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The plant has oblate syconium that are up to 4 cm (1.6 in) wide, covered with yellow pubescence, and emerge from the trunk or old branches of the tree. [3] [4] Ficus auriculata is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. [5] On ripening, the fruits turn from light yellow to purple. The fruit is a fleshy receptacle.
The tree produces flowers that range in color from pale yellow or pink tinged, to a coral red or carmine, and the fruits range from a yellowish white to red at maturity. [5] Garcinia sessilis can have many uses, ranging from medicine and food, to creating material objects from various parts of the tree.
Protandrous, bisexual flowers and male flowers exist on the same individual tree. The fruit is a smooth , olive-like drupe which varies in shape from elongate oval to nearly roundish, and when ripe is 14–28 mm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) by 10–15 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in). The fruit skin (exocarp) is thin and the bitter-sweet pulp ...
Common English names for the plant and its fruit are Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig, cactus pear, prickly pear, and spineless cactus, among many others. [3] In Mexican Spanish, the plant is called nopal, a name that may be used in American English as culinary terms. Peninsular Spanish mostly uses higo chumbo for the fruit and chumbera for the ...
Oroxylum indicum is a species of flowering plant of the monotypic genus Oroxylum in the family Bignoniaceae. [2] [3]: 128 It is commonly called Indian trumpet tree, [4] oroxylum, [5] Indian trumpet flower, [6] broken bones, [7] scythe tree, [8] tree of Damocles, [4] or midnight horror [9] It can reach a height of 18 metres (59 ft).
In their native habitat, jaboticaba trees may flower and fruit five to six times throughout the year. Jaboticaba trees are tropical to subtropical plants and can tolerate mild, brief frosts, not below 26 °F (-3 °C). [9] The tree has a compact, fibrous root system, that makes it suitable for growing in pots or transplanting. [17]
Eugenia luschnathiana is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to the state of Bahia, Brazil. The fruit is known as pitomba-da-bahia, and is also called uvalha do campo, ubaia do campo or uvalheira in Brazil. It shares the name pitomba with another South American species, Talisia esculenta.
Flowers are white and in clusters. The pink, elongated, edible fruits range from a size of 1.5 to 2.3 centimeters long, and ripen mainly in summer and autumn. The fruit surrounds a small, circular seed. The flavour of the fruit is described as having a refreshing taste, and have a small hint of sourness to them. [4] [5]