The Cotton plant we know as Katuna or as Catuna is a species of plant that is native to Mexico and the rest of Central America as well as South America and the West Indies.
Most people pay no attention to plants that bloom at night, unless it is the famous cactus known as the Dama di anochi. That is a shame, because we have various native plants that also bloom at their most beautiful at night.
Many of the local fruits that were once popular are now hardly known. An example of such a forgotten plant is the Dushi kabei also called Palu di mora or Palu dushi di kabei.
This post is also available in: Dutch (below) The Buttonwood is a tree species that has become part of the landscaping in various neighbourhoods on all three islands of Aruba,…
The Red Mangrove or Mangel tan (Rhizophora mangel) as it is called in Papiamentu, is known as the mangrove tree with the stilt roots that grows in the salt water of the sea.
Our islands have multiple species of plants that belong to the Morning glory family in the wild. One of the most inconspicuous but also one of the most delicate of them is what we call the Yerba di sas
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