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Miraculin containing berries make things taste sweet |
Sapotaceae. Synsepalum dulcificum. |
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Wound healing/moisturising pulp in succulent leaves |
Asphodelaceae. Aloe vera |
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Source of caffeine in drupes, native to tropics. |
Rubiaceae. Coffea arabica |
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Coastal, used for wood, husk, oil and fruit. |
Arecaceae. Cocos nucifera |
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Insect repellent, possible cancer/diabetes/hbp treatment. |
Apocynaceae. Catharanthus roseus |
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Sweeter than sugar, used in artificial sweeteners and gums. 0 calories |
Marantaceae. Thaumatococcus daniellii |
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Edible tubers, high quality protein and carb crop. |
Convolvulaceae. Ipomoea batatas |
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Fatty edible nut, oil used as moisturizer. Usually 4 leaves around each node. |
Proteaceae. Macadamia tetraphylla |
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Twigs used as toothbrushes and extracts in toothpaste. |
Salvadoraceae. Salvadora persica. |
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Produces useful latex sap used in industry and glues. |
Euphorbiaceae. Hevea brasiliensis |
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Perennial wood, used to make xiao flute. |
Poaceae. Phyllostachys nigra. |
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Pods used for food, oils used in cosmetics |
Malvaceae. Theobroma cacao |
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Essential oils used in toothpaste |
Lamiaceae. Mentha x piperata |
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Oil used in food and cosmetics, edible fruits. |
Oleraceae. Olea europea |
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Edible roots, high vit A, spiny fruits used as diuretic for kidney complaints. Wild form comes in yellow, white, purple, orange, red etc. |
Apiaceae. Daucus carota. |
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Wood perennial shrub, leaves used in beverages. Native to China, grown in India. |
Theaceae. Camellia sinensis. |
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Lobed leaves, perennial shrub. Fluffy seed heads used in manufacturing. |
Malvaceae. Gossypium hirsutum |
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Multi use tree, used for wood, paper, essential oils, gum, honey production and carbon sequestration |
Myrtaceae. Eucalyptus globulus |
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Root is sweet, used in candy. |
Fabaceae. Glycyrrhiza glabra |
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Hormones and cortisones can be manufactured from the tubers. |
Dioscoreaceae. Dioscorea deltoidea. |
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Leaf pairs, dark green. Fruit used as food and soap |
Zygophyllaceae. Balanites aegyptiaca |
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Edible pods, food, forage, wood, low calorie joyless chocolate replacement. "Locusts" which sustained John in desert. Seed regular weight/size, used by jewellers. |
Fabaceae. Ceratonia siliqua. |
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Jojoba oil produced from berries for cosmetics. opposite leaves, box like |
Simmondsiaceae. Simmondsia chinensis. |
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Palmate leaves. Cotton like seed fibre, known as kapok tree. |
Malvaceae. Ceiba pentandra |
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Evergreen shrub. Twigs used as toothbrushes, antifungal properties |
Ebenaceae. Diospyros whyteana |
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Paired leaves. Exudes a resin from bark, Greeks used to chew it. |
Anacardiaceae. Pistacia lentiscus |
Not p. Vera |
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Fruits used for food and economically important oil. |
Arecaceae. Elaeis guineensis |
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Thorns in threes. Exudes a gum from the bark which is used in ink, food, cosmetics, and frequently in chewing gums and food additives. |
Fabaceae. Senegalia senegal |
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Source of high viscosity gum, used in paper, textiles and food, as well as improving agriculture thru green manure and soil stabilization. Drought resistant. |
Fabaceae. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba |
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White/yellow tubers, twining tems with heart shaped leaves, lower stems spiny. Used to make fufu. |
Dioscoreaceae. Dioscorea cayenensis |
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Shrub with heart shaped leaves and pink flower clusters, pointy capsules. Seeds contain orange dye used in food colouring and oils. |
Bixaceae. Bixa orellana |
Annatto |
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Only species in genus. Flowers red/yellow. Wood used in spear making, seeds are toxic unless properly prepared. Alkaloids may fight HIV by making it non-contagious. Aboriginal names are Irtalie, Bogum, Baway. |
Fabaceae. Castanospermum australe |
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Used in paper/textiles in Japan, to make washi. Fruits and young leaves edible, or a food source for silk worms. |
Moraceae. Broussonetia papyrifera |
Paper mulberry |
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Lignum vitae, resin historically thought to be a cure all. Very dense, waterproof, long lasting wood. Bowling balls made out of it |
Zygophyllaceae. Guaiacum officinale |
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Black wood. Used in furniture and piano keys, as well as castanets, bagpipes and pool cues. |
Ebenaceae. Diospyros ebenum |
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Winged bean, subsistence farmed. Twining herbaceous perennial with edible tuberous roots, pods, seeds, flowers and young leaves. |
Fabaceae. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. |
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