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Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
by steve stamos
Bread nut or Maya nut is the seed of Brosimum alicastrum, a tropical rain forest tree native to Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. This tropical American tree although from the same family, is not to be confused with the Breadnut fruit (Artocarpus altilis). The bread tree or Maya nut tree as it […]
Candle Tree - Cuajilote parmentiera edulis
Monday, June 18th, 2007
by steve stamos
Candle tree or Cuajilote, is a beautiful, evergreen tree native to It reaches a height of up to 10 meters and it can adapt to a wide range of climatic conditions but, it prefers the lowland forest areas with a medium to high rainfall, frost free, full sun and reasonable drainage.
Flowers are […]
Borojo - Borojoa patinoi Cuatrec
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
by steve stamos
This exotic perennial tree belongs to the rubiaceae family like coffee. It is found growing in the shade of other trees in the rainy forests of the Pacific coast of Colombia, where the average rain fall is more than 4,000 mm and with an average temperature of 28ºC, wild and in commercial plantations. […]
Canistel - pouteria campechiana
Friday, June 15th, 2007by steve stamos
The canistel, Pouteria campechiana, is the most attractive fruit of the family Sapotaceae. An evergreen tree that usually reaches no more than 10 meters in height, but it may, in exceptionally favorable situations, reach a height of 25-30 meters and its trunk may attain a diameter of up to 1meter. The evergreen leaves […]
Tropical Almond - terminalia catappa
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007by steve stamos
A large deciduous, tropical fruit tree that reaches up to 30 meters in height and a spread of 10-20 meters. It is native to India but it is now naturalized through most of the tropical world. This fruit tree is well adapted to salt soils and often grows along seashores. It is not […]