The lacquer plant Toxicodendron vernicifluum (or Rhus verniciflua) belongs to the same family, Anacardiaceae, as cashew nuts and poison ivy. This shrub can grow to…
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The lacquer plant Toxicodendron vernicifluum (or Rhus verniciflua) belongs to the same family, Anacardiaceae, as cashew nuts and poison ivy. This shrub can grow to…
Following the arrival in Brazil of the Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500, Caesalpinia echinata, from the Fabales group, began being shipped to Europe.…
Not very tall, Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) grows to a maximum height of about 30 feet. It came from Northern India, and the Arabs planted it…
One of the ca. 800 species of acacias, this tree is not indigenous to Senegal. For economic reasons, it was planted on the banks of…