Mustards, Capers & Allies - Brassicales
Native / Non-native
Mustard Family - Brassicaceae
Broccoli - Brassica oleracea Bitter Cress - Cardamine flexuosa Virginia Pepperweed - Lepidium virginicum Watercress - Nasturtium officinale Chinese White Radish - Raphanus sativus Caper Family - Capparaceae Spider Tree - Crateva unicolaris |
Papaya Family - Caricaceae
Papaya - Carica papaya Spider Flower Family - Cleomaceae Purple Cleome - Cleome rutidosperma Nasturtium Family - Tropaeolaceae Nasturtium - Tropaeolum majus |
Gourds, Begonias & Allies - Cucurbitales
Begonias - Begoniaceae
Wax Begonia - Begonia cucullata Cut-Leaved Begonia - Begonia palmata Wallich's Begonia - Begonia wallichiana |
Gourd Family - Cucurbitaceae
Ivy Gourd - Coccinia grandis Cucumber - Cucumis sativus Vegetable Sponge - Luffa cylindrica Creeping Cucumber - Melothria pendula Bitter Melon - Momordica charantia Wooden Tortoise - Momordica cochinchinensis |
Mustard Family - Brassicaceae
Broccoli 西蘭花 Brassica oleracea
Bitter Cress 彎曲碎米薺 Cardamine flexuosa
Virginia Pepperweed 北美獨行菜 Lepidium virginicum
Watercress 西洋菜 Nasturtium officinale
This plant is cultivated in Chuen Lung village in the foothills of Tai Mo Shan.
Chinese White Radish (Daikon) 蘿蔔 Raphanus sativus
These huge white radishes are widely grown in China and Japan. Turnip cake, popular at Chinese New Year, is made from this radish, rather than turnips.
Caper Family - Capparaceae
Spider Tree 樹頭菜 Crateva unicolaris
Papaya Family - Caricaceae
Papaya 番木瓜 Carica papaya
A small tree with an unbranched main stem up to 10 metres in height. Leaves are large and deeply dissected. Commonly grown by villagers with smallholdings in the New Territories.