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Cordia dichotoma is a small to moderate-sized deciduous tree with a short bole and spreading crown. The stem bark is greyish brown, smooth or longitudinally wrinkled. Flowers are short-stalked, bisexual, white in colour which open only at
Mucilage mixed with water has been used as a glue, especially for bonding paper items such as labels, postage stamps, and envelope flaps. [7] Differing types and varying strengths of mucilage can also be used for other adhesive applications, including gluing labels to metal cans, wood to china, and leather to pasteboard. [ 8 ]
The jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, reaching as much as 55 kg (120 pounds) in weight, 90 cm (35 inches) in length, and 50 cm (20 inches) in diameter. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] A mature jackfruit tree produces some 200 fruits per year, with older trees bearing up to 500 fruits in a year.
Get 15 best fruits for weight loss. Apples are a high-fiber food that tops the list, followed by blueberries, watermelon and avocado. A dietitian shares her No. 1 pick
We've compiled the best and the worst fruits—the "worst" fruits are those that have a sugar content higher than 10 grams and more calories than others. Check out the slideshow above for the 10 ...
Pawpaw fruits have a sweet, custard-like flavor somewhat similar to banana, mango, and cantaloupe, [3] [13] varying significantly by source or cultivar, [3] with more protein than most fruits. [3] Nineteenth-century American agronomist E. Lewis Sturtevant described pawpaws as "a natural custard, too luscious for the relish of most people."
The fruit is spindle-shaped, dehiscent and divided into transversal sections through five valves. The fruit measures 2 to 8 cm in length and colors vary from greyish-blue to green or brownish-black. Every seed chamber contains 25 to 40 seeds, which sum up to 125 to 200 seeds per fruit.
Which fruits and vegetables are highest in pesticides? The EWG found that 99% of strawberry samples (most recently tested in 2015-16) had detectable residues of at least one pesticide, earning the ...