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Describe the plant here... Havea (from the Brazilian name). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical trees; some yield rubber and are cultivated for that reason.

...] (alternatively [[Malvaceae]]), native to the deep [[tropical]] region of the Americas. Its seeds are used to make [[cocoa powder]] and [[chocolate]]. ...soil. It is an [[understory]] tree, growing best with some overhead shade. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, entire, unlobed, 10–40 cm (4–16 in) lo

...n the rather cold, windy rare fruit section of Quail Gardens in Encinitas. The rose apple is too large to make a suitable container plant '''Growth Habit''': The rose apple is a highly decorative evergreen large shrub or small tree growi

'''''Aechmea chantinii''''' is a [[Bromeliaceae|bromeliad]] typical of [[Amazon Rainforest]] [[vegetation]] in [[Brazil]]. Commonly known as '''Amazonian Z :''More information about this species can be found on the [[Aechmea|genus page]].''

[[Image:Stem-cross-section.jpg|thumb|Example of a cross section of a stem <ref>[http://www.hydroponicist.com Winterborne J, 2005. ''Hydroponic ...e of botany has increased to include the study of over 550,000 [[species]] of living organisms.

...lants is practically extinct, at least in America (Fig. 1749). In England, the word greenhouse is mostly used for a house or structure in which are kept o ...this country, and when used it is mostly applied generically in the sense of greenhouse.

...ly. It has 5 subfamilies, more than 800 genera, and hundreds of thousands of species and cultivars. ...[[labellum]], a modified lower petal in three parts surrounding and below the shiny column]]