BINTAWA (Artocarpus anisophyllus) A tree of bintawa Family: Moraceae Synonym: Artocarpus klidang, Artocarpus superba Other names: Entawak, Mentawa Bintawa is a fruit from South East Asia.  It is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and intervening islands and grows in lowland forests.  It is basically a fruit for tropical climates.           Bintawa is

BREADFRUIT (Artocarpus altilis)   A tree of breadfruit Bread fruit (Artocarpus altilis) is grown throughout the tropics.  It is used more as a vegetable than as a fruit.  It is eaten after cooking and may be boiled, baked, roasted, fried or made into soups.  It is usually cooked after peeling

BLACK CHOKEBERRY (Aronia melanocarpa) A shrub of black chokeberry   Family: Rosaceae Other names: Black seeded chokeberry Black chokeberry is found throughout the eastern United States and adjacent southern Canada.  It grows on a range of sites from dry to swampy.             Black chokeberry has several potential uses as a cultivated horticultural crop. Cultivars have been

SIBERIAN APRICOT (Prunus sibrica) Trees of Siberian apricot in full bloom