Category Archives: Malpighiaceae
Deciduous Trees in the Tropics
A couple of years ago someone in a comment to my post on cecropias asked whether cecropia trees were deciduous or evergreen. I had mentioned that the leaves, being big, could become unsightly when many of them dropped from the … Continue reading
Nance Macho, Accidentally
Sometimes I think I should name this blog The Accidental Botanist. So many of my serious efforts at identification have ended up erroneous whereas I often stumble across an identification that just “clicks” with something I’ve seen recently. So it … Continue reading
The Leaf inside the Flower
This vine belongs to the plant family Malpighiaceae, which is the family of the nance, a favorite fruit tree here in Panama. Because the family is represented only in the tropics and subtropics, I want to spend a little time … Continue reading
Nance in bloom
The nance trees on our property have been in bloom for a couple of months, although they are just now really ablaze with color. All this time I’ve been trying to get a decent picture of an individual flower. This … Continue reading
