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Jacaratia Costaricensis
''Jacaratia'' is a genus of shrubs or trees in the family Caricaceae. They are native to South and Central America. Some species of the genus are edible to humans and served in restaurants as a delicacy. Species The following species are recognized: * '' Jacaratia chocoensis'' A.H.Gentry & Forero * '' Jacaratia corumbensis'' Kuntze * '' Jacaratia digitata'' (Poepp. & Endl.) Solms * '' Jacaratia dolichaula'' (Donn.Sm.) Woodson * '' Jacaratia heptaphylla'' (Vell.) A.DC. * '' Jacaratia mexicana'' A.DC. * ''Jacaratia spinosa ''Jacaratia spinosa'' (known as wild mango, or and in Brazil, and tree in Argentina) is a species of tree, in the genus ''Jacaratia'' of the family Caricaceae (the papaya family). It is found in the tropical dry forests of central and southern ...'' (Aubl.) A.DC. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2213584 Caricaceae Brassicales genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacaratia Spinosa
''Jacaratia spinosa'' (known as wild mango, or and in Brazil, and tree in Argentina) is a species of tree, in the genus ''Jacaratia'' of the family Caricaceae (the papaya family). It is found in the tropical dry forests of central and southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Its stem is used as a main ingredient in the manufacturing of candy. Its fruit is also appreciated by many animals including monkeys and birds. Description It is a deciduous tree with an open and narrow crown and can grow up to 15 meters (50 feet) tall. It is armed with conical spines that are short and stout. Ecology The fruit of the yacaratiá tree is eaten by a variety of animals including lowland tapirs, brown howler monkeys, white-lipped peccaries, collared peccaries, white-eared opossums, Argentine black and white tegus, southern muriqui, humans, and birds. As food The fruit of this tree are edible raw or cooked. Although if eaten raw, the skin must be scored for some time in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion of the Americas. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Drake Passage; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territory, dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one administrative division, internal territory: French Guiana. The Dutch Caribbean ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) and Trinidad and Tobago are geologically located on the South-American continental shel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacaratia Heptaphylla
''Jacaratia'' is a genus of shrubs or trees in the family Caricaceae. They are native to South and Central America. Some species of the genus are edible to humans and served in restaurants as a delicacy. Species The following species are recognized: * '' Jacaratia chocoensis'' A.H.Gentry & Forero * '' Jacaratia corumbensis'' Kuntze * '' Jacaratia digitata'' (Poepp. & Endl.) Solms * '' Jacaratia dolichaula'' (Donn.Sm.) Woodson * '' Jacaratia heptaphylla'' (Vell.) A.DC. * '' Jacaratia mexicana'' A.DC. * ''Jacaratia spinosa ''Jacaratia spinosa'' (known as wild mango, or and in Brazil, and tree in Argentina) is a species of tree, in the genus ''Jacaratia'' of the family Caricaceae (the papaya family). It is found in the tropical dry forests of central and southern ...'' (Aubl.) A.DC. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2213584 Caricaceae Brassicales genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eating
Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food. In biology, this is typically done to provide a heterotrophic organism with energy and nutrients and to allow for growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive – carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. Fungi digest organic matter outside their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies. For humans, eating is more complex, but is typically an activity of daily living. Physicians and dieticians consider a healthful diet essential for maintaining peak physical condition. Some individuals may limit their amount of nutritional intake. This may be a result of a lifestyle choice: as part of a diet or as religious fasting. Limited consumption may be due to hunger or famine. Overconsumption of calories may lead to obesity and the reasons behind it are myriad, however, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from southern Mexico to southeastern Panama. Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc, there is a high amount of seismic activity in the region, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, which has resulted in death, injury, and property damage. Most of Central America falls under the Isthmo-Colombian cultural area. Before the Spanish expedition of Christopher Columbus' voyages to the Americas, hundreds of indigenous peoples made their homes in the area. From the year 1502 onwards, Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caricaceae
The Caricaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, found primarily in tropical regions of Central and South America and Africa. They are usually short-lived evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small to medium-sized trees growing to 5–10 m tall. One species, '' Vasconcellea horovitziana'' is a liana and the three species of the genus '' Jarilla'' are herbs. Some species, such as the papaya, bear edible fruit and produce papain. Based on molecular analyses, this family has been proposed to have originated in Africa in the early Cenozoic era, ~66 million years ago (mya). The dispersal from Africa to Central America occurred ~35 mya, possibly via ocean currents from the Congo delta. From Central America, the family reached South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Pyramus De Candolle
Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (27 October 18064 April 1893) was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Biography De Candolle, son of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, first devoted himself to the study of law, but gradually drifted to botany and finally succeeded to his father's chair at the University of Geneva. He published a number of botanical works, including continuations of the ''Prodromus'' in collaboration with his son, Casimir de Candolle. Among his other contributions is the formulation, based on his father's work for the ''Prodromus'', of the first Laws of Botanical Nomenclature, which was adopted by the International Botanical Congress in 1867, and was the prototype of the current International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, ICN. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1859 and was awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London in 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
