This post is dedicated to the crown jewel of the world of plants, the genus annona. For those of you who are not familiar with these, annonas are the type genus of the family annonaceae, which also contains plants such…
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Posted in Nature, Plants, Tropical Fruit
Sour Pickles from Mexico
Although not technically a cucumber, the Mexican sour gherkin/pickle (melothria scabra), looking somewhat like a watermelon, tastes just like a sweet and juicy cucumber. As a matter of fact, the only difference is 90% of it’s length. These are tiny,…
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