Tropical Kudzu

Pueraria phaseloides

 

Family: Fabaceae

Common name: Tropical Kudzu

Origin: native toSouthern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan Island, Hong Kong), Taiwan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

Reference: Tropical Forages

Can I ID a plant from a sketch? I think so!

Matang Hipon

Breynia rhamnoides

Family: Euphorbiaceae/Phyllanthaceae
Common names: Indian snowberry
Distribution: found throughout the Philippines in low and medium altitudes, also occurs in India and Sri Lanka to China and Malaya
Reference: Stuartxchange

Matang Hipon

This started growing by itself beside the horse paddock. The bark and leaves have medicinal uses. The berries are eaten by birds.

This was initially misidentified as an edible plant Katuk Sauropus androgynus. I had my doubts about the ID after I ate a few leaves to confirm the ID. Did not taste edible!
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Barkley the Model

When I get frustrated with drawing birds, there’s always Barkley! You can always count on him to take a nice nap during the day. And look really cute while he’s doing it.

Barkley sleeping and sunbathing

Unlike those birds! When I see a bird perched nicely, I grab my sketching gear! Sometimes, the bird is gone by the time I’ve pulled out my sketchbook and pencil. If the bird stays in the area, then it’s a very intense few minutes of looking through the binoculars or scope and sketching and painting.

At the end, I’m always surprised when I look at my sketchbook and see how few bird sketches I’ve made. It always feels like I drew a lot!