The seeds have an important role in Hindu medicine, and grow in pods with velvety soft hairs. It is a tropical climbing plant that also grows well as an annual plant.
The Vietnamese Paradise Palm is a rare palm species that is endangered in the wilde and has beautiful spotted fan-shaped leaves that can grow up to 1 m wide.
The white mango is a popular species in Southeast Asia, prized for its delicious sweet and sour taste and the fact that it is less fibrous than most mango’s.
The flowers emit a lovely scent in the evening, so this species is ideal as a houseplant. The species is especially known for its oil which is extracted from the flowers.