Black Chokeberry is a deciduous woody fruit producing  shrub that generally grows to 1m in height, seldom 3m. It is a member of the Rosaceae family and indigenous to eastern North America. It is typically found in dampish woods and swamps. The leaves are alternate, simple, up to 6 cm long, with hair look-alike projections [...]

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Lychee, Litchi chinensis, is the solitary member of the genus Litchi in the Sapindaceae family. It is an attractive, evergreen, dense, slow-growing, tropical fruit tree that grows from 10 -30m high. Leaves are glossy, leathery, dark-green on the upper surface and grayish-green beneath, 5-8 cm long. //< ![CDATA[ //]]> The greenish-white to yellowish flowers are [...]

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The Peach,  Prunus persica, is a species of Prunus. It belongs to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It is native to China and produces an edible fruit also known as a peach. The peach is a deciduous tree growing to 5-10 m tall. The leaves are 7-15 cm long and 2-3 cm broad. [...]

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The Macadamia is a nut bearing tree, a genus of eight species in the Proteaceae family, with a distribution to eastern Australia; seven native species and Indonesia; one species. Two of the eight macadamia species, M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla, produce nuts that are a valuable food crop and of a commercial importance. The rest [...]

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