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  2. Spondias dulcis - Wikipedia

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    Its oval fruits, 6–9 cm (2.4–3.5 in) long, are borne in bunches of 12 or more on a long stalk. Over several weeks, the fruit fall to the ground while still green and hard, then turn golden-yellow as they ripen. [1] According to Morton (1987), "some fruits in the South Sea Islands weigh over 500 g (1 lb) each." [1]

  3. Guyanese people - Wikipedia

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    Even though referred to collectively as Amerindians, the indigenous peoples in Guyana are made up of several distinct tribes or nations. Warao, Arawak, Caribs, and Wapishana are all represented in Guyana. [8] Europeans arrived in the Guianas in the search for gold in the New World, eventually settling in and colonizing Guyana and the Americas ...

  4. Guyana - Wikipedia

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    The rich natural history of Guyana was described by early explorers Sir Walter Raleigh and Charles Waterton and later by naturalists Sir David Attenborough and Gerald Durrell. In 2008, the BBC broadcast a three-part programme called Lost Land of the Jaguar which highlighted the huge diversity of wildlife, including undiscovered species and rare ...

  5. Melicoccus bijugatus - Wikipedia

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    The fruit is a round drupe, approximately 2–4 cm (0.79–1.57 in) in diameter, with a thin, brittle, green peel. The bulk of the fruit is made up of the one (or, rarely, two) whitish seeds , which are surrounded by an edible, orange, juicy, gelatinous pulp .

  6. Roystonea regia - Wikipedia

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    Roystonea regia is the host plant for the royal palm bug, Xylastodoris luteolus, in Florida. [33] It also serves as a larval host plant for the butterflies Pyrrhocalles antiqua orientis and Asbolis capucinus in Cuba, [ 34 ] and Brassolis astyra and B. sophorae in Brazil. [ 35 ]

  7. Zinnia - Wikipedia

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    Zinnia's composite flowers consist of ray florets that surround disk florets, which may be a different color than the ray florets and mature from the periphery inward. [7] The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals to a dome shape. Zinnias may be white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, or lilac. [5]

  8. List of Guyanese flags - Wikipedia

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    Flag of Guyana: A green field with the black-edged red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side superimposed on the larger white-edged golden triangle, also based on the hoist-side, pointed toward the fly-side. This flag is designed by Whitney Smith [1] 1966–present: Flag of Guyana (vertical)

  9. History of Guyana - Wikipedia

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    A map of Dutch Guiana 1667–1814 CE. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle modern-day Guyana. The Netherlands had obtained independence from Spain in the late 16th century and by the early 17th century had emerged as a major commercial power, trading with the fledgling English and French colonies in the Lesser Antilles.