There are more than 600 species of Pandanus or Screw Pine, a member of the Pandanaceae family, genus monocots, in the tropics. Species vary in size from small bushes, less than 1 meter in height, up to medium-sized trees, 20 meters in height, commonly with a average growth rate.

The Pandanus trees are found both on [...]

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Another unfamiliar with nut tree is the Monkey Puzzle tree, araucaria araucana. It is a native of Chile and Argentina highland regions, found generally above 1000 meters in parts with heavy snowfall in wintertime. It is hardy to -23ºC; the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria.

The leaves are dense, strong and scale-like, trilateral, 3-4 [...]

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The Finger Lime, Citrus australasica, is a spiny subtropical fruit tree (shrub) of easterly Australia rain forests. It's a member of the Rutaceae family and has been lately popularized as a gourmet bush food. It is a small, 2-3 meters, small leafed slow growing shrub that over time become multi-branched and dense.

There is an extensive [...]

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The Grumichama, Eugenia brasiliensis, is an extremely ornamental, subtropical fruit tree, indigenus to the coastal southern Brazil. It's tolerant of an extensive array of soil types (best on rich, fertile, friable loam) and of low temperatures; enduring temperatures of -3ºC in Brazil.

Although this member of the Myrtaceae family it is a great deal admired because [...]

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