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Photo taken from a cruise ship off the southwest coast of Mexico. Thanks to Tony Leukering for help with identifying this (and a few other) Red-footed Boobies. This species is polymorphic with Pacific populations somewhat different from Caribbean.
Photograph of our kinetic seating installation, "Polymorphic."
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Photograph of our kinetic seating installation, "Polymorphic."
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Tenerife
Icod de los Vinos
Butterfly garden
Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.
POISONOUS
All parts of the plant are poisonous, containing cyanogenic glycosides(hydrogen cyanide). In small quantities, hydrogen cyanide has been shown to stimulate respiration and improve digestion, it is also claimed to be of benefit in the treatment of cancer. In excess, however, it can cause respiratory failure and even death. This species is polymorphic for cyanogenic glycosides. The flowers of some forms of the plant contain traces of prussic acid and so the plants can become mildly toxic when flowering. They are completely innocuous when dried.
No known Edible uses.
MEDICINAL USES: Anti-inflammatory; Antispasmodic; Cardiotonic; Carminative; Febrifuge; Hypoglycemic; Restorative; Sedative;
Tonic; Vermifuge.
Carminative, febrifuge, hypoglycemic, restorative, vermifuge. The flowers are antispasmodic, cardiotonic and sedative. The root is carminative, febrifuge, restorative and tonic. The plant is used externally as a local anti-inflammatory compress in all cases of skin inflammation.
OTHER USES: Dye; Green manure.
An orange-yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. A useful green manure plant, fixing atmospheric nitrogen. It is difficult to see this plant as a useful green manure, it is fairly slow growing and does not produce much bulk
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Photograph of our kinetic seating installation, "Polymorphic."
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Visiting the mothing blacklight set-up in the back yard last night. A pretty good night for mothing, hot, humid, and mostly overcast.
Moraceae, paper mulberry, simple alternate whorled opposite, bark light tan pubescent red striations, polymorphic, top leaf scabrous, top bottum leaf pubescent satin
Moraceae : Paper mulberry : polymorphic arrangement, polymorphic leaf shape, very pubescent top/bottom, bark-smooth, tank, horizontal bands
Moraceae, paper mulberry, simple alternate whorled opposite, bark light tan pubescent red striations, polymorphic, top leaf scabrous, top bottum leaf pubescent satin
Photograph of our kinetic seating installation, "Polymorphic."
More at www.evolo.us/architecture/polymorphic-installation-a-kine...