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Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the Pandanus family from New Guinea. Its fruit is eaten in Papua New Guinea and Papua, Indonesia. The fruit has several names: marita (in Papua New Guinea local language), kuansu (in...
Read articlePitanga/Surinam cherry is a shrub that has shiny, smooth, and aromatic leaves which are bright red when immature. The top of the plant is narrower in...
Read articleAbiu Fruit/Pouteria caimito, the abiu, is a tropical fruit tree that originated in the Amazonian region of South America. It grows to an average of 33 feet (10 m) high,...
Read articleThe acai palm Euterpe oleracea is a species of palm tree (Arecaceae) cultivated for its fruit (açaí berries, or simply açaí), hearts of palm (a vegetable), leaves, and trunk wood. Global demand for the...
Read articleAcerola Cherry (Malpighia emarginata) with common names Acerola, Dwarf Barbados Cherry, Barbados Cherry, Garden Cherry, Indian Cherry, Huesito, Native Cherry, Manzanita, Surinam Cherry, Puerto Rico Cherry,...
Read articleGarcinia humilis, known commonly as achachairú or achacha, is a small, prolifically-fruiting tree related to the mangosteen. It grows in the southern part of the Amazon basin in the central...
Read articleAckee scientifically known as Blighia sapida is a fruit that majorly comes from Jamaica. It is a national fruit of Jamaica and is a member of...
Read articleAcne also is known as acne vulgaris is a long-term skin disease that occurs when hair follicles are clogged with dead skin cells and oil from the skin. It is characterized by blackheads or whiteheads,...
Read articleActinidia chinensis (Planch.), known commercially as the golden kiwifruit, is a fruiting vine, native to China. It is one of some 40 related species of the genus Actinidia, and closely related...
Read articleAdonidia Palm/Adonidia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Philippines and Borneo. The genus was originally described in 1919. In 1957, it was transferred to the genus Veitchia. In 2008,...
Read articleAegle marmelos/Wood Apple is inherent to India but also found in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and other regions of the Southern part of Asia. The tree grows...
Read articleAesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree. It is also called horse-chestnut, European horse chestnut, buckeye, and conker tree. It is sometimes called Spanish chestnut....
Read articleSeagrape/Coccoloba uvifera is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, that is native to coastal beaches throughout tropical America and the Caribbean, including southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and Bermuda. Common names include seagrape and baygrape. In late summer, it...
Read articlePrunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Prunus. Despite being called black cherry, it is not very closely...
Read articlePrunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Prunus. Despite being called black cherry, it is not very closely...
Read articleViburnum trilobum (cranberry bush viburnum, American cranberry bush, high bush cranberry, or highbush cranberry) is a species of Viburnum native to northern North America, from Newfoundland west to British Columbia, south to Washington state and east to northern Virginia....
Read articleViburnum trilobum (cranberry bush viburnum, American cranberry bush, high bush cranberry, or highbush cranberry) is a species of Viburnum native to northern North America, from Newfoundland west to British Columbia, south to Washington state and east to northern Virginia....
Read articleSolanum muricatum is a species of evergreen shrub native to South America and grown for its sweet edible fruit. It is known as pepino dulce (“sweet cucumber” in English, in order to differentiate it from cucumber which...
Read articlePepino melon/Solanum muricatum is a species of evergreen shrub native to South America and grown for its sweet edible fruit. It is known as pepino dulce (“sweet cucumber” in English, in order to differentiate it from cucumber...
Read articleMahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape or holly-leaved berberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to western North America. It is an evergreen shrub growing 1 m (3 ft) to 3 m (10 ft)[rx] tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, with pinnate...
Read articleMahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape or holly-leaved berberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to western North America. It is an evergreen shrub growing 1 m (3 ft) to 3 m (10 ft)[rx] tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, with pinnate...
Read articleMitchella repens (partridge berry, or squaw vine (no longer used)) is the best-known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder...
Read articleMitchella repens (partridge berry, or squaw vine (no longer used)) is the best-known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder...
Read articleVaccinium floribundum, commonly known as mortiño or Andean blueberry, is a slender shrub that grows in the northern Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at elevations from 1,800...
Read articleVaccinium floribundum, commonly known as mortiño or Andean blueberry, is a slender shrub that grows in the northern Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at elevations from 1,800...
Read articleStrawberry/A berry is a fruit developed from the ovary of a single flower, where the outer layer of the ovary wall generates the fruit pericarp (e.g....
Read articleKiggelaria africana/Wild peach may also refer to other flowering tree plants not closely related to the peach or each other Kiggelaria africana, native to southern and...
Read articleWild peach may also refer to other flowering tree plants not closely related to the peach or each other Kiggelaria africana, native to southern and eastern...
Read articleBerberis vulgaris, also known as common barberry, European barberry, or simply barberry, is a shrub in the genus Berberis. It produces edible but sharply acidic berries, which people in many countries eat as...
Read articleBerberis vulgaris, also known as common barberry, European barberry, or simply barberry, is a shrub in the genus Berberis. It produces edible but sharply acidic berries, which people in many countries eat as...
Read articlePrunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa. It is also...
Read articlePrunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa. It is also...
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