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  2. Carambola - Wikipedia

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    Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The edible fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually 5–6). [ 1] When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving it the name of star fruit. [ 1][ 2] The entire fruit is edible ...

  3. Environmental impacts of beavers - Wikipedia

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    Environmental impacts of beavers. Beaver dam enlargement. September 2009. December 2009. Images of a beaver dam over a four month period. Beaver dams block rivers and create ponds. The beaver is a keystone species, increasing biodiversity in its territory through creation of ponds and wetlands. [1] [2] As wetlands are formed and riparian ...

  4. Lawsonia inermis - Wikipedia

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    Lawsonia alba Lam. nom. illeg. Lawsonia inermis, also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet, [ 4] is a flowering plant and one of the only two species of the genus Lawsonia, with the other being Lawsonia odorata. The species is named after the Scottish physician Isaac Lawson, a good friend of Linnaeus .

  5. Fruit production and deforestation - Wikipedia

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    Fruit production is a major driver of deforestation around the world. In tropical countries, forests are often cleared to plant fruit trees, such as bananas, pineapples, and mangos. [1] This deforestation is having a number of negative environmental impacts, including biodiversity loss, ecosystem disruption, and land degradation.

  6. Tipuana - Wikipedia

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    Physical characteristics. Cut logs ooze blood-red resin. Growing up to 30 metres (98 ft) in height and 20 metres (66 ft) wide, Tipuana tipu is well known for its use as a shade tree. The leaves of the tree are pinnately compound, 10 inches (25 cm) long; the pinnules typically are 1 to 3 inches (2 to 7 cm) long, and are variably paripinnate or ...

  7. Castanea pumila - Wikipedia

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    Castanea pumila, commonly known as the Allegheny chinquapin, American chinquapin (from the Powhatan) or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the southeastern United States. The native range is from Massachusetts and New York to Maryland and extreme southern New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania south to central Florida, west to ...

  8. Barringtonia asiatica - Wikipedia

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    It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 7–25 m tall. The leaves are narrow obovate, 20–40 cm in length and 10–20 cm in width. Fruit produced as mentioned earlier, is otherwise aptly known as the Box Fruit, due to distinct square like diagonals jutting out from the cross section of the fruit, given its semi spherical shape form from stem altering to a subpyramidal shape at its base.

  9. Fruit tree - Wikipedia

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    An almond tree in bloom. A fruit tree is a tree which bears fruit that is consumed or used by animals and humans — all trees that are flowering plants produce fruit, which are the ripened ovaries of flowers containing one or more seeds. In horticultural usage, the term "fruit tree" is limited to those that provide fruit for human food.

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