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 Trees: Flowering
The trees under irrigation do not seem to lose their foliage completely, but the flower display is scattered over a longer period.
Your tree sounds like it has been "liontail" pruned — all the growth is removed except for the end of the branches, leaving a tuft of foliage resembling a lion's tail.
This is the Portia tree (Thespesia populnea), a hibiscus relative.
www.a-garden-diary.com /trees_flowering.htm   (2116 words)

  
 Agroforestree Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Thespesia populnea is a shrub or medium-sized evergreen tree, up to 20 m tall with a dense crown.
It is a suitable tree for dry locations and is highly tolerant of saline conditions.
Cuttings of all sizes strike well, but it is preferable to plant small cuttings as trees raised from large cuttings are said to be short lived and liable to decay.
www.worldagroforestry.org /Sites/TreeDBS/Aft/Print.cfm?SpID=1643   (994 words)

  
 “Prey capture and mating behavior in jumping spiders belonging to the genus Portia
Portia have developed some interesting behavior patterns that make them successful in hunting spiders as apposed to insect prey.
Portia actually mimic the movements of insect vibration when invading alien webs (Jackson 1992.) Fixations or pauses are more common in Portia spp.
Portia of much interest to many because of the possible evolutionary link that they are between cursorial salticids and web-building spiders.
www.colostate.edu /Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_2001/odenbeck.htm   (3216 words)

  
 Milo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
It is a very good shade tree along the seashore and was planted by the early Hawaiians for such.
The milos along with the kou were the favored shade trees for coastal areas.
In areas where this tree is found the young leaves are eaten by some people as a vegetable.
www.hilozoo.com /plants/PT_portia.htm   (116 words)

  
 Dicot Gallery M-Z
Description: Large tree, branches heavily marked with leaf and stipule scars, leaves commonly 60 cm long, ovate in outline, deeply pinnately lobed, leaves thick, staminate and pistillate flowers borne in spikes, fruit large, roughly spherical with a patterned surface, emitting large amounts of latex upon being picked.
Description: Trees or shrubs, leaves oblong with acuminate apices, petals 4, pink to purple, stamens pink to red, very showy, fruit resembles a small apple and may be red or white.
Description: Small tree or shrub, leaves opposite, glabrous, up to 45 cm long, elliptic, stems quadrangular, flowers with a sweet scent borne in clusters directly on the developing conglomerate fruit, fruit globose to irregular, green, dense with white flesh with a putrid, acidic taste.
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 The Pig Who Found The Song In Her Heart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
But as Portia lay in bed that night trying to sleep, beautiful pictures of the lake and the sunrise and the pink cloud pony kept dancing in her imagination.
Portia's heart sank as she watched the frowns and listened to the murmur.
Portia sold every single one of her imaginative paintings and they now hang in the library, in the shops, and in the living rooms all over town.
www.dead.net /RobertHunterArchive/files/hjx/portia.html   (2166 words)

  
 Surviving AC Survivor -- 39 Days, 16 Animals, 1 Survivor- The Official Site of AC Survivor
Portia’s skin was covered in red, ugly blotches, save her face, where, thankfully, none of the juice had splashed.
Portia and Lobo’s mission was definitely easier said than done, mostly because of the fact that the durians were very light, and a slight tap would send them rolling five feet.
Portia was the first to land, and, wind rustling through her fur, opted to wait for the other twox members of her tribe to land.
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 The Sky, a Fox, and a Wolf
Portia: that a story would inspire them and give them something to do.
Portia: climbing the mountain range to the highest peak to see if they could find the direction where the horizon lives.
Portia: "Oh, hey, you birds..,", the fox called to the flock,"Will you give us feathers for our cause?" He looked to the Wolf who added,"We are looking for the horizon and wish to have wings such as yours to carry us there." The birds looked at the unlikely pair of adventurers and squaked,"...
www.siliconotter.com /story/stories/The_Sky.html   (1081 words)

