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Rhododendron

Rhododendron arboreum

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Plantae, Eudicots, Angiosperm

2 POINTS

HILL, MOUNTAIN

FACT: This rhododendron tree is the national flower of Nepal. This plant also holds the Guinness Record for the tallest Rhododendron!

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Rhododendron arboreum, the tree rhododendron,[1] is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a showy display of bright red flowers. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Thailand. It is the national flower of Nepal. In India it is the state tree of Uttarakhand and state flower of Nagaland. Its specific epithet means “tending to be woody or growing in a tree-like form”. It has been recorded as reaching heights of 20 m (66 ft),[2] though more usually 12 m […] read more

Succulent Grass

Albuca namaquensis

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Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plantae

3 POINTS

HILL

FACT: The flowers that bloom from the corkscrew albuca have an aroma similar to vanilla.

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Albuca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.[2] The genus is distributed mainly in southern and eastern Africa, with some species occurring in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[3] Plants of the genus are known commonly as slime lilies.[4] These are perennial herbs growing from bulbs. The stem is sheathed in leaves with linear to strap-shaped blades.[5] They can be 8 centimeters to well over […] read more

Sal Tree

Shorea robusta

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Angiosperms, Eudicots, Plantae

2 POINTS

TERAI, HILL

FACT: In Nepal, the leaves of the Sal tree are used to make local plates and vessels called “tapari”, “doona”, and “bota” in which rice and curry is served.

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Shorea robusta, the sal tree,[2] also sarai and other names,[3] is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. This tree is native to the Indian subcontinent, ranging south of the Himalaya, from Myanmar in the east to Nepal, India and Bangladesh. In India, it extends from Assam, Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand west to the Shivalik Hills in Haryana, east of the Yamuna. The range also extends through the Eastern Ghats and to the eastern Vindhya and Satpura ranges of central India.[4] It is often the […] read more

Nepalese Fig

Ficus sarmentosa

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Angiosperms, Eudicots, Plantae

4 POINTS

HILL

FACT: The nepal fig is an edible fruit that is native to China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent and Indo-China region.

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Ficus semicordata, commonly known as the drooping fig, is a small to medium-sized fodder tree of genus Ficus.[2] It bears edible fruit. The figs on the lower part of the leafless branches may develop in leaf litter and humus, and be buried in the surface of the soil, where the seeds germinate. Otherwise birds and other animals distribute the seeds. […] read more

Bamboo

Bambusoideae

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Angiosperms, Monocots, Plantae

2 POINTS

TERAI

FACT: Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants at 1 inch per 40 minutes or 1 mm every 90 seconds.

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Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. The origin of the word “bamboo” is uncertain, but it probably comes from the Dutch or Portuguese language, which originally borrowed it from Malay or Kannada.[3] In bamboo, as in other grasses, the internodal regions of the stem are usually hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross-section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical […] read more

Red Huckleberry

Vaccinium parvifolium

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Plantae, Spermatophyta, Magnoliopsida

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Fact: Huckleberry is a versatile plant that is tasty to eat fresh and can be made into fruit leather or pie. Indigenous communities also used it as a cold remedy and as fish bait because the berries look like salmon eggs.

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Graphic by Fraser Wagner