The Pejibaye tree or Peach Palm is a slender, erect, single or multi-stem palm growing to a height of 20 to 30 meters. Generally armed with sharp, black spines in regular bands, has feathery leaves 3 to 4 meters long and yellowish intermingled male and female flowers similar to chestnut. It is indigenous to the [...]

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Malabara Chestnut, pachira aquatica, is a medium to large sized very showy, evergreen nut bearing tree that can grow to 20 in the tropics but most likely 10-15 meters in cultivation. It is a native of the South and Central Americas tropical estuaries. The large, shiny, bright green leaves of the Malabar chestnut grow to [...]

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The Carob is a medium -sized slow growing, evergreen tree with silvery-green leaves, and it is also known as the locust of the desert  St John the Baptist Bread It is found growing wild in the drier regions of the Mediterranean where it is valued as much as a shade, soil stabilizer and useful stock [...]

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Holy Oak is an evergreen nut producing tree,  growing to 25m tall by 20m wide,  a native of the Mediterranean region. Leaves are leathery, dark, glossy green above and grayish beneath; is in leaf all year. The tree is very tolerant of maritime exposure. It flowers from May to June and flowers are either male [...]

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The Tahitian Chestnut, Inocarpus fagifer, is a medium size, evergreen tropical nut bearing tree indigenous to many South Pacific countries with a moderate to high; mean annual rainfall of 1500-4000 mm and a mean annual temperature of 28C. It is found commonly along riverbanks, swamps, marshes, and coastal shorelines across Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia but [...]

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