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... trees to be distributed throughout the tropical world by early Span- ish and Portuguese adventurers , and the Indian mango ( Mangifera indica ) , often called the queen of all tropical fruits ; it has delightfully aromatic flesh . The ...
... trees to be distributed throughout the tropical world by early Span- ish and Portuguese adventurers , and the Indian mango ( Mangifera indica ) , often called the queen of all tropical fruits ; it has delightfully aromatic flesh . The ...
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... Trees or shrubs parasitic on branches of trees , rarely on roots of smaller vascular plants . Leaves usually opposite and ever- green . Flowers unisexual ( subfamily Viscoideae ) or bisexual ( most of subfamily Loranthoideae ) . Stamens ...
... Trees or shrubs parasitic on branches of trees , rarely on roots of smaller vascular plants . Leaves usually opposite and ever- green . Flowers unisexual ( subfamily Viscoideae ) or bisexual ( most of subfamily Loranthoideae ) . Stamens ...
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... trees of both tropical and temperate regions . Several of the tropical trees produce fruits with distinctive flavours . Some of the widely disjunct distribution patterns possessed by several genera are of interest to biogeographers ...
... trees of both tropical and temperate regions . Several of the tropical trees produce fruits with distinctive flavours . Some of the widely disjunct distribution patterns possessed by several genera are of interest to biogeographers ...
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