Sunday, July 31, 2011

Pithecellobium saman

Pithecellobium saman
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Pithecellobium saman | Saman is a wide-canopied tree with a large symmetrical crown. It usually reaches a height of 25 m (82 ft) and a diameter of 40 m (130 ft).

Carica papaya

Carica papaya
Plant | Carica papaya | The papaya is a large tree-like plant, with a single stem  growing from 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 ft) tall, with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk.

Artocarpus integra

Artocarpus integra
Plant | Artocarpus integra | A stately tropical fruit tree, originally from South-east Asia; it is growing abundantly in Suriname; grows up to a height of 75 feet.

Psidium guajava

Psidium guajava
Plant | Psidium guajava | The apple guava or common guava (Psidium guajava; known as Goiaba in Brazil and Guayava in parts of The Americas) is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. It is easily pollinated by insects; in culture, mainly by the common honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Averrhoa carambola

Averrhoa carambola
Plant | Averrhoa carambola | Averrhoa carambola  or Carambola is a slow growing tree from the Malay Region. In nature, the trees will reach about 30 feet (9 m) tall and about half as wide. The alternate, odd-pinnate leaves are somewhat sensitive -- leaves fold together at night, much like mimosas.

Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Oryza sativa |  Oryza sativa contains two major subspecies: the sticky, short grained japonica or sinica variety, and the non-sticky, long-grained indica variety.

Zea mays

Zea mays
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Zea mays | The kernel of maize has a pericarp of the fruit fused with the seed coat, typical of the grasses, and the entire kernel is often referred to as the seed. The cob is close to a multiple fruit in structure, except that the individual fruits (the kernels) never fuse into a single mass.