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Schizolobium parahyba, the Brazilian firetree, or Brazilian fern tree, is a species of tree from tropical America.It is the sole species in genus Schizolobium. [2] [3] It is notable for its fast growth (up to 3 meters per year). [4]
Krabèe janèng, Acehnese cuisine made from Dioscorea hispida Several peoples use the tuber as food. The tuber is toxic when fresh due to the presence of saponins and calcium oxalate raphides, so it must be processed prior to consumption, typically by finely slicing into thin strips, placing in a sack or net, and leaving in a stream for a few days until the toxins have leached out.
Firmiana simplex – MHNT. Firmiana simplex, commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasoltree, or wutong (Chinese: 梧桐; pinyin: wútóng), is an ornamental plant of tree size assigned to the family Malvaceae that was formerly in the family Sterculiaceae in the order Malvales, and is native to Asia.
The title track from Steely Dan's 1977 album Aja contains the lyric "Chinese music under banyan trees, here at the dude ranch, above the sea." [ 40 ] On 13 December 2021, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping personally intervened to punish and demote 10 CCP officials in Guangzhou after they cut down or uprooted thousands ...
A Chankiri Tree, otherwise known as Rain tree. Samanea saman is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, now in the Mimosoid clade [5] and is native to Central and South America. [6]
T. brevifolia var. reptaneta (thicket yew) is a shrub variety that generally occurs in the mid to upper elevation range of the typical variety, 1,000–1,220 m (3,280–4,000 ft) at its southernmost occurrence in the Klamath Mountains region, and at lower elevations further north. [5]
Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, [2] is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo.
Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia.It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae, alongside Wollemia and Araucaria (being more closely related to the former).