Herbs & Shrubs

Fanpetals, Broom weed, Common wire weed, Morning mallow

Sida acuta

Malvaceae

Ceylon slitwort

Leucas zeylanica

Lamiaceae

Ebolo, Thickhead, Redflower ragleaf, Fireweed

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Asteraceae

Stinking passionflower, Wild maracuja, Bush passion fruit, Marya-marya, Wild water lemon, Stoneflower, Love-in-a-mist

Passiflora foetida

Passifloraceae

Prickly fanpetals

Sida spinosa

Malvaceae

Water Clover, Four-leaf clover 

Marsilea villosa

Marsileaceae

Rattlepods

Crotalaria

Fabaceae

Touch-me-not, Shame plant, Sensitive plant, sleepy plant, Action plant, Dormilones, Zombie plant, Shy lady or shy plant

Mimosa pudica

Fabaceae

Sessile joyweed, Dwarf copperleaf

Alternanthera sessilis

Amaranthaceae

Native gooseberry, Wild cape gooseberry, Pygmy groundcherry 

Physalis minima 

Solanaceae

Red bryony, English mandrake, Ladies' seal

Bryonia dioica 

Cucurbitaceae

Bigpod sesbania, Colorado River-hemp, Coffeeweed

Sesbania herbacea

Fabaceae

Indian pennywort, Asiatic pennywort, Gotu kola

Centella asiatica

Apiaceae

Giant sensitive plant, Giant false sensitive plant, or Nila grass

Mimosa diplotricha

Fabaceae

False daisy, Yerba de tago, Karisalankanni , Bhringraj, 

Eclipta prostrata 

Asteraceae

Colombian waxweed

Cuphea carthagenensis

Lythraceae

Hairawn muhly

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Poaceae

Taro

Colocasia esculenta

Araceae

Turkey berry, Prickly nightshade, Shoo-shoo bush, Wild eggplant, Pea eggplant, 

Solanum torvum

Solanaceae

Sierra Madre Nightshade

Solanum tridynamum

Solanaceae

Tropical soda apple

Solanum viarum

Solanaceae

 Blue mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Asteraceae

Abelmosk, ambrette, annual hibiscus, Bamia Moschata, Galu Gasturi, muskdana, musk mallow, musk okra, ornamental okra, rose mallow, tropical jewel hibiscus, Yorka okra

Abelmoschus moschatus 

Malvaceae

Martagon lily, Turk's cap lily

Lilium martagon

Liliaceae

Asiatic dayflower

Commelina communis

Commelinaceae

Japanese mazus

Mazus pumilus

Mazaceae

Little bell, Pink convolvulus, Three-lobe morning glory

Ipomoea triloba

Convolvulaceae

Black-bindweed, Wild buckwheat

Fallopia convolvulus

Polygonaceae

Turmeric 

Curcuma longa

Zingiberaceae

Velvet bean

Mucuna pruriens

Fabaceae

Creeping spot flower, opposite leaf spot flower

Acmella repens

Asteraceae

Fringed spider flower, Purple cleome

Cleome rutidosperma

Cleomaceae

Hairy indigo

Indigofera hirsuta

Fabaceae

Hairy Indigo

Indigofera hirsuta 

Fabaceae

Ivy gourd

Coccinia grandis

Cucurbitaceae

Black jack

Bidens pilosa

Asteraceae

Caesarweed or Congo jute

Urena lobata

Malvaceae