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Wild flowers: Melochia tomentosa (Basora kòrá – Betonica)

oktober 23, 2025

On Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, several plants grow whose Papiamento or Papiamentu name includes the word Basora (broom), and the Basora kòrá (Bonaire and Curaçao) or Betonica (Aruba) is one of them.

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Wild flowers: Commelina erecta

oktober 6, 2025

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When the humidity is right, the ground is wet and you have the luck to have the seeds of these plants in the ground, these little sweethearts will grow like crazy

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Wild flowers: Makurá

september 24, 2025

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Bright red beans with a black dot are the feature of this plant that most people will recognize. The flowers are delicate and pink.

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Wild flowers: Ceratosanthes palmata

september 16, 2025

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The plant known scientifically as Ceratosanthes palmata occurs on all three ABC-islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao .

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Wild flowers: Cat’s claw

september 2, 2025

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The Papiamentu/o word uña means nail, and when this word is imbedded in the local name for a plant you can be sure there is some spiny element to the plant that can be nasty.

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Wild flowers: Indju, Kwihi, Palu di Kuida

augustus 20, 2025

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Have you ever noticed the flowers of the Indju, Kwihi or Palu di Kuida tree, also called Mesquite.

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Wild flowers: Hilu di diabel

augustus 12, 2025

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The Hilu di Diabel is very easy to recognize. If you see a bush along the side of the road that is covered with long orange-yellow tentacle-like threads, then you have located a specimen of Dodder

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