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Lucuma has been found on ceramics at burial sites of the indigenous people of coastal Peru . The Moche people had a fascination with agriculture and often chose...

up 0.4% of Brazil's population, or about 700,000 people. Indigenous peoples are found in the entire territory of Brazil, although the majority of them live...

and once planted will gives years of pleasures for minimal amount of care. The British Fuchsia Society maintain a list of "hardy" fuchsias that have been...

"passionfruit" in much of of Africa and Australia: in South Africa it is usually called "granadilla". The fruit is something like a combination of the two P. edulis...

poisonous sap, which can cause serious skin burns in some people. Cuttings may be taken at any time of the year, however, rooting appears to be most successful...

be exhaustive or universally applicable. In Peru and other places of the Upper Amazon, the different types of Caapi are referred to as different "colors"...

temperatures of about 30° F. In much of California the cape gooseberry is best grown as an annual, but will persist for several years in frost-free areas of southern...

fruit) are less expensive per unit of Vitamin C, probably because of economies of scale. Irregularity of quality and timing of raw material supplies from wild...

inconspicuous flowers at the end of the growing season. Unlike many other root vegetables domesticated by the Indigenous Peoples of the Andes (olluco, oca), the...

eat some of the nuts inside while burying others for later use; some of these are able to germinate to produce new Brazil Nut trees. Most of the seeds...

raising the lower part of stem and pulling the roots out of the ground, then removing them from the base of the plant . The upper parts of the stems with the...

Tolu balsam or balsam of Tolu (a variant of balsam of Peru) is the resinous secretion of Myroxylon toluifera. The resin, as well as the leaves and fruit...

Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Mauritius. A. colubrina grows at altitudes of about 315-2200m with roughly 250-600mm/year (10-24in./yr.) of precipitation and...

eat some of the nuts inside while burying others for later use; some of these are able to germinate to produce new Brazil Nut trees. Most of the seeds...

town of Jamestown, Virginia. Various versions of the story exist, but in the most common version, British soldiers sent to quell Bacon's Rebellion of 1676...

is a major cause of malnutrition in infants and young children. Even in industrialized countries, up to 30% of the population of people have been reported...

distribution of Echinopsis is similar to that of Echinocactus, species being found only in South America (Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador...

a large number of little flowers. Female flowers appear in a cluster at the peak of the current year’s leafy shoots.. The nut kernels of all the species...

Bustamante SA, et al. Efficacy and safety of freeze-dried cat's claw in osteoarthritis of the knee: mechanisms of action of the species Uncaria guianensis. Inflamm...

addition of magnesium. Of the minor elements, iron is the most important, particularly in high pH soils. Iron may be supplied by foliar sprays of ferrous...