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• Sapindus
  ...include '''soapberry''' and '''soapnut''', both names referring to the use of the crushed [[seed]]s to make [[soap]]. ..., a natural [[surfactant]]. They have been used for washing for thousands of years by various peoples, such as the [[Native Americans in the United Stat
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• Podocarpus
  ...os, foot, and karpos, fruit; alluding to the conspicuous fleshy footstalks of most species). Including Nageia, Prumnopitys and Stachycarpus. Taxaceae. Or ...aluable timber trees in their native countries, and the fleshy seed-stalks of some are eaten.
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• Santalum
  |image_caption=The branches of a young ''[[Santalum paniculatum]]'' ...[Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]] and the [[Juan Fernández Islands]] off the coast of [[South America]].
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• Scaevola
  ...eniaceae]]. It consists of more than 130 tropical species, with the center of diversity being [[Australia]] and [[Polynesia]], including [[Hawaii]]. ...]]" in [[Latin]]. Many [[legend]]s have been told to explain the formation of the naupaka's unique half flowers. In one version a woman tears the flower
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• List of botanical gardens
  ...w about a Botanic Garden? Make sure it's on our list! Just find the name of the garden below and add information and photos about it so others can enjo ...[List of botanical gardens in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] - [[List of botanical gardens in the United States|United States]]
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• Solanum
  |life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ...des''', '''horsenettles''' and relatives, is a large and diverse [[genus]] of [[annual plant|annual]] and [[perennial plant]]s. They grow as [[forb]]s, [
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