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• Myroxylon
  ...estern world as the source for [[balsam of Peru]] and [[Tolu balsam|balsam of Tolu]]. They are small trees growing to 12 m tall, with [[evergreen]] pinnate [[leaf|leaves]] 15 cm long
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• Prosopis
  ...he screw bean, two forage plants of considerable value in the arid regions of southern California and the Southwest. ...eous and indehiscent. — About 25 species, tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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• Caesalpinia spinosa
  ...d as a source of [[tannins]] and also grown as an ornamental plant because of its large colorful flowers and pods. .... Hickman (ed.) The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press.</ref>
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• Kageneckia
  '''''Kageneckia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in family [[Rosaceae]]. ...nal: lvs. leathery, serrate, stalked: stamens 16-20, inserted on the mouth of the calyx, in 1 series: carpels 5, free: ovules numerous.
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• Embothrium
  ...representing a third of its length; anthers imbedded in the concave apices of the perianth-lobes; pistil with an elongated cylindrical ovary and long-exs ...America]], in [[Chile]] and adjacent western [[Argentina]] and southern [[Peru]]; the genus occurs as far south as [[Tierra del Fuego]]. Common names incl
  4 KB (575 words) - 15:40, 21 September 2009
• Schinus
  ...r Tree or Christmasberry (''[[Schinus terebinthifolius]]'') are the source of the spice known as [[pink peppercorn]]s<ref>[http://books.google.com/books? ...inous mastic-like juice of some species). Anacardiaceae. Resinous dioecous trees, one much planted in California.
  4 KB (606 words) - 04:02, 21 May 2010
• Quillaja
  ...ine compound, which makes it useful as soap). Rosaceae. Glabrous evergreen trees, whose bark is sometimes saponaceous, occasionally grown in the greenhouse ...base, many-seeded.—About 3 or 4 species, natives of S. Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
  2 KB (300 words) - 10:41, 12 December 2009
• Rollinia
  ...llin). Annonaceae. Biriba. Araticu. Cachiman. Tropical American shrubs and trees. ...o all the species. The principal ones may be grouped according to the form of the fl. into sections or subdivisions, as indicated in the accompanying ill
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• Styrax
  ...amily [[Styracaceae]], mostly native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], with the majority in eastern and southeastern ...regarded as distinct, is now included within ''Styrax'' based on analysis of [[morphology (biology)|morphological]] and [[DNA sequence]] data.<ref>Walln
  9 KB (1,321 words) - 17:25, 22 June 2010
• Vochisia
  ..., loculicidally 3-valved.— About 60 species, natives of Brazil, Guiana, E. Peru, and Colombia. The spelling Vochysia is later. ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
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• Utricularia uniflora
  ...It grows as a terrestrial or [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] plant on moss-covered trees, rocks, or banks in [[cloud forest]]s at altitudes between {{convert|2000|m <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 078941943
  2 KB (319 words) - 20:59, 5 May 2010
• Cornus
  ...eir attractive flowers and fruits; some species also for the winter effect of their brightly colored branches. ...40 species in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and one in Peru. Monograph by Wangerin in Engler, Pflanzenreich, hft. 41, pp. 43-92, quoted
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• Pouteria
  ...th of which resemble the lucumas in having fruits with soft, melting flesh of very sweet flavor. ...e corolla tubular, the calyx-lobes and corolla-lobes 4: drupe oblong, size of a pigeon's egg, beaked. Brazil.
  10 KB (1,659 words) - 00:33, 14 December 2009
• Maxillaria
  ...le M. Sanderiana are probably the best species. The distichous arrangement of the lvs. distinguishes this genus from Lycaste. For M. Harrisoniae and M . .... grandiflora, M. luteo-alba, M. picta, M. Sanderiana and M. venusta. Some of these have very showy flowers. Nearly all do best under pot culture. M. San
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• Dombeya
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...rop. Afr. The dombeyas are yet little known in this country, although some of them promise well for lawn and park planting far south.
  5 KB (754 words) - 14:11, 13 September 2009
• Gums and Resins
  ...e, giving off an aromatic odor. It is more or less soluble in alcohol, oil of turpentine, benzene or warm oils. ...n; such products are called balsams. The camphors constitute another group of oxidation products derived from the volatile oils.
  14 KB (2,291 words) - 15:06, 12 October 2009
• Iochroma
  ...rgentina or when certain species are excluded (see below) from Colombia to Peru. Their hummingbird pollinated [[flower]]s are tubular or trumpet-shaped, an In the wild, shrubs or small trees; spineless, glabrous or mostly stellate-tomentose: lvs. entire, often large
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• Tibouchina
  ...[South America]], especially [[Brazil]]. The name comes from an adaptation of the native [[Guiana]] term for these shrubs. ...ing, usually strigose-pilose or hispid, adapted to the warmhouse or to out-of-doors in the extreme South.
  7 KB (1,037 words) - 18:54, 27 April 2010
• 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.
  16 KB (2,103 words) - 14:26, 16 September 2009
• Alder
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...lants grown chiefly for their foliage; some species are valuable as timber trees.
  12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:34, 28 November 2010

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