The Flora of Mission of Hope – Jarabacoa

  

Hi! I really like being in nature. Not hiking long distances so much, but more so walking around and staring at flowers and trees and funny looking insects. I don’t know a lot about plants, but I was fascinated by the plants of the Dominican Republic (and especially on the Mission of Hope campus in Jarabacoa). So, I decided do some research, identify as many as I could, and share them with you!

Disclaimer: I greatly relied on the plant identifying app “Picture This” while researching these plants. So if anything is incorrect, my apologies, and feel free to correct me in the comments! I had lots of fun doing this, so enjoy!

 

Areca Palm (dypsis lutescens)

 

Arthoniaceae (arthoniaceae)

Autograph tree (clusia rosea)

Avocado (persea americana)

 

Basket plant (callisia fragrans)

Bird of Paradise (strelitzia reginae)

Bitter Orange (citrus x aurantium)

Candelariaceae

Chinese Fan Palm (livistona chinesis )

Chinese Hibiscus (hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

 

Coconut Palm (cocos nucifera)

 

Arabian Coffee (coffea arabica)

 

The coffee plant pictures were taken on a coffee tour near the MOH Jarabacoa campus called Cafe Monte Alto. However, I found a coffee tree on campus near the bridge near staff housing as well 🙂

Cast-iron plant (aspidistra elatior)

Corn Plant (dracaena fragrans)

Creeping woodsorrel (oxalis corniculata)

 

Croton Petra (codiaeum variegatum ‘petra’)

Crown of Thorns (euphorbia milii)

 

Dwarf Umbrella Tree (schefflera arboricola)

Earleaf acacia (acacia auriculiformis)

Flame of the woods (ixora coccinea)

Fukien tea tree (ehretia moniphrena)

Ganodermataceae (ganodermataceae)

Giant Taro (alocasia macrorrhizos)

Lilyturf (liriope muscari)

Mamey croton (codiaeum variegatum ‘Mammie’)

Mango (mangifera indica)

Maricao cimun (byrsonima crassifolia)

Ming aralia (polyscias fruticosa)

Norfolk Island Pine (araucaria heyerophylla)

Oleander (nerium oleander)

Parmeliaceae (parmeliaceae)

Pinwheel Flower (tabernaemontana divarecata)

Sago Palm (cycas revoluta)

Shaving Brush Tree (pseudobombax ellipticum)

Silvergreen bryum moss (bryum argenteum)

Starburst bush (clerodendrum quadriloculare)

Southern Indian Azalea (rhododendron indicum)

 

Ti plant (cordyline fruticosa)

 

Traveller’s Palm (ravenala madagascariensis)

 

Tree Philodendron (philodendron bipinnatifidum)

 

Weeping Fig (ficus benjamina)

 

 

Thanks for reading!