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• Mauritia flexuosa
  ...pty you can help grow this page by clicking on the edit tab and filling in the blanks! ...forms extensive forests, and provides material for subsistence and arts of the Indians.
  2 KB (277 words) - 12:33, 4 January 2010
• Oenocarpus
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...ually purple or black berry. OE. Bacaba, Mart., and OE. Bataua, Mart., are the species most likely to be mentioned.
  1 KB (208 words) - 16:49, 20 February 2010
• Bertholletia nobilis
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! Describe the plant here...
  1 KB (219 words) - 01:44, 9 February 2010
• Attalea spectabilis
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...egg. Brazil.—Requires plenty of water, as its home is on the banks of the Amazon.
  1 KB (177 words) - 18:41, 28 January 2010
• Hyospathe
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! Describe the plant here...
  2 KB (223 words) - 09:11, 4 March 2010
• Manicaria
  ...pty you can help grow this page by clicking on the edit tab and filling in the blanks! ...both sexes on the same spadix, the latter 3-4 ft. long: fr. 3-lobed. Lower Amazon and elsewhere. A striking palm with its immense simple lvs.
  2 KB (241 words) - 19:38, 29 December 2009
• Hevea brasiliensis
  Describe the plant here... ...ely pubescent: staminate buds acute; stamens 10 in 2 whorls. Amazon region of Brazil. Quite variable. H.I. 2573, 2575. Gn. 18, p. 564.
  2 KB (243 words) - 12:50, 19 November 2009
• Hevea guianensis
  Describe the plant here... ...mentose: staminate buds obtuse; stamens 5 in 1 whorl. French Guiana to the Amazon. H.I. 2573.— Intro, but rarely cult, for rubber, J. B. S. Norton.
  2 KB (234 words) - 12:54, 19 November 2009
• Solanum sessiliflorum
  |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
  2 KB (348 words) - 16:35, 2 June 2010
• Monochaetum
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...bristle. referring to the connective). Melastomaceae. Shrubs and subshrubs of tropical America, suitable for glasshouse culture, little grown.
  2 KB (294 words) - 23:55, 8 January 2010
• Gurania
  Describe the plant here... ...long; petals linear-subulate, pubescent; female fls. not described. Upper Amazon. B.M. 8085. R.H. 1904:388. L. H. B.
  2 KB (355 words) - 14:06, 12 October 2009
• Ludwigia mulerttii
  ...of the lvs. and develop into little caps, that bear the seeds. If left in the caps., these retain life for 6 or 8 years." ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
  3 KB (447 words) - 18:25, 13 December 2009
• Havea
  Describe the plant here... Havea (from the Brazilian name). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical trees; some yield rubber and are c
  3 KB (441 words) - 12:47, 19 November 2009
• Cacao
  |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
  5 KB (766 words) - 22:50, 26 April 2010
• Bactris gasipaes
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...red, yellow, or orange when the fruit is ripe depending on the variety of the palm.
  3 KB (444 words) - 07:08, 31 January 2010
• Raphia
  ...deeply grooved scales. Trop. Afr. — The natives make wine from the sap of the trunk and which they call "bourdon." Describe the plant here...
  4 KB (553 words) - 16:40, 12 December 2009
• Eucharis
  | latin_name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name --> | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
  7 KB (1,016 words) - 09:04, 26 September 2009
• Eucharis amazonica
  | latin_name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name --> | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
  6 KB (997 words) - 20:48, 27 September 2009
• Syzygium jambos
  |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
  7 KB (1,069 words) - 16:46, 23 June 2010
• Aechmea chantinii
  |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
  6 KB (768 words) - 22:14, 12 November 2010

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