The Souari nut, caryocar brasiliense, is a nut bearing, evergreen, medium sized tree up to 20 meters tall. It is a member of the Caryocaraceae family and native to hot, scrub-land regions of Northern and Western Brazil. The Leaves are hairy that can cause itching and formed in leaflets of three (trifoliate). The Flowers are [...]

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Davidson's Plum, davidsonia pruriens, is native fruit bearing tree to Rain forests of north-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales and a member of the Davidsoniaceae family. It is known in cultivation, particularly among Australian plant enthusiasts. It is a small to medium sized tree which can reach up to 10 meters.

It has usually bright [...]

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The Cacao tree, theobroma cacao, is a small up to 10 meters high, evergreen, wide-branching, handsome member of the Malvaceae family. It is a native to tropical Mexico but now cultivated throughout the tropics. In its natural environment it is an understory tree. In cultivation it requires a humid climate regular rainfall overhead shade and [...]

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Surinam Cherry, euginia unifloral, is a member of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, is a small tropical fruit tree, indigenous to the Amazon rain forest. This tropical specimen grows up to 10 meters tall and has slender, spreading branches, pointed ovate leaves, bronze when young, deep-green and glossy when mature and long-stalked flowers. The leaves will [...]

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