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Paper Birch bark Betula papyrifera has a soft, yet moderately heavy, white wood. It makes excellent high yielding fire wood if seasoned properly plus the bark is a great fire starter, as it burns at high temperatures even when wet, making it very useful if stranded in the woods. It is acceptable for furniture parts, floors, and Oriented Strand Board. It does not have a very high economic value. The sap can be used to produce birch syrup. Its name reflects the use of the tree's bark, primarily b |
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It is grown as an ornamental plant for its decorative two-coloured flowers. An unambiguous common name is Bleeding Glory-bower; terms like "glory-bower", "bagflower" or "bleeding-heart vine" are also often encountered but technically can refer to any of the roughly 400 species of Clerodendrum. In some regions it has escaped from cultivation and become naturalised. Bleeding heart. The plant was named in honour of Rev. William Cooper Thomson (fl.1820 – 1880s), a miss |
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The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus or Artocarpus heterophylla) is a species of tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), which is native to parts of South and Southeast Asia. It is called Panasa in Sanskrit, Katahal in Hindi, Pala in Tamil and Chakka in Malayalam language. The jackfruit is something of an acquired taste, but it is very popular in many parts of the world. The sweet yellow flesh around the seeds is about 3–5 mm thick and has a sweet taste. The Mexican variety of the Jackfr |
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The leaves are highly poisonous. has soft, bright red berry-like structure called an aril. The seed itself is extremely poisonous and bitter. The aril is not poisonous, and is gelatinous and very sweet tasting. Taxus baccata is the longest living plant in Europe. There are confirmed claims as high as 5,000-9,500 years. Yew is the wood of choice for longbow making; the bows are constructed so that the heartwood of yew is on the inside of the bow while the sapwood is on the outside. T |
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Large Round Circles of Spiky Red Flowers |
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Schlumbergera is a genus of tree-dwelling cactus from Brazil introduced to Europe by the Kew collector, Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), in about 1816. They are tropical rainforest epiphytes, growing on tree branches where, despite the high rainfall, water drains off quickly so that "dry" conditions prevail much of the time. Not surprisingly these cacti are quite different in appearance from that of their desert-dwelling cousins. In 1858 Charles Lemaire (1801-1871) named this genus after |
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Duranta erecta is a shrub of the Verbenaceae family, commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and semi-tropical gardens. Originally native to Central and South America and the Caribbean, it is widely naturalized throughout the tropics and has become an invasive species in Australia, China, South Africa and on several Pacific Islands. Golden Dewdrop is native to the Americas, from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina in South America. There is some debate about whether th |
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Bromeliads are one of the more recent plant groups to have emerged. The greatest number of primitive species reside in the Andean highlands of South America suggesting a beginning there. The west African species Pitcairnia feliciana is the only bromeliad not endemic to the Americas, and is thought to have reached Africa via long-distance dispersal approximately 12 million years ago. Humans have been using bromeliads for thousands of years. The Incas, Aztecs, Maya and others used them for food, |
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Pomegranate aril juice provides about 16% of an adult's daily vitamin C requirement per 100 ml serving, and is a good source of vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), potassium and antioxidant polyphenols. The most abundant polyphenols in pomegranate juice are the hydrolyzable tannins called punicalagins which have free-radical scavenging properties in laboratory experiments. Punicalagins are absorbed into the human body and may have dietary value as antioxidants, but conclusive proof of efficacy in |
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Aechmea fasciata (Silver-Vase, Urn Plant) is a bromeliad native to Brazil. This plant is probably the best known species in this genus, and it is often used like a house plant. The plant grows slowly, reaching to between 1 and 3 feet in height, and spreading up to 2 feet. It has elliptic–oval-shaped leaves that are between 18 and 36 inches long and arranged in a basal rosette pattern. A. fasciata requires partial shade and a well-drained, but moisture-retentive soil. It can also be grown epi |
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Guzmania lingulata or Scarlet Star is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, subfamily Tillandsioideae. Foliage grows in a star-shaped basal rosette which culminates in an orange and red bracted inflorescence. They are among the most commonly cultivated bromeliad types. |
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Aechmea fasciata (Silver-Vase, Urn Plant) is a bromeliad native to Brazil. This plant is probably the best known species in this genus, and it is often used like a house plant. When caring for the plant make sure not to over water it and water it from the cup or top center of the plant. When the plant flowers, it will grow pups. And then the mother plant slowly dies. Do not transplant pups until they are 50% of the mother's size. Aechmea Fasciata are epiphytes and grow on trees not in the grou |
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The genus Lilium are herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Lilies comprise a genus of about 110 species in the lily family (Liliaceae) and are important as large showy flowering garden plants. Additionally, they are important culturally and in literature in much of the world. Some species are sometimes grown or harvested for the edible bulbs. The species in this genus are the true lilies. Many other plants exist with "lily" in the common English name, some of which |
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It thrives in disturbed soils along roadsides, trails, in pastures, and rangelands. Because of the bur-like seed, it spreads widely along travel corridors as a passenger on clothing or animal fur. It is toxic to livestock. Each flower produces four green bur-like fruits that turn brown as they mature. |
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Orange Pink Shrub Flower soapberry family (Sapindaceae). The North American species are known as Buckeyes and the Eurasian species as Horse Chestnuts. The Buckeye blooms in summer and the Horse Chestnut in late spring. edible acorn. the term "horse" refers to their strength or inedibility, Red Horse-chestnut Aesculus × carnea a hybrid between the Red Buckeye (A. pavia) a |
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