Category: Forest Facts

Medicinal Plants

ALOE PLANT BALL HEAD BITTERBUSH BREADFRUIT CASHEW LIME MAMME APPLE NUTMEG PLANT PERIWINCKLE ROUKOU SOURSOP STINGING NETTLE TRUMPET BUSH

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Vetiver Grass (Chrysopogon Zizanioides)

Chrysopogon Zizanioides, is commonly known as Vetiver and khus, is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae.   Vetiver is most closely related to Sorghum but shares many morphological characteristics…

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Mangroves in St. Vincent

Mangroves are a group of trees and shrubs that live in the coastal intertidal zone. There are about 80 different species of mangrove trees. All of these trees grow in…

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King’s Hill

King’s Hill is the oldest Forest Reserve in St. Vincent and the second oldest in the Western Hemisphere. It was established in 1791 to ‘attract the clouds and rain’ and…

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