Tropicals

Tropicals is your field guide and community for plants and animals — the open species database in your pocket. AI IDENTIFICATION Point your camera at a plant or animal, or pick a photo, and get an instant identification powered by advanced AI. Great for aroids, orchids, palms, aquatic plants, reptiles, and more. SPECIES DATABASE Browse 420,000 species cataloged by scientific name, cross-checked against authoritative sources and edited by hand. Each record carries taxonomy, native range, care parameters — difficulty, temperature, humidity, light — morphology, propagation and CITES status. Find lookalikes and same-genus relatives. COMMUNITY Share observations, ask for help, post growing experiences, and react to other keepers' posts. Follow members and explore their collections. EVENTS Discover upcoming shows, expos and meetups. MAKE IT YOURS Favorite species to sync across your devices via iCloud. Your browsing history stays private on your device. OPEN DATA The same records are published as open datasets, an open-source model and a public API under CC-BY 4.0, archived on Zenodo with citable DOIs. Commercial use included — no permission needed. Tropicals supports English and Chinese. No ads, no tracking SDKs.