11 Dec 2011

Yanacocha plant 08 (Geranium sp)

Altitude 3400 metres. PichinchaEcuador-0.1275,-78.590556

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11 Dec 2011

Yanacocha thistle (Cirsium sp)

Altitude 3400 metres. PichinchaEcuador-0.1275,-78.590556

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8 Dec 2011

Wild cocoa (Herrania mariae)

The fruit starts off in an upright position, and as it matures, and the weight increases, gravity will eventually win and drag it to a hanging position. This…

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8 Dec 2011

Wild mango (Grias neuberthii)

I wonder what this wild mango fruit tastes like compared to the cultivated varieties. I for one am certain the fruit and the tree itself contains properties…

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4 Dec 2011

Galápagos bitterbush (Castela galapageia)

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2 Dec 2011

White mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa)

Native range is subtropical and tropical America, west tropical Africa to Angola. Santa Cruz,Galapagos,-0.741672, -90.307145

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2 Dec 2011

Galápagos passion flower (Passiflora vesicaria galapagensis)

The sticky petals will make a very unpleasant trip for any insects wanting to eat or lay eggs on the ripening fruit. Endemic to Galapagos.

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1 Dec 2011

Desmodium campyloclados

Altitude 2112 metres. Native range is Nicaragua to Venezuela and Bolivia. -0.589722,-77.880556

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1 Dec 2011

Solanum quitoense

The fruit is edible and I have had many naranjilla smoothies in Ecuador - one of my favourites! Altitude 2111 metres. Native range is Costa Rica to Venezuela…

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1 Dec 2011

Clusia sp

A fruit that looks like a flower! I wonder what the flowers look like and what creatures are dispersing the small seeds. There is little food for larger…

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