Asystasia gangetica 'Alba'

Scientific name: Asystasia gangetica 'Alba' 

Common name: Chinese Violet, Coromandel, Creeping Foxglove, Ganges Primrose, False Snapdragon Family: Acanthaceae 

Origin: Hort.

 Category: Perennial, herbaceous ever-flowering creeper 

Photograph taken at the Rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Alternanthera paronychioides

Scientific name: Alternanthera paronychioides
Common name: Smooth Chaff Flower
Family: Fabaceae
Origin: Tropical America
Category: Perennial herb
Photo taken at: Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow : Light : Soil : Water : Prune : Propagate : Features :

Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' - Green Velvet Alocasia

Scientific name: Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' 

Common name: Green Velvet Alocasia, Frydek Elephant Ear

Family: Araceae

Origin: Horticulture

Category: Perennial

Photo taken at: rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow : Partial shade

Adiantum polyphyllum - Giant Maidenhair Fern

Scientific name: Adiantum polyphyllum

Common name: Giant Maindenhair Fern

Family: Pteridaceae

Origin: South America

Category: Fern  

Photo taken at: rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama 

How to grow : Partial sun, propagate by division of clumps

Ageratum conyzoides - Billygoat Weed

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides 

Common name: Billygoat Weed, Chick Weed, Goatweed, Whiteweed

 Family: Asteraceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Weed

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

Acmella oleracea - Toothache Plant

Scientific name: Acmella oleracea

Synonyms: Spillanthes uliginosa

Common name: Toothache Plant, Eyeball Plant, Paraguay Cress

Family: Asteraceae

Origin: Tropical America

 Category: Perennial shrub

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

Amherstia nobilis - Pride of Burma

Scientific name: Amherstia nobilis

Common names: Pride of Burma, Queen of Flowering Trees, Amherstia

Family: Caesalpiniaceae

Origin: Burma

Category: Tree

Photo taken at: Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow : Light : Soil : Water : Prune : Propagate : Features :

Abelmoschus esculentus - Okra

Scientific name: Abelmoschus esculentus
Synonym: Hibiscus esculentus

Common Names: Okra, Ladies Finger, Gumbo

Chinese name: 秋葵 (qiu kui) or 羊角豆 (yang jiao dou)
Malay name: kacang bendi
Hindi/Urdu name: bhindi

Family: Malvaceae (mallow Family)

Origin: Africa
Category:  Annual/Perennial Shrub
Photo taken at: My home garden