Plants in our countries Wonders of Nature
December 2015
Ash tree Fraxinus
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
იფანი (ifani)
Yes, often
Italian
frassino
Yes it does.
Polish
jesion
Poland - Yes, quite often
Portuguese
Freixo
Yes, it does
Ash tree
Black locust Robinia pseudoacaci
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
აკაცია (akatsia)
Yes, it grows in many parts
Italian
robinia
Yes it does.
Polish
robinia akacjowa
Poland - Yes, quite often
Portuguese
Acácia Robinia
Yes, it does
Black locust
Birch Betula
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
არყის ხე (arkis khe)
Yes it does
Italian
betulla
Yes it does. We have one at Parini school too.
Polish
brzoza
Poland - Yes, quite often
Portuguese
Bétula
Yes, it does
Birch
Fig tree Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ლეღვი (leghvi)
Yes, in the lowlands of the country
Italian
fico
Yes it does. Also there is one fig tree in the backyard of Rodari school.
Polish
figowiec
No
Portuguese
figueira
Yes. There is one in our school garden
Fig tree
Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ცხენის წაბლი (tskhenis tsabli)
yes
Italian
ippocastano
Yes it does.
Polish
kasztanowiec
Poland - Yes, very often
Portuguese
castanheiro da Índia
yes
Chestnut tree Aesculus hippocastanum L.
Sweet chestnut tree
Plane (platan) Platanus
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ჭადარი (chadari)
Yes,they are along Tbilisi streets
Italian
platano
Yes, they are along some streets here too
Polish
klon
Yes, very often
Portuguese
Plátano
Yes, very often There are some in our school garden
Maple (Klon)
Oak
Quercus
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
მუხა (mukha)
Yes, in many parts
Italian
quercia
Yes it does.
Polish
dąb
Yes, very often
Portuguese
carvalho
yes
Oak
Rowan Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ცირცველი (tsirtsveli)
Italian
sorbo
Yes it does.
Polish
jarzębina
Poland - Yes, quite often
Portuguese
sorveira
yes
Persimmon Diospyros kaki
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ხურმა, კარალიოკი (khurma, karalioki)
Yes, very often in lowlands of Georgia
Italian
caco
Yes, it does.
Polish
persymona, hurma
No
Portuguese
Diospireiro
yes
Spruce (Fir tree) Picea
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ნაძვი (nadzvi)
Yes,we have them in many parts of Georgia
Italian
abete
Yes it does, expecially in the mountain areas.
Polish
świerk
Yes, very often. different kinds
abeto abeto
Portuguese
abeto
Yes, it does. There are some in our school garden.
Spruce
Tilia (Lime tree)
Tilia americana
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ცაცხვი (tsatskhvi)
Yes,they are a lot
Italian
tiglio
Yes it does. There are some big tilia trees in the playground of Dante school too.
Polish
lipa
Yes, very often
Portuguese
Tileira
yes, very often
Tilia
Basket willow
Salix
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ტირიფი (tiripi)
Yes, they are called crying willows
Italian
salice
Yes it does.
Polish
wierzba wiciowa
Yes, very often
Portuguese
salgueiro
yes, it does.
Basket willow
Walnut
Juglans
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
კაკალი (kakali)
Yes, quite a lot
Italian
noce
Yes it does.
Polish
orzech włoski
Yes, quite a lot
Portuguese
nogueira
yes, there’s one in our school garden
Yew
Taxus baccata
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
უთხოვარი (utkhovari)
Yes
Italian
tasso
Yes it does.
Polish
cis
Poland - Yes, seldom, it’s endangered
Portuguese
teixo
yes
Yew tree
Pine tree Language
Name
Does it grow?
Georgian
ფიჭვი (fichvi)
Yes, in many parts
Italian
pino
Yes, it does.
Polish
sosna
Yes, in many places
Portuguese
Pinheiro
Yes, in many places
Tangerine
Citrus tangerina
Language
Name
Does it grow?
Georgian
მანდარინი (mandarini)
Yes, in western parts of Georgia, by the Black Sea
Italian
mandarino
Yes, it does in the warmest parts of Italy, especially in the South.
Polish
mandarynka
No
Portuguese
tangerineira
yes,all over the country
Tangerine leaves
American tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Language
Name
Does it grow in your country?
Georgian
ამერიკული ტიტა (amerikuli tita)
Yes, only very rarely
Italian
Albero dei tulipani
Yes, it does in some areas as ornamental tree.
Polish
tulipanowiec amerykanski
Poland - Yes, seldom, as an ornamental tree
Portuguese
Tulipeiro-da-Virgínia (Árvore-do-ponto Tulipeiro)
Yes,it does.
American tulip tree
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