  
 Portia tree -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
In (Click link for more info and facts about Hawai‘i) Hawai‘i and elsewhere in the (The largest ocean in the world) Pacific it is possibly indigenous, although may have been spread by early Polynesians for its useful wood and fiber.
Common names vary according to the country and include (in addition to Portia tree): "Indian Tulip Tree", "Pacific Rosewood", "Bebaru"/"Baru Baru" (Malay), "Milo" (in (Click link for more info and facts about Hawai‘i) Hawai‘i), "Miro" (Pitcairn Island), and "Seaside Mahoe" (Florida).
On (Click link for more info and facts about Pitcairn Island) Pitcairn Island, miro (as it is called there) was once common but extensively logged.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/portia_tree.htm   (212 words)

  
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 hibiscus.org
The genus is comprised of trees which are sometimes cultivated either for their usefulness to traditional cultures or for ornamental purposes.
The tree grows in short twists and turns with numerous limbs; therefore lumber is is only found in short lengths.
Thespesia are trees in the hibiscus-family valued not only for their ornamental qualities but also for their wide range of uses.
www.hibiscus.org /species/tpopulnea.php   (2459 words)

  
 Thespesia populnea Plant Data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Indigenous Practices: Brought to these islands by early Polynesian settlers who carried the seeds, this fast-growing evergreen tree was planted around the temples in Tahiti, as it was said to be spiritually connected to the chant and to prayer.
Although rare today, in old Hawai'i milo was a commonly found tree, cultivated as a shade plant around homes near sunny coastal areas with loose soil.
A fast growing shrub that grows into a small tree with spreading branches, it casts welcome shade and in Hawaii were planted near homes for this purpose.
www.ntbg.org /plants/plantresource_new3.php?rid=176&focus=4   (857 words)

  
 The Girl Who Could Not Shudder
Portia tried to imitate the shudder, but all that happened was she sneezed.
In gratitude, the villagers sewed for Portia a fine velvet cape, and the mayor held a great banquet in her honor, to which he invited her father and her sister Priscilla and the old Governess (who was by now quite recovered from her illness).
Portia jumped up from the table, shaking and shuddering and shivering, and tore off her cape, all the time dipping fingers in the ice cream and tasting it.
www.sonic.net /mary/rosemarylake/girl_who_could_not_shudder.html   (3223 words)

  
 Milo: Other Uses: Ethnobotany: Ahupua'a: Asia-Pacific Digital Library
This species was a popular shade tree around homes, as seen around the house of Kamehameha I in Waikiki.
The tree also yields tannin, dye, medicine, oil and gum and the young leaves are edible.
It was one of the popular shade trees that the Hawaiians would use as a landscape plant.
apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu /~ahupuaa/botany/other/milo.htm   (331 words)

  
 Poem Online Poetry Community - .Love, Darkly
Yet your second image is the mimosa tree, not known for it's dark properties, but rather for it's startlingly bright pink spiky flowers and ferny leaves.
I want to respond to this, portia, but I can't because it's so enigmatic, so bitter-sweet, yet as you know I like poetry that causes one to pause and reflect.
Portia, the sky was clear and beautiful a few nights ago and Edd and I spent time cuddled up watching the lunar eclipse.
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 Portia - Troubles
As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.
His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.
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 Tulip trees sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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 Mike's travel page - Home Page
Portia with our 'guide' and porters on the other side of the crater rim
Richard and Portia on the walls of Suwon
Portia in from of Harold Bishop's house, Ramsey St
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 Penumbra: New- e.jones
Portia came over and shushed him by tightening the dressing on his side.
Like anything would be that simple —his eyes flicked to the beautiful tree on the opposite end of the Grove.
It was the tree of Life, the rich brown limbs reaching and aching for the sun.
www.skewedperspective.com /penumbra1.html   (1583 words)

