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  2. Barringtonia asiatica - Wikipedia

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    It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 7–25 m tall. The leaves are narrow obovate, 20–40 cm in length and 10–20 cm in width. Fruit produced as mentioned earlier, is otherwise aptly known as the Box Fruit, due to distinct square like diagonals jutting out from the cross section of the fruit, given its semi spherical shape form from stem altering to a subpyramidal shape at its base.

  3. Spondias purpurea - Wikipedia

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    Spondias purpurea. L. Spondias purpura is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from Mexico to northern Colombia and the southwest Caribbean Islands. It has also been introduced to and naturalized to other parts of the American tropics, Southeast Asia, and West ...

  4. Asimina triloba - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Pitaya - Wikipedia

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    A pitaya (/ pɪˈtaɪ.ə /) or pitahaya (/ ˌpɪtəˈhaɪ.ə /) is the fruit of several cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Pitaya is cultivated in East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Australia, Brazil ...

  6. Protea cynaroides - Wikipedia

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    Protea petiolata H.Buek ex Meisn. Protea woodwardii Endl. Protea cynaroides, also called the king protea (from Afrikaans: koningsprotea, Xhosa: isiQwane sobukumkani[3]), is a flowering plant. It is a distinctive member of Protea, having the largest flower head in the genus. The species is also known as giant protea, honeypot or king sugar bush.

  7. Lychee - Wikipedia

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    Lychee[3] (US: / ˈliːtʃiː / LEE-chee, UK: / ˈlaɪtʃiː / LIE-chee; Litchi chinensis; Chinese: 荔枝; pinyin: lìzhī; Jyutping: lai6 zi1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-chi) is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. There are three distinct subspecies of lychee.

  8. Salacca affinis - Wikipedia

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    Salacca affinis, also known as red salak, red snakefruit salak, red snakefruit, buah ridan salak, buah ridan, linsum, salak hutan, buah manau, kelubi, buah rotan, and ridan, is a flowering shrub in the family Arecaceae. The specific epithet (affinis) comes from Latin "ad finis", meaning "at the boundary", and refers to its resemblance with the ...

  9. Passiflora caerulea - Wikipedia

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    Passiflora caerulea, the blue passionflower, [ 1 ]bluecrown passionflower[ 2 ] or common passion flower, is a species of flowering plant native to South America. It has been introduced elsewhere. It is a vigorous, deciduous or semi- evergreen tendril vine growing to 10 m (33 ft) or more. Its leaves are palmate, and its fragrant flowers are blue ...