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  2. Flora of Colombia - Wikipedia

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    Colombia has the second largest number of heliconia species worldwide. Most of them are endemic species The Baudó Mountains in the Colombian pacific coast have many endemic plants. Colombia has the largest number of endemic species (species that are not found naturally anywhere else) worldwide. About 10% of the species in the world live in ...

  3. List of edible insects by country - Wikipedia

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    Dung Beetle species eaten in Colombia. [6] Suri (larvae) Onthophagus Taurus; Euchroma Giganteum; Podischnus Agenor [7] Caryobruchus Scheelaea [7] Caterpillar species eaten in Colombia. [6] Hutia; Batiya; Termites are eaten in Colombia. [6] Grasshopper species eaten in Colombia. [6] (Short-Horned Grasshopper) Acrididae [7] Aidemona Azteca ...

  4. Inga edulis - Wikipedia

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    It is popular in Peru, Ecuador, Pernambuco-Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana and Colombia. [4] The taxonomic name Inga is derived from its name with the Tupí people of South America (ingá [5]) while the species name edulis is Latin for "edible". The common name "ice-cream bean" alludes to the sweet flavor and smooth texture of the pulp.

  5. List of food plants native to the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Most prized species of Tupelo for edibility, though all native Tupelo species have edible fruit. Gum Bully Olives, aka American Olives; Beautyberry; Buffaloberry; Multiple Sambucus species- particularly Canadensis and Cerulea. Red Elderberry species are not considered safely edible. Red Mulberry; Honeyberry is the only known edible species of ...

  6. Cattleya trianae - Wikipedia

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    Cattleya trianae (Lind. & Rchb. fil), also known as Flor de Mayo ("May flower") or "Christmas orchid", [1] is a plant of the family Orchidaceae.It grows as an epiphytic orchid, with succulent leaves, endemic to Colombia where it was nominated as the national flower in November 1936.

  7. Melicoccus bijugatus - Wikipedia

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    Melicoccus bijugatus is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalized across the New World tropics including South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean.

  8. Cyclanthera brachystachya - Wikipedia

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    Cyclanthera brachystachya, the exploding cucumber (but not to be confused with Ecballium elaterium), in the cucurbit or gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), is a herbaceous vine usually grown for its curiosity value, but the fruit is also edible. [1] The unusual fruit are bilaterally symmetrical, bulbous and spiny.

  9. Tamarillo - Wikipedia

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    The tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) is a tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshade family). It bears the tamarillo, an egg-shaped edible fruit. [2] It is also known as the tree tomato, [3] tomate de árbol, tomate andino, tomate serrano, blood fruit, poor man's tomato, tomate de yuca, tomate de españa, sachatomate, berenjena, chilto and tamamoro in South America ...