DESERT DATE TREE
EGYPTIAN BALSAMABORAGHSOAP MAKERSUMP BALANITES AEGYPTIACA ZYGOPHYLLACEAE The desert date tree has many local names, some examples: ABORAGH in the Tuareg language, SAVONNIER in CHAD, several names in Arabic (LALOB, HIDJIHI),…
BRAZIL NUT
Bertholettia excelsa which is also called Amazonian nut, Brazil nut in English, castanheiro do para in Brazil is a large tree of the Amazonian primary forest.It is present in Brazil…
QUEENSLAND NUT or MACADAMIA
Macadamia is native to eastern Australia (including the state of Queensland), it is a Proteaceae, a family of plants from the southern hemisphere mainly present in Australia, New Caledonia, South…
CASHEW
Anacardium occidentale, cashew (caju in Portuguese) is a small tree probably native to the arid and sandy northeast of South America but which is now present in the majority of…
THE CANDLENUT TREE
THE CANDLENUT TREE or MOLUCCAN WALNUT TREE,or Indian walnut, Aleurites moluccanus (or moluccana), is an Euphorbiaceae native to South-East Asia, it has been introduced into the majority of tropical-equatorial countries…
TAMANU TEMANU
Tropical-equatorial plants, CLUSIASEAE are essentially trees or shrubs, sometimes epiphytes, "strangling" their support and developing aerial roots (genus Clusia). Most often large trees in the rainforest, swampy coasts or along…
AFRICAN PEAR NSAFU
The AFRICAN PEAR or BUSH BUTTER TREE, DACRYODES EDULIS, BURSERACEAE, is a tree with edible oleaginous fruits which grows naturally in Central Africa in the humid tropico-equatorial zone from sea…
CASTOR OIL PLANT
EUPHORBIACEAE are plants of varied appearance, from grasses to large trees, distributed all over the world but numerous in warm countries.They often contain latex, white or colorless, which is sometimes…
OPIUM POPPY
OPIUM POPPY, PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM is the most important species in medicine among PAPAVERACEAE. It is a plant cousin of the poppy with a similar appearance but much larger. The wild…
PAPAYA PAPAW
PAPAYA tree, CARICA PAPAYA, CARICACEAE, belongs to a genus, "carica", which now has only one species, "papaya". Caricaceae belong to a plant family of African origin but whose ancestors have…