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Inga edulis, known as ice-cream bean, ice-cream-bean, joaquiniquil, cuaniquil (both from Nahuatl: cuahuxinicuile combining cuahuitl "tree"; icxitl "feet" and necuilli "crooked" [2]) guama or guaba, is a fruit native to South America. It is in the mimosoid tribe of the legume family Fabaceae. [3]
Inga feuilleei (named after Louis Feuillée [2]), commonly known as pacay or ice-cream bean tree, [3] is a tree in the family Fabaceae native to Andean valleys of northwestern South America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Pacay trees, as is the case with other trees in genus Inga , produce pods that contain an edible white pulp and have nitrogen-fixing roots.
The water current can be used to turn turbines for hydroelectric generation. The ocean is an example of a natural resource. Ocean waves can be used to generate wave power, a renewable energy source. Ocean water is important for salt production, desalination, and providing habitat for deep-water fishes. There is biodiversity of marine species in ...
Many animals regularly visit mineral licks to consume clay, supplementing their diet with nutrients and minerals. In tropical bats, lick visitation is associated with a diet based on wild figs (), which have very low levels of sodium, [3] [4] and licks are mostly used by females that are pregnant or lactating.
The large-scale production of ice cream also resulted from the ice trade. Ice cream had been produced in small quantities since at least the 17th century, but this depended both on having large quantities of ice available, and substantial amounts of labour to manufacture it by constantly agitating the mixture to produce the light texture ...
Numerous schemes have been described as artificial photosynthesis. Photocatalytic water splitting, the conversion of water into hydrogen and oxygen:; 2 H 2 O → 2 H 2 + O 2 This scheme is the simplest form of artificial photosynthesis conceptually, but has not been demonstrated in any practicable way.
Classic spike form Ice candle form Inverted pyramid form. An ice spike is an ice formation, often in the shape of an inverted icicle, that projects upwards from the surface of a body of frozen water. Ice spikes created by natural processes on the surface of small bodies of frozen water have been reported for many decades, although their ...
The human population exploits and depends on many animal and plant species for food, mainly through agriculture, but also by exploiting wild populations, notably of marine fish. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Livestock animals are raised for meat across the world; they include (2011) around 1.4 billion cattle , 1.2 billion sheep and 1 billion domestic pigs .