MANCHINEEL AND BLINDING TREE
THE MANCHINEEL TREE, HIPPOMANE MANCENILLA, AND THE BLINDING TREE, EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA These two tropical trees with toxic and corrosive latex are found near certain tropical beaches; guardians of the Garden…
JAMBULAN SYZYGIUM CUMINII
JAMBUL JAMBULAN, SYZYGIUM CUMINII SYZYGIUM CUMINII, Malabar plum, Java plum, jambolan is native to India, it has had several botanical names: Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini, Eugenia jambolana.It has been introduced…
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…
YLANG YLANG
Unlike species of the Annona genus (see soursop and cinnamon apple) which are native to South America, ylang-ylang or cananga tree, CANANGA ODORATA, ANNONACEAE, is a tree from the forests…
TAMARIND
Indigenous to Africa, the TAMARIND TREE,TAMARINDUS INDICA, CAESALPINIACEAE, is found in the wild in dry savannahs; it was introduced a long time ago in India then dispersed by the Arabs…
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…
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…