SAPODILLA CHIKOO
The SAPODILLA TREE, MANILKARA ZAPOTA = ACHRAS SAPOTA, SAPOTACEAE, is a fruit tree native to southern Mexico (Yucatan) and the neighboring countries, Belize and Guatemala. It is now widespread in…
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…
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…
PRICKLY PEAR
OPUNTIA are CACTACEAE = cacti with hundreds of species all native to America. Opuntia species are found from Patagonia to Alaska, but it is in the dry and warm regions…
BLACKBERRY RASPBERRY
The BLACKBERRY and related species, RASPBERRY,DEWBERRY,BRAMBLE, (ROSACEAE), are found on small bushy shrubs spread worldwide but most frequently encountered in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere including North…
SHEA BUTTER TREE
The shea butter tree or simply shea tree, VITELLARIA PARADOXA = BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SAPOTACEAE), is a tree of the African savannah (between 1000 and 1500 mm of annual rainfall) present…
JUJUBE RED DATE
The ZIZYPHUS botanical genus,(RHAMNACEAE) whose complex spelling of Latin origin is sometimes simplified into ZIZIPHUS (which can create confusion) exists in most continents. there are about forty species of trees…
HIBISCUS ROSELLE SORREL
HIBISCUS, MALVACEAE, are herbaceous, bushy plants, small shrubs or true trees, mainly from tropical and subtropical regions. They are botanically very close to OKRAS (GOMBOS) and PACIFIC CABBAGE which are…
POMEGRANATE
The POMEGRANATE tree, PUNICA GRANATUM, LYTHRACEAE , (PUNICACEAE) is often just a bushy shrub, it is native to the Mediterranean basin or the Middle East. It was already cultivated in…
PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
Unlike other members of the MYRTACEAE family, eucalyptus or cloves , guava is not very aromatic. This small tree, PSIDIUM GUAJAVA, of 3 to 10 m, with very hard wood,…