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…

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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,…

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DOG ROSE ROSE HIP

ROSACEAE are especially numerous in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. These are plants with varied port (herbaceous to the trees) which have given by selection or hybridization many…

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COCONUT

COCONUT TREE, COCOS NUCIFERA, ARECACEAE,is the emblematic tree of the tropical shores, it is probably native to Southeast Asia but is now found in all tropico-equatorial countries. It has been…

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COCA

The coca tree, ERYTHROXYLUM COCA, ERYTHROXYLUM NOVAGRANATENSE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE, is a small tree native to the tropical regions of South America that can grow 5 to 6 m in the wild,…

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CHRYSANTHELLUM

Two species of Chrysanthellum or chrisantellum and their subspecies are used in traditional medicine in Central America, South America and Africa : CHRYSANTHELLUM AMERICANUM, CHRYSANTHELLUM INDICUM SOUS ESPECE AFRO-AMERICANUM, ASTERACEAEThey…

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HEATHERS

Heathers, ERICACEAE, are usually small woody shrubs or sub-shrubs of temperate regions that develop on poor soils, siliceous or degraded, most often very acidic (heaths, peat bogs), sometimes in undergrowth…

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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…

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TROPICAL ALMOND TRIPHALA

Terminalia catappa or tropical almond tree (COMBRETACEAE) are generally large trees They grow in warm regions with deciduous leaves, and discrete earflowers.The fruits are drupes more or less fleshy whose…

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