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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 articleCitrus australasica, the Australian finger lime or caviar lime, is a thorny understorey shrub or small tree of lowland subtropical rainforest and rainforest in the coastal border region of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It has edible fruits which...
Read articleFinger Lime/Citrus australasica, the Australian finger lime or caviar lime, is a thorny understorey shrub or small tree of lowland subtropical rainforest and rainforest in the coastal border region of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It has edible fruits...
Read articleBaliospermum montanum, commonly known as red physic nut, wild castor, wild croton, and wild sultan seed, is a plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. Baliospermum montanum is a stout undershrub...
Read articleRed Physic Nut/Baliospermum montanum, commonly known as red physic nut, wild castor, wild croton, and wild sultan seed, is a plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. Baliospermum montanum is a...
Read articleMangifera odorata (commonly known as kwini, kweni, kuweni, kuwini, or Saipan mango) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is commonly found along with coastal towns or travel routes in...
Read articleKwini Mango/Mangifera odorata (commonly known as kwini, kweni, kuweni, kuwini, or Saipan mango) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is commonly found along with coastal towns or travel routes...
Read articleHala Fruit/Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the...
Read articleBorassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala or tal palm, toddy palm, wine palm or ice apple is native to the Indian subcontinent (especially in South India) and Southeast Asia. It is reportedly naturalized...
Read articleBorassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala or tal palm, toddy palm, wine palm or ice apple is native to the Indian subcontinent (especially in South India) and Southeast Asia. It is reportedly naturalized...
Read articlePassiflora foetida (common names: stinking passionflower, wild maracuja, bush passion fruit, wild water lemon, stone flower, love-in-a-mist, or running pop) is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States (southern Texas and Arizona), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America,...
Read articlePassiflora foetida (common names: stinking passionflower, wild maracuja, bush passion fruit, wild water lemon, stone flower, love-in-a-mist, or running pop) is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States (southern Texas and Arizona), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America,...
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 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 articleFlacourtia sangomas, the Indian coffee plum, or scramberry, is a lowland and mountain rain forest tree in the Salicaceae or Willow Family. It is widely cultivated in Southeast and East Asia and has escaped cultivation in a number of...
Read articleRuneala Plum /Flacourtia sangomas, the Indian coffee plum, or scramberry, is a lowland and mountain rain forest tree in the Salicaceae or Willow Family. It is widely cultivated in Southeast and East Asia and has escaped cultivation in a...
Read articlePassiflora Mollissima /Banana passionfruit (Passiflora superset. Tacsonia), also known as tax and Aruba, is a group of around 64 Passiflora species found in South America. Most species in this section are found in...
Read articleBanana passionfruit (Passiflora superset. Tacsonia), also known as tax and Aruba, is a group of around 64 Passiflora species found in South America. Most species in this section are found in high elevation...
Read articleStrychnos nux-vomica, the strychnine tree, also known as nux vomica, poison nut, semen strychnos, and quaker buttons, is a deciduous tree native to India and to Southeast Asia. It is a medium-sized tree in the family Loganiaceae that grows in...
Read articleStrychnos nux-vomica, the strychnine tree, also known as nux vomica, poison nut, semen strychnos, and quaker buttons, is a deciduous tree native to India and to Southeast Asia. It is a medium-sized tree in the family Loganiaceae that grows in...
Read articleRauvolfia serpentine, the Indian snakeroot, devil pepper, or serpentine wood, is a species of flower in the milkweed family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia (from India to Indonesia). Rauvolfia is a perennial undershrub widely distributed in India in...
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