Key Lime

citrus × aurantiifolia

It is the host plant for the lime butterfly.

The Key lime made its way to North Africa and the Near East via Arabian traders.

It was then carried on to Palestine and Mediterranean Europe by the Crusaders. Columbus is credited with bringing the Key lime to Hispaniola (now known as Haiti), where it was carried on by Spanish settlers to Florida.Today, most Key limes come from Mexico.

Peacock Flower

caesalpinia pulcherrima

It is a host plant for the common grass yellow butterfly. Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas and the world. It could be native to the West Indies, but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation, like many other plants, Peacock flower has escaped cultivation and become established in warm climate regions throughout the world, it flourishes during summer when the weather is hottest and other vegetation fades. Nobody can justify its origins but it was about 1680 that the tree was recorded as growing in the gardens of India.

Snake Weed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

It is a food plant.It is a species of flowering plant in the verbenaceae family .Native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and tropical South America.Locations within which Lantana camara is naturalised include Africa, Australia, India, south-eastern Asia and many oceanic islands with warm climates.

Lantana

shrub verbenas

It is a food plant. Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region.