Top Ten Misleading Plant Names
Some names just don't describe something really well...The Top Ten
1 Eggplant
Doesn't resemble an egg in any way
2 Desert Rose
It's not a rose, and it doesn't even look like a rose. It's more closely related to the genus Plumeria
3 Crab Apple
Doesn't resemble a crab in any way
4 Traveller's Palm
It's not a palm. It's more closely related to bananas
5 Indian Hawthorn
It's not native to India. It's native to China, Japan, Laos, and Cambodia
6 Blueberry
It's not blue, it's actually purple
7 Strawberry
It's not really a berry. It's actually an "aggregate fruit"
8 Chinese Bamboo
It doesn't belong in the bamboo family. It's from a family called Agavaceae
9 Indian Ricegrass
It's not related to rice or wild rice
10 Money Tree
It doesn't produce money (except you sell it of course)
The Contenders
11 Angel's Trumpet
It's actually more like a "devil". It can kill people and many have died from it
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