Climbers planting

The Calabar bean grows on a woody climber plant, much like the garden pea or runner bean. Another name for it is ordeal bean. Why ... 

The family Celastraceae consists of about 50 genera and 800 species of trees, shrubs, or climbers known to produce a series of phenethylamine alkaloids that might hold some potentials as sources of dopaminergic agents. About 30 plant species of Celastraceae are medicinal in the Asia-Pacific region. 

The family Rubiaceae consists of about 450 genera and 6500 species of tropical and subtropical trees, shrubs, climbers, and herbs that are known to abound with iri-doid glycosides (monoterpenoid alkaloids, tannins, and anthraquinones). When looking for Rubiaceae in field collection, one is advised to look for plants with opposite simple leaves with an interpetiolar stipule, tubular flowers, which are often white, and capsules, berries, or drupes. 

The importance of trees 158 Pollarding and coppicing 162 Shrubs 166 Climbers 168 Roses 170 Caring for woody plants... 

Planting climbers Put any support system, such as stretched horizontal wires, in place before planting the climber. To avoid siting it in a "rain shadow," plant it a little distance away from a wall or fence, guiding the stems of the plant in with canes. 

Making an impact A large container crammed with plants is much easier to care for than several small ones. Here, annual climbers—sweet peas and nasturtiums—are grown up a twiggy tepee set in a galvanized bin with holes drilled through the base. 

Annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, shrubs, climbers, and trees can all have herbal value. In many cases, it is the leafy part of the plant that is used as an herb, but different parts, such as roots, fruits, seeds, and flowers, even the bark of some trees, are utilized according to the species. 

Ololiuhqui in Nahuatl is the name of the seeds, not of the plant that yields the seeds. The word means round thing, and the seeds are small, brown, and oval. The plant itself is a climber, called appropriately coaxihuitl, snake-planf, in Nahuatl, and hiedra or bejicco by the Spanish writers. It is a morning glory, and it grows easily and abundantly in the mountains of southern Mexico. Unlike teonanacatl, it bears seed over months, and the seed can be kept indefinitely and carried far and wide to regions where the plant itself does not grow. 

The black pepper of commerce is the matured dried fruits (berries) of the tropical, perennial plant P. nigrum L. of the Pipemceae family. The common black pepper is found extensively in the evergreen forests of Western Ghats and adjoining areas, almost from sea level up to an elevation of 1300m. It is a perennial climber, climbing by means of ivy-like roots which adhere to the support tree. 

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