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	origin	description
Abiu (Pouteria caimito)	Amazon	Absolutely superb caramel flavoured fruit, yellow skin and soft translucent flesh. Small tree.
Acerola (Malpighia glabra)	West Indies	Long called "Tree of Life" because of its medicinal qualities. Cherry like red fruits have up to 30 times Vit. C concentration of an orange
Achira (Canna edulis)	Andes	Produces huge underground rhizomes used for starch production
African Breadnut (Treculia africana)	Africa	Cold tolerant large tree, producing large fruit containing hundreds of small nuts.
African Cluster Fig (Ficus drypondtiana)	Africa	Medium size tree. Bears clusters of grape like figs in bunches. Very sweet
Aibika (Hibiscus manihot)	Pacific	Medium sized shrub whose leaves are used as cabbage substitute in the Pacific Islands
Akee (Blighia sapida)	Africa	Medium sized tree. Fruit pods split open to reveal creamy edible flesh. Immature or over-ripe fruit is poisonous.
Allspice (Pimentia officinalis)	Central America	Leaves and berries used with meats, pickles, drinks and ice-cream
Aloe (Aloe vera)	Egypt	First aid plant. Flesh inside leaves used in many medicinal applications.
Amazon Pitomba (Talisia esculenta)	Brazil	Medium size shrub bearing bunches of yellow, tangy, juicy fruit.
Amazon Tree Grape (Pourouma cecropiaefolia)	Amazon	Large tropical tree bearing bunches of yellow, tangy, juicy fruit.
Ambarella (Spondias cytherea)	Polynesia	Medium size tree with yellow egg-shaped fruit, acid-sweet taste.
Andean Walnut (Juglans meotropica)	Peru	Evergreen fast growing large tree. Produces large, high quality walnuts in warmer climates.
Annato (Bixa orellana)	Tropical America	Medium size shrub. Seed pods used for colouring and flavouring food.
Araca (Eugenia stipitata)	Amazon	Small tropical shrub with round, yellow acidic fruits - excellent for drinks.
Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia)	China	Small spreading aquatic plant. Produces tasty small potato like tubers.
Asian Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)	Central America	Roots are the source of commercial arrowroot flour.
Asimina (Asimina triloba)	North America	Large deciduous tree producing long green-yellow fruit with delicious orange-yellow pulp.
Avocado (Persea americana)	Central America	A butter fruit with mono-unsaturated oil. The world's most nutritious fruit with most vitamins, minerals and proteins. Also most versatile. Oil is nature's finest skin care product. Main varieties grown: BACON - Oval fruit, green skin, very early. EDRANOL - Pear shape fruit, green skin, mid season. FUERTE - Pear shape, green skin, early, some cold tolerance. HASS - Oval fruit, black skin, late. HAZZARD - Pear shape, green skin, mid season. REED - Round fruit, green skin, very late. RINCON - Pear shape, green skin, early season, dwarf tree. SHARWILL - Pear shape, green skin, mid season. WURTZ - Pear shape, green skin, late, dwarf tree. ZUTANO - Pear shape, green skin, very early.
Aztec Sweet Herb (Phyla scaberrima)	Mexico	A sprawling ground cover related to Lantana. Leaves apparently contain compounds 1,000 times sweeter than sugar.