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Photo taken in or near Amani Nature ReserveEast Usambara Mountains, TanzaniaBy T. ChallangePost-Production by J. Quicho
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Singapore, North East, Singapore
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Synoum glandulosumFamily MeliaceaeSmall bushy tree up to 7m tall.Small flowers at the end of branches in autumn.
plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&am...Australian native.Common in moist eucalypt forest around SydneyLocation: O'Reily's in Lamington National Park.Queensland AustraliaID credit to Tony Rodd
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Cancharana trees are found in scattered areas of the Neotropics. Photo from Iguazu Park, northeastern Argentina. Melaceae.
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Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore
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Pendang, Kedah, Malaysia.Red variety
Sandoricum koetjape (Burm. f.) Merr. Meliaceae. CN: [Malay - Sete, Setia, Sentul, Kecapi], Kechapi, Sentol. Native of the Malesia region and cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. There are two varieties of Sentol fruit, previously considered two different species, the yellow variety and the red. Both types have a skin that may be a thin peel to a thicker rind. It is edible and contains a milky juice. The pulp may be sweet or sour and contains inedible brown seeds. In the red variety, the underside of the leaves turn red when old, the leaves themselves are velvety underneath, and the fruit has a thicker rind, less pulp, and is typically sour. Pic showing the RED VARIETY characterized by thicker rind, less pulp, and is typically sour than the yellow variety. Fruit eaten raw or pickled.Synonym(s):
Sandoricum indicum Cav.
Sandoricum maingayi Hiern
Sandoricum nervosum Blume
Sandoricum vidalii Merr.
Trichilia nervosa VahlRef and suggested reading:
www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/AF/...www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Sandoric...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santol_%28fruit%29
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Trichilia havanensis un rbol generalmente usado para la fabricacin de pster y mangos de herramientas; sus hojas se usan generalmente como complemento en los adornos de los altares de das de muertos (1 al 2 de Noviembre de cada ao). Habita generalmente vegetacin secundaria derivada de selvas. Fotografa tomada en los jardines de Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, municipio Xalapa, Veracruz. Marzo 2012. Fotografa bajo licencia: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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Family : MeliaceaeBasionym: Swetenia febrifuga.Large trees.Bark thick, brown fissured, bitter.Wood hard, reddish and strong.Leaves large, paripinnate, leaflets opposite, entire, thick.Flowers in panicles. 0.6-1cm across, pinkish white.Sepals 5, saucer shaped. Petals 5obovate, unguiculate.Stamens 10, staminal tube short, cup shaped,10 cleft,each lobe bifid,anthers short attached to the cleft by their back.Disk flat, pink colored, Ovary 5 celled, stigma flatthick, discoid, 5 angled, green.Ver.name: Somi(Telugu)Photographed at Easternghats of A.P India.The wood is valuable. The bark is used in the treatment of digestive disorders in Ayurveda.
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Tanga, Tanzania
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New South Wales, Australia
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Fruit of Red Cedar (Toona ciliata) cultivated near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 10 February 2007.
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Melia azedarach L., syn.: Melia japonica G.Don.White Cedar, Chinaberry, Bread Tree, Rosary Tree, DE: Zedrachbaum, Persischer Flieder, Chinesischer Holunder, PaternosterbaumSlo.: melijaDat.: April 27. 2017Lat.: 35.50991 Long.: 23.60953Code: Bot_952/2016_IMG9998Habitat: Semiruderal place, dirt road and yard side, almost flat terrain; skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; elevation 35 m (115 feet); average precipitations 900 - 1100 mm/year, average temperature about 18 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Outskirts of village Kalivani near town Kisamos, northwest Crete, island Crete, Greece EC. Comment: Melia azedarach is a beautiful tree in the mahogany family (Meliaceae). It impresses not only with zillion pleasantly fragrant flowers but also because of picturesque clusters of yellowish fruits, which remain in place during the winter time and sometimes more than one year. Its native regions are Southeast Asia and Australia; however, today it is grown in almost the whole Mediterranean region, on same places it is already naturalized. Fruits are very hard, globose, marble-sized, stalked berries that can be dangerous on sidewalks. They also contain several poisons, which can harm humans. Poisoning may result in gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory and other problems and even death in extreme cases. Less than ten berries can kill a person. Birds, however, can tolerate them, so they eat the fruit and spread the seeds. Also bees are happy with abundant nectar when the tree is in bloom.Melia azedarach tree is locally important as firewood. Its wood is of high quality and comparable to teak (Tectona grandis). So, it is used in production of music instruments, toys, tools and in China in ship and boat construction. Fruits are used in production of soap, paints, candles, etc. Seeds were used for rosaries. Traditionally it is also a medical plant used against human bowel parasites. No wander, Melia azedarach is considered a holy tree in several Asian countries.Ref.:(1) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 124.(2) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and bushes of Aria) (in Slovenian), Mordian Pub. (2012), p 352.
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Tanga, Tanzania
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The mangrove cannonball tree.