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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Sweet potatoes
The sweet potato (kumara in NZ) is tuber-producing plant related to the morning glory. The flesh of the tuber can be white, yellow, orange, or purple. Sweet potatoes are often confused with potatoes and yams, which are not the same … Continue reading
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Tagged compound fruits, fruit nutrition, fruits information, potatoes, simple fruits, uses of fruits, whole fruits
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Tropical fruit
The mango Mangifera spp.; Hindi: lural mangos or mangoes is a genus of about 35 species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae, native to India and Southeast Asia, of which the Indian Mango M. indica is … Continue reading
Candleberry
The two species are readily distinguished by their fruit colur, from which the common nmes derive. The leaves ernate, simple, and with crenate margins; in atumn he leaves turn a bold red colour. The flowers are small, wit5 petals, and … Continue reading
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Apples
Apples are rlatively indifferent to soil conditions and will grow in a wide range of pH values andlevels. They do require some protection from thewind and should not be plantin low areas hat are prone to late spring frosts. Apples … Continue reading
Citrus fruit
Citrus tree Citrus sinensis and is fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possbly between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and tangerin (Citrus reticulata). It is a small tree, growing to about 10 m tall, with thornyshoots and evergreen … Continue reading