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MONOCOT
Palm Family
Cocos nucifera--Coconut Palm from Indo-Pacific shores--large thick husked fruits--endosperm high in liquids--spread by Polynesians to Hawaii and by Portuguese and Spanish to Atlantic
Pheonix dactylifera--Date Palm--tallish tree from North Africa and SW Asia--requires year-round water--cultivated mid-east by 4000BC--spread by Spanish to Americas--dioecious, wind-pollinated |
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MONOCOT
Pineapple Family
Ananas comosus--Pineapple--drought tolerant large perennial herb from Amazonia (7 other species)--tropical epiphyte--ground-dweller--fruit is multiple--seedless pineapples arise when monocultures of clones planted together--self incompatible--fact discovered by prehistoric Amazonian cultivators |
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MONOCOT
Banana Family
Musa spp.--Banana, Plantains--Tree-like perennial herbs from SE Asia and Australia--wild musa are diploid with 2N=22--triploid are sterile, seedless--spread to Africa prehistorcally and by Spanish to Americas--plantains are starchy staple in the tropics |
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Arecaceae
Bromeliaceae
Musaceae |
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DICOT
Laurel Family
Persea americana--Avocado--low tree from Mexico--drupe--rich in oils--3 species contributed to species we have now |
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DICOT
Protea Family
Macadamia integrifolia--Macadamia Nuts--low evergreen tree--from Australia--mostly grown in Hawaii today |
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DICOTS
MYRTALES--different kind of dicot
Myrtle Family
Psidium guajava--Guava--weedy low trees from Neotropica--berry with sweet inside--look like eukalyptis trees--first cultivated in Central America--strawberry guava sometimes cultivated (in Kawaii spread by wild pigs) |
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DICOT
MYRTALES--different kind of dicot
Pomegranate Family
Punica granatum--Pomegranate--low trees and shrubs from Iran |
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