Discover the Exotic and Nutritious Wild Fruits From The Vast Amazon Volume!

The Unexplored Treasures of the Amazon Rainforest

When we think of the Amazon rainforest, our minds often conjure up images of lush greenery, rare wildlife, and fascinating indigenous cultures. However, the Amazon is not only a haven for biodiversity but also a treasure trove of unique and wild fruits. These fruits not only offer a mouthwatering taste but are also packed with essential nutrients that are beneficial for our health.

1. Açaí - The Superfood of the Amazon

2. Cupuaçu - The Creamy Delight

Wild Fruits from the Amazon: Volume I

by Enrique Leff (Kindle Edition)

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3. Camu Camu - The Vitamin C Boost

4. Graviola - The Tropical Cancer Fighter

5. Pitaya - The Vibrant Dragon Fruit

The Amazon rainforest is a sanctuary of immense biodiversity, and its wild fruits offer a window into its extraordinary natural richness. Açaí, Cupuaçu, Camu Camu, Graviola, and Pitaya are just a few examples of the incredible flavors and health benefits that can be found within the vast Amazon volume. Next time you have the chance, indulge in these exotic fruits and experience the magic of the Amazon on your taste buds!

Wild Fruits from the Amazon: Volume I

by Enrique Leff (Kindle Edition)

4.5 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	444013 KB
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Print length	:	484 pages

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Volume I of "An Illustrated Guide to the Wild Fruits from the Amazon" depicts the fruits of all known Guianan plants covering about 100 families, 546 genera, and over 2,000 species. Moreover, the fruits of important edible-fruit producing families that occur in the larger Brazilian Amazon are included. Furthermore, besides the fruits of all Amazonian trees of the families Lecythidaceae and Myristicaceae, all fruits that have been cultivated for food and/or spread across the Amazon over the past 11,000 years by now extinct Neolithic Amerindian hunter-gatherers and/or "terra preta" anthrosol farming peoples, are depicted in color. The catalogue is restricted to woody plants, i.e. trees and shrubs reaching over 1.5 m in height when full grown, lianas, vines, (hemi)-epiphytic climbing shrubs, and (sub)-ligneous epiphytes. Among the Chlamydospermae, only the family Gnetaceae is treated. The remaining 98 families belong to the Angiospermae. Among the Monocotyledoneae, the families Araceae, Musaceae/Strelitziaceae, Liliaceae, and Arecaceae are included. The remaining 94 families belong to the Dicotyledoneae.

Volumes II - VII treat over 100 plant families in alphabetical order. Each family is headed by a short family description based mainly on the more practicable field characters of leaves, inflorescences, flowers, and fruits. The section Notes includes remarks on habit, secretory systems, and seed dispersal - only when one may generalize on family level. Following a family description, each genus within the family is numbered and mentioned together with the author’s name. A genus description is given when more than one species within the genus are described. Each genus is followed by the species in alphabetical order and sub-numbered. This facilitates a quick determination of both the number of genera treated within a certain family and the number of species treated within a certain genus. The species name is followed by the author’s name according to up-to-date taxonomic literature. When known to the author, vernacular names used by the most prominent sections of the population, such as Aruak-Amerindian (A), Caraib-Amerindian (C), Surinamese Dutch (SD), Spanish (Sp.), English (E), Brazilian Portuguese (B), Sranan-tongo or Surinamese (S), and Bushland-Creole, Quilombola or Paramaccan (P), have been included.
When a fruit species is depicted in Volume I, plate and figure numbers are given. Plates are numbered 1-208; figures are numbered within each plate. The species descriptions as presented in Volumes II - VII usually include four sections, the first word of each section being printed in italics. The first section gives simple leaf characters as far as they are practicable in the field. The second section describes main characters of inflorescence, infructescence, (fruiting) calyx, and/or pedicel. The third section describes external and internal characters of fruit and seed(s). The fourth section, “Notes”, gives various remarks that may be useful in the field, such as plant habit, presence of secretory systems, bark features, seed dispersal strategy, phenology, occurrence, habitat and soil type, and geographical distribution within the Guianas and the larger Amazonian region. In Vol. I, I tried to include drawings of as many fruits as possible. In case of great interspecific resemblance, only one of the fruits has been depicted. Depending on the available material, fruits and seeds are drawn from different angles, cross and/or longitudinal sections, showing the morphological properties that are most important for visual identification. This Amazonian fruit catalogue includes too many species to make a usable key down to genus or species level. However, here I have included a synoptical key to the one-hundred plant families treated. In order to facilitate direct identification of the fruits, figures usually are drawn on a 1:1 scale. Only large fruits are reduced to about half their natural size or more.