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Asimina triloba, the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ]Asimina is the only temperate genus in the tropical and subtropical flowering plant family ...
Butia odorata (Barb.Rodr.) Noblick & Lorenzi [2010], nom. inval. Butia odorata, also known as the South American jelly palm, [3] jelly palm, [3][4] or pindo palm, [3] is a Butia palm native to southernmost Brazil and Uruguay. [2] This slow-growing palm grows up to 10m, although it is often less tall.
State fruit. Apple. 1999 [ 107 ] State pie. Apple pie, required by law to be served with: a glass of cold milk, a slice of cheddar cheese weighing a minimum of 1/2 ounce, or a large scoop of vanilla ice cream. 1999 [ 108 ][ 109 ] State vegetable.
The plum and its products are of great importance to Serbs and part of numerous customs. [26] A Serbian saying says that the best place to build a house is where a plum tree grows best. [26] The region of Šumadija in central Serbia is particularly known for its plums and Šljivovica, the national drink. [27] Seychelles: Coco de mer: Lodoicea ...
Entrance façade of the old United Fruit Building at 321 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe.
Uruguayan cuisine is a fusion of cuisines from several European countries, especially of Mediterranean foods from Spain, Italy, Portugal and France. Other influences on the cuisine resulted from immigration from countries such as Germany and Scotland. Uruguayan gastronomy is a result of immigration, rather than local Amerindian cuisine, because ...
Appalachian Ohio, shaded in green, shown within Appalachia. Appalachian Ohio is a bioregion and political unit in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, characterized by the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and the Appalachian Plateau. The Appalachian Regional Commission defines the region as consisting of thirty-two ...
Canelones Department. The Departamento de Canelones (Spanish: Departamento de Canelones; pronounced [kaneˈlones]) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of 4,536 km 2 (1,751 sq mi) and 518,154 inhabitants, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones.