stop near Ladder St. This […]
Autumn Maple on Magazine Gap Rd
Specie: Autumn Maple (bischofia javanica) Location: Magazine Gap Road above May Rd junction Came across this Autumn Maple tree, also […]
Purple Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Sydney, Australia It’s pretty amazing that a single specie of tree can define a city […]
Leaning tower
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) OVT Registrar: ARCHSD CW/10 Location: Conduit Road, opposite Skyline Mansion (No. 51) Everybody knows the […]
LA LA land
Species: Mexican Fan Palm, Jacaranda, Moreton Bay Fig Location: Los Angeles If Los Angeles is the city of angels, then […]
This is no ordinary apple tree
Specie: Java Apple (Syzygium samarangense) Location: Street outside Lee Gardens One Sometimes an apple is actually not an apple, and […]
Bright orange teardrops in Sheung Wan
Specie: Weeping Fig (ficus benjamina) Location: Man Fai Street on the harbour between Central ferry piers and Macau ferry pier […]
Cuban Basts by the sea
Specie: Cuban Bast (hibiscus tiliaceus) Location: Harbour front next to the Discovery Bay ferry terminal, Central There is a whole […]
The ‘W’ on Hatton Road
Specie: Chinese Fan Palm (livistona chinensis) Location: Hatton Road One of the funniest movies from the 60s is ‘It’s a […]
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