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Agaves    Bamboo    Kapok    Luffa Gourd    Palms    Wool & Cotton Tree

 

Agaves

<bot794>  Agave tequilana (Tequila var.) [Cent. Mexico] (ex. Riverside, CA)

 

 

Bamboo

<bot191>  Wild bamboo, western Uganda

 

 

<bot450>  Vine Bamboo (Bambusa sp.) in Jamaica highlands

 

 

<bot504>  Bamboo & other tropical vegetation in Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico

 

 

Kapok

<bot699>  Kapok pods (Ceiba pentandra) [World Tropics]

 

 

Luffa Gourd

<bot688>  Luffa gourd (Luffa cylindrica) (fiber sponge) [Asia]

 

Palms

<bot70>  Puerto Rico Hat Palm – Sabal causarium (Cook) Bece.  [Puerto Rico] (ex. Riverside, CA)

 

<bot517>  Sabal sp. palm, eastern San Luis Potosí, Mexico

 

<bot526>  Plume Palm Forest, coastal Nayarit, Mexico

 

 

 

<bot527>  Plume Palm Forest, coastal Nayarit, Mexico

 

 

 

 

<bot531>  Plume Palm Forest & Brown-trunked trees, coastal Nayarit, Mexico

 

<bot529>  Plume Palm Forest, coastal Nayarit, Mexico

 

 

<bot349>  Palmetto forest (Sabal mexicana.) in eastern San Luis Potosí, Mexico

 

Wool & Cotton Tree

<bot872>  Wool & Cotton Tree (Bombax ellipticum HBK) [Mexico]