  
 Venezuela - Paperweight Collectors Association
He planted numerous trees in the Garden of Eden and in the middle the tree of life.
The serpent, the most cunning of all the creatures, persuaded Eve to disobey and eat the fruit from the forbidden tree.
Adam and Eve, the serpent, the tree of life and the forbidden fruit are highlighted in this weight.
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 Chapter PORTIA <i>to</i> PRA of P by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
1860.—“Another useful tree, very common in Ceylon, is the Suria, with flowers so like those of a tulip that Europeans know it as the tulip tree.
It is planted all along the avenues and streets in the towns near the coast, where it is equally valued for its shade and the beauty of its yellow flowers, whilst its tough wood is used for carriage-shafts and gun-stocks.”—Tennent’s Ceylon, i.
1861.—“It is usual to plant large branches of the portia and banyan trees in such a slovenly manner that there is little probability of the trees thriving or being ornamental.”—Cleghorn, Forests and Gardens of S. India, 197.
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 The Winding Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
On days like these I feel really, really bad for giving lp a hard time about her planning tendencies, because that apple fell so close to the tree it's nestled in the root structure.
And the fake tree that was weirdly bright somehow, and had a lot of ornaments on it, and which was in the dining room, which I didn't understand until namlet explained that most people think the tree goes in the front of the house near a window.
It confuses me to like people, and know they're good people, and to think the photo album of their life is very good-looking, and to be repulsed all at the same time.
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 City Council Minutes for 08-11-2003 - The City of Waynesboro, Virginia
With continued studies, I hope to be able to refine tree risk assessment procedures, which, in the long run, will pay great dividends to communities and homeowners in terms of knowing when a tree presents a risk of failure.
When a tree presents a risk of failure, however, it needs to be addressed (either by removal, pruning, or support system installation).
Knowing when a tree presents too great a risk of failure is critical to prolonging a tree’s useful (and safe) life in a community.
www.waynesboro.va.us /081103.html   (4531 words)

  
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 Julius Caesar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Herbert Beerbohm Tree played Marc Antony in this production of Julius Caesar at Her Majesty's Theatre (London); the play ran from January 22 until June 18, with a total of 161 peformances.
The other players were Charles Fulton as Julius Caesar, Lewis Waller as Brutus, Louis and Alexander Calvert as Casca, and Evelyn Millard as Portia (Wearing, 1890-99, II, 714-15).
Tree played Marc Antony, J. Murray Caesar, Lewis Waller Brutus, and Mrs.
www.english.emory.edu /classes/players/caesar.html   (192 words)

  
 Portia
Unless you are a Tree of Life developer, you really shouldn't be here.
The major distinction between a branch and a leaf of the Tree of Life is that each branch can be further subdivided into descendent branches, that is, subgroups representing distinct genetic lineages.
Tree of Life design and icons copyright © 1995-2004 Tree of Life Project.
tolweb.org /tree?group=Portia&contgroup=Spartaeinae   (175 words)

  
 MMerchantV
The Tree of the Sefirot with the respective Sefirot equated with
Portia, is connected to all of the first three sefirot.
Tree of the Sefirot, or universal structure of things.
www.sirbacon.org /mmerchantv.htm   (3409 words)

  
 History of Hawaii Agriculture
Forest reserves managed by fencing, feral animal elimination, and reforestation with native and exotic tree species.
Ernest Van Tassel negotiates with Bishop Estate to obtain 100 acres of land in Keahoe Mauka for planting more than 7000 macadamia nut trees resulting in the first macadamia nut farm on the island of Hawaii.
Civilian Conservation Corps reforestation efforts plant an average of two million trees per year in the forest reserves.
www.hawaiiag.org /history.htm   (2886 words)

  
 Canoe Plants of Ancient Hawai`i: MILO
Brought to these islands by early Polynesian settlers who carried the seeds, this fast-growing evergreen tree was planted around the temples in Tahiti, as it was said to be spiritually connected to the chant and to prayer.
Milo's scientific name is Thespesia populnea, and it is also known as a portia tree.
The milo tree is a small to medium-sized one, growing to less than 40 feet high.
www.canoeplants.com /milo.html   (601 words)

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