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...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

...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>

| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...or small unarmed tree, with 2-3-fld. axillary peduncles, and about 5 pairs of Ifts. D. floribunda, Peyr., has been offered in S. Calif.: much-branching s

|common_name=Trumpet trees ...a]]. Well-known common names include '''[[Ipê]]''', '''Poui''', '''trumpet trees''' and '''''pau d'arco'''''.

...ef> The name '''Maquilishuat''' is almost entirely used by the inhabitants of El Salvador to designate the Tabeuia rosea; it's also their [[national tree This species is distributed from southern [[Mexico]], to [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]]. It has been found growing from [[sealevel]] to {{Convert

...|Central]] and [[South America]]. The scientific name translates to "drink of the gods". Theobroma (Greek, food of the gods). Sterculiaceae. Here belong the trees that produce the seed from which chocolate and cocoa are derived.

...] and adjacent parts of southeast [[Canada]]. It is one of the most common trees in the [[United States]]. ...the white maple tree" refers not to the silver (white) maple but the wood of the [[Acer pseudoplatanus|Sycamore maple]], ''Acer pseudoplatanus''.

| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...d berry-like calyx.—About 90 species in the warmer and subtropical regions of Asia, Austral., and in Amer. from Canada to Chile. Some have edible fruits,

...ecies in the family [[Buxaceae]]. Common names include '''box''' (majority of English-speaking countries) or '''boxwood''' (North America). ...; only the European and some Asian species are [[frost]]-tolerant. Centres of diversity occur in [[Cuba]] (about 30 species), China (17 species) and Mada

...the leaflets are joined for up to half of their length. A variable portion of the leaf petiole may remain persistent on the trunk for many years after le ''Sabal'' species are used as food plants by the [[Caterpillar|larvae]] of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Paysandisia archon]]''.

...erms [[Wiktionary:Welsh|Welsh]] and [[Vlach]]; see [[Walha]] and [[History of the term Vlach]]).<ref name=OED>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search ...nel flavour and shell thickness. A key trait for more northerly latitudes of North America and Europe is [[phenology]], with ‘late flushing’ being p

...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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|image_caption=Shoot and nut of ''Juglans regia'' ...arly reached America through England; also, by extension, to other species of the genus Juglans. The name is sometimes, but provincially, given to hickor

...t red new growth that are subject to mildew, and bears monoembryonic fruit of high color and regular form. The Philippine race tolerates excess moisture, ...rnia Central Valley, but is more speculative in the coastal counties north of Santa Barbara, where only the most cold adapted varieties are likely to suc

...ly. It has 5 subfamilies, more than 800 genera, and hundreds of thousands of species and cultivars. ...al]]s (top, lower right, lower left), two normal [[petal]]s on either side of the dorsal (upper) sepal, and the [[labellum]], a modified lower petal in