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Photo: Ripe Guava
Title of the Picture: Ripe Guava
Place where photo was taken: Morne Daniel, Dominica, Caribbean
Date: April 2006
Photographer: Christophe Joseph
Digital Camera: Vivitar 5.0 Mega Pixel Digital Camera – ViviCam 3338
Photo Size: 298k, jpg Size: 1600 x 1200
Synonyms: fruit,Guava,guavas,guava tree,recipes,plant,tropical,jelly,seeds,juice
Description: Guavas are cultivated in many tropical countries for their edible and is commonly eaten whole, but is often prepared in a variety of ways as a dessert.Boiled guava is also extensively used to make candies, preserves, jellies, jams, marmalades,goiabada,and juices.Guava leaves are used for medicinal purposes, as a remedy for diarrhea, and for their supposed antimicrobial properties. Please note, that the same anti-diarrheal substances which are useful in folk medicine may also cause constipation in the case of consumption of large amounts of guava fruits.




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Photo: Green and Ripe Avocado
Title of the Picture: Green and Ripe Avocado
Place where photo was taken: Morne Daniel, Dominica, Caribbean
Date: unknown
Photographer: Christophe Joseph
Digital Camera: Vivitar 5.0 Mega Pixel Digital Camera – ViviCam 3338
Photo Size: 331k jpg Size: Unknown
Synonyms: avocado,recipes,oil,tree,plant,exotic,seed,salad
Description: Pear-shaped fruit is botanically a berry, from 7 to 20 cm long, and weighs between 100 to 1000 g. It has a large central seed, 3 to 5 cm in diameter.sometimes called an avocado pear or alligator pear, due to its shape and rough green skin. The avocado tree does not tolerate freezing temperatures, and so can be grown only in subtropical and tropical(Caribbean)climates.Avocado pear does not ripen on the tree, but will fall off or be picked in a hard, “green” state, then it will ripen quickly on the ground, but depending on the amount of oil that it has, the taste may be very different.
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Photo: Ripe Avocado
Title of the Picture: Ripe Avocado
Place where photo was taken: Morne Daniel, Dominica, Caribbean
Date: unknown
Photographer: Christophe Joseph
Digital Camera: Vivitar 5.0 Mega Pixel Digital Camera – ViviCam 3338
Photo Size: 228k jpg Size: Unknown
Synonyms: avocado,recipes,oil,tree,plant,exotic,seed,salad
Description: Pear-shaped fruit is botanically a berry, from 7 to 20 cm long, and weighs between 100 to 1000 g. It has a large central seed, 3 to 5 cm in diameter.sometimes called an avocado pear or alligator pear, due to its shape and rough green skin. The avocado tree does not tolerate freezing temperatures, and so can be grown only in subtropical and tropical(Caribbean)climates.Avocado pear does not ripen on the tree, but will fall off or be picked in a hard, “green� state, then it will ripen quickly on the ground, but depending on the amount of oil that it has, the taste may be very different.




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