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WHITE FRANGIPANI – Plumeria alba
An ornamental species native from the West Indies (Puerto Rico and Antilles), frequently cultivated in other American countries, due to the beauty of the flowers and the mild aroma that emanates from them during the night.
FRUITS OF THE ATTALEA PALM - Attalea phalerata
The Attalea Palm is one of the most abundant trees in the forests of the Pantanal, being very useful for both wildlife and humans. Leaves, fruits, trunk, seeds, everything can be used for several purposes.
ORCHID - Cattleya walkeriana
These plants are among the most cultivated in the world, either because of the beauty of their flowers, or due to the peculiar mechanisms that have evolved for pollination, in intricate evolutionary processes associated mainly with insects. And – as opposed to what many people think – they are not parasites, but use the trees only for their own fixation.
GUAVIRA FLOWER – Campomanesia
A wild shrub from the Myrtaceae family (the same as the Guava) that grows on open fields and pasturelands. The fruit, one of the most typical from the Brazilian Cerrado, can be savored pure, in ice creams or in cocktails.
FLOWERS OF THE ATTALEA PALM - Attalea phalerata
The Attalea Palm is one of the most abundant trees in the forests of the Pantanal, being very useful for both wildlife and humans. Leaves, fruits, trunk, seeds, everything can be used for several purposes. It has masculine and feminine flowers that grow on separate trees.
CASHEW – Anacardium sp.
A native Brazilian plant, frequently cultivated for export. The fruit can be eaten pure or in compotes, juices, jams and ice creams. The nuts are roasted and salted to be used as an appetizer or in cookery. In most countries, they are more known than the fruit itself, different from what occurs in Brazil.
FUNGUS – Holobasidiomycetidae
Fungi like this are among the most important decomposers in nature, since they act over dead organic matter recycling the nutrients and making them available again to the living creatures.
FUNGI – Holobasidiomycetidae
Known as “shelf fungi”, these organisms are among the most important decomposers in nature, since they act over dead organic matter recycling the nutrients and making them available again to the living creatures.
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