Watermelon - One of the few commercial fruits native to Africa, the Citrullus lanatus vine grows wild throughout much of southern Africa. With fruits weighing less than five pounds (2.2 Kg) and more than 40 pounds (18 Kg) or even larger, they are also one of the most variable in size....
The fruit has to be opened and one can scoop out the coconut meat and enjoy it fresh. It can be consumed raw or added to other dishes to enhance the flavor profile. When grown from seeds, coconut palms take about 6-10 years to start bearing fruit. Origin:Native to Southeast Asia Scien...
This is growing in the forest near Villers-en Brenne. It is known as the first time after Rev Rham of Winkfield, in Britain. It is similar to calabash for its large and long-shaped fruit. It has a smooth texture with a green to yellowish-green color. It has white pulp with a sweet...
armeniaca L., is native to China but has long been cultivated in Europe and was transported to North America about 1720. The leading regions for apricot production in the early 1980's (in thousands of metric tons, Childers, 1983) were Western Europe (600), Asia (420), Africa (170), ...
Thus, Leucinodes orbonalis is a quarantine pest of concern to a number of countries outside its native range. This includes the member countries of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), where it was recommended as an addition to the alert list of pests in 2008 ...
The Shanghai native, with his father a truck driver and mother an outofwork housewife, loved sports when he was very little.Liu was selected to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai to practice jumping as a fourth grader in the primary school.But after a bone test showin...