| 8 | | Grown in many varieties for their
brightly coloured foliage; widely
cultivated as a houseplant;
tropical Asiatic shrub (6) |
| 9 | | Has thick, pudgy branches, similar
to Plumeria; Reynoldsia
sandwicensis trees; hawaiian
native plant (3,5) |
| 10 | | Anagram of maim (4) |
| 11 | | Type of lichen; family Parmeliaceae (10) |
| 12 | | Wild plum of northeastern United
States having dark purple fruits
with yellow flesh (4) |
| 13 | | Species Lathyrus bijugatus White;
anagram of pray parked (7,3) |
| 17 | | Eurasian plant cultivated for its
seed and as a forage crop; The
crime of forcing a woman to submit
to sexual intercourse against her
will (4) |
| 18 | | Type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old
World herbs and subshrubs grown
for their medicinal properties and
for dye substances extracted from
their roots (5) |
| 19 | | Any of many plants of the genus
Rosa (4) |
| 21 | | When dried yields a hard substance
used e.g. in golf balls; A hard-
wooded tropical tree yielding _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ gum and heavy
red timber (4,6) |
| 23 | | Any tree or shrub of the genus _ _
_ _ having pinnate leaves and
showy usually white flowers;
cultivated as ornamentals (4) |
| 24 | | Handsome South American shrub or
small tree having bright scarlet
flowers and yielding a valuable
fine-grained yellowish wood;
yields the bitter drug quassia
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