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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: 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: 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 – 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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One of the most conspicuous flowers you can find almost all over the place on all three islands of Aruba Bonaire and Curaçao is of the invasive plant called Beyisima, Beyísima or Coralita (Antigonon leptopus).

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Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

april 14, 2025

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The month of April marks the flowering of the Melocactus locally called Milon di seru or Bushi (Melocactus macracanthos).

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Wild flowers: Blue porterweed

april 1, 2025

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If you want hummingbirds in your garden you need this plant in your garden. The Blue porterweed is a much loved garden plant for all who want to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to the garden.

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Wild flowers: Milkweed

maart 20, 2025

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Meet the plant named Katuna di Seda, Katúnbóm, Mata di lechi (Calotropis procera) or Milkweed. It is an introduced plant on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao and all of the New World

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Wild flowers: Bini-bini

maart 4, 2025

Michelle Pors-da Costa Gomez

The Bini-Bini was first discovered in the Caribbean by one Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin in the period between 1755 and 1759. In 1773 the plant was found in Florida by William Bartram.

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Wild flowers: Passiflora foetida

februari 26, 2025

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A popular wild flower on the islands is the wild Passion flower, or Korona di la birgen as it is called in Papiamentu.

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Tag: Pink and purple flowers

Wild flowers: Melochia tomentosa (Basora kòrá – Betonica)

Wild flowers: Makurá

Wild flowers: Cat’s claw

Wild flowers – Indigofera tinctoria

Wild flowers – Beyisima

Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

Wild flowers: Blue porterweed

Wild flowers: Milkweed

Wild flowers: Bini-bini

Wild flowers: Passiflora foetida

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