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A few images of plants of the rainforest around the River Amazon and its tributaries. Only a few useful species are named with certainty. If anyone can help with the identification of the other species illustrated, I'd be delighted to hear from them.
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The fruits of a bacuri palm tree, Attelea phalerata, photographed in the rainforest beside Alter do Chao on the Tapajos River, a tributary of the River Amazon near Santarem in Brazil
Title: Bacuri palm1
Date: February 10, 2007
Filename: Bacuri palm, Atte...
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The fruits of a bacuri palm tree, Attelea phalerata, photographed from a rainforest walkway at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), on the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon River, near Manaus in Brazil.
Title: Bacuri palm2
Date: February 7, 2007
Filename: Bacuri palm, Atte...
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Extracting brazil nuts from the cannonball-like fruit of the brazil nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa, photographed at the Bosque Santa Lucia private rainforest reserve, near Santarem, beside the River Amazon in Brazil.
Title: Brazil nuts - ext...
Date: February 5, 2007
Filename: Extracting Brazil...
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An epiphytic bromeliad, photographed from a rainforest walkway at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), on the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon River, near Manaus in Brazil.
Title: Bromeliad1
Date: February 7, 2007
Filename: Bromeliad sp1
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An epiphytic bromeliad, photographed at Alter do Chao, on the Tapajos River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil
Title: Bromeliad2
Date: February 8, 2007
Filename: Bromeliad sp2
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Fruits of the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, at Alter do Chao, on the Tapajo River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil
Title: Carob tree1
Date: February 10, 2007
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Carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, with fruiting pods at Alter do Chao, on the Tapajo River, a tributary of the River Amazon, near Santarem in Brazil
Title: Carob tree2
Date: February 10, 2007
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Coffee beans, Coffea sp, a native species of the rainforest, photographed here in the Jardin de Aclimatacion de la Orotava, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Isles
Title: Jardin de Aclimat...
Date: February 18, 2007
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An epiphytic orchid, photographed from a rainforest walkway at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), on the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon River, near Manaus in Brazil.
Title: Epiphytic orchid
Date: February 8, 2007
Filename: Epiphytic orchid2
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Vegetation floating down the River Amazon, Brazil, washed out of backwaters in a flood: this is probably water hyacinth, Eichornia sp.
Title: Floating vegetation
Date: February 3, 2007
Filename: Floating vegetation
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A Monstera (or similar) sp forest climber, scrambling up a tree trunk in the Bosque Santa Lucia private rainforest reserve, near Santarem, beside the River Amazon in Brazil.
Title: Monstera
Date: February 5, 2007
Filename: Monstera - forest...
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A Philodendron (or similar) rainforest climber, showing its long aerial roots, photographed from a rainforest walkway at the Ariau Towers Hotel (or Jungle Lodge), on the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon River, near Manaus in Brazil.
Title: Philodendron climber
Date: February 8, 2007
Filename: Philodendron-type...
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