| ABELMOSK | A tropical herb |
| SESAME | Name a tropical herb whose small seeds yield oil (6) |
| DAL | From Sanskrit for "to split", dried beans, lentils and other pulses in Indian cookery; a curry or puree of said legumes; or, a yellow-flowered tropical herb, also called pigeon pea (3) |
| SIDA | Fibre yielding tropical herb (4) |
| CANNA | Tropical herb |
| BASIL | Tropical herb |
| BARB | A tang near the end of a fish- hook; a cluster of spikes on fence wire; a filament of a feather; or, a tropical fish, popular in aquaria (4) |
| GUTTA | From the Latin for "drop", one of a series of pendent ornaments in the architrave of a Doric entablature; or, derived from the latex of a tropical plant, a "resist" used in silk painting |
| SAGO | A starchy cereal obtained from the powdered pith of a tropical Asian palm, used for puddings and as a thickening agent (4) |
| REEF | Coral -; inhabited by invertebrates that spawn during a full moon, a type of ecosystem likened to a tropical rainforest of the sea (4) |
| AVOCADO | A tropical fruit from a restraining order to a bounder with nothing |
| LOOFAH | The interior of a dried fruit of a tropical plant used as a sponge for washing the body (6) |
| CASHEWS | Nut-like seeds of a tropical tree eaten salted as a snack or in stir-fries, curries, with noodles or |
| HOTHOUSEPLANT | Agent behind A Place in the Sun enjoys a tropical climate (8,5) |
| IVORYNUT | Seed of a tropical American palm; a source of vegetable ivory (5,3) |
| ALOE | --- vera, a juice obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, used in skin preparations (4) |
| ARMYANT | Skill needed to catch, in a way, many a tropical insect |
| LIANA | A woody climbing plant, especially in a tropical rain forest |
| CHOKO | (Aust) Fruit of a tropical vine eaten as a vegetable (5) |
| PARROT | A tropical bird with a short hooked bill often having vivid plumage and able to mimic the human voice |
