AFRICAN BAOBAB
There are at least 8 species of baobab of the genus Adamsonia (Madagascar, Africa, Australia). The African baobab Adamsonia digitata , BOMBACEAE, is the best known because the most widespread,…
BANANA TREE BANANA
The musaceae are tall, shrub-like grasses with a pseudo-trunk or false-stem. MUSA ACUMINATA is the main cultivated species but there also, MUSA SAPIENTUM, MUSA PARADISIACA, MUSA TROGLODYTARUM The inflorescence is…
AVOCADO
Avocado, PERSEA AMERICANA, LAURACEAE, is native to Mexico and tropical America; it was quickly spread throughout the tropical and sub-tropical world. A botanical particularity is the virtual necessity of cross-fertilization…
SEA BUCKTHORN
SEA BUCKTHORN, HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES, ELAEAGNACEAE, is part of a family of plants almost all native to temperate or cold regions. The genus Hippophae includes 7 species, and the genus Elaeagnus…
PINEAPPLE
Pineapple, ANANAS COMOSUS =ANANAS SATIVUS, native to tropical America, is now widespread and cultivated in all tropical regions of the world. It is a terrestrial BROMELIACEAE, whereas many plants of…
ACKEE
The plants belonging to the large Sapindaceae family (soapberry)are mainly tropical, but the Canadian maple and the European horse chestnut are part of them.Sapindaceae are well represented in Asia with…