tropical
Every article and hero in Arborpedia that touches this subject.
№ 067TreesCashew: The Nut That Hangs Below Its Own Fruit
A sprawling tropical tree bearing a swollen 'apple' with the true nut dangling beneath — a nut whose shell holds a caustic, blistering oil that must be roasted away.
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№ 092TreesCoconut: The Tree of a Thousand Uses
A palm that disperses itself across oceans, yields for most of a century, and supplies food, water, oil, fibre and timber from one crop.
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№ 327TreesOil Palm: The Highest-Yielding Oil Crop and the Deforestation It Drives
A palm that produces more oil per hectare than any alternative — which is exactly why it has cleared so much rainforest, and why the alternatives are worse.
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№ 339TreesPalms: The Giant Grasses That Feed the Tropics
Not trees at all but tree-sized monocots with no wood, no branches, and no rings — the plant family that gives the world dates, coconuts, oil, sugar, wax, rattan, and sago.
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№ 501TreesTropical Fruit Trees: Mango, Avocado, Jackfruit, Papaya
The heavy hitters of tropical food forests — flowering triggers, the avocado's odd sex life, and why jackfruit may be the most underrated crop there is.
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