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Wild flowers: Cat’s claw

september 2, 2025

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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Wild flowers – Sida ciliaris

juli 6, 2025

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Yerba di pinda, a native plant, most people will not look at twice!

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Wild flowers – Indigofera tinctoria

juni 27, 2025

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The True Indigo or Indigofera tinctoria is not native to the islands but was introduced in colonial times.

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Wild flowers – Bourreria succulenta

juni 19, 2025

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A tree that will lose its leaves when the drought keep going on, but is also often the last one to drop all its leaves when it gets to dry.

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Wild flowers – Opuntia elatior

juni 12, 2025

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De Opuntia elatior is a rare leaf cactis that can be found on the ABC-islands.

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Wild flowers – Aloe vera

juni 4, 2025

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Introduced to the ABC-islands in colonial times, the Aloe vera plant is now almost naturalized on the islands and grows in the wild.

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Wild flowers – Flamboyant

mei 26, 2025

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The so beloved Flamboyant, one of the most beloved trees on our islands, does not originally come from Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao or even from the Caribbean.

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Wild flowers – Bringamosa

mei 21, 2025

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Everyone with a good knowledge of nature on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao know that the Bringamosa plant has a very close relationship with the Flaira.

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Categorie: Wild flowers – Wilde bloemen

Wild flowers: Cat’s claw

Wild flowers: Indju, Kwihi, Palu di Kuida

Wild flowers: Hilu di diabel

Wild flowers – Sida ciliaris

Wild flowers – Indigofera tinctoria

Wild flowers – Bourreria succulenta

Wild flowers – Opuntia elatior

Wild flowers – Aloe vera

Wild flowers – Flamboyant

Wild flowers – Bringamosa

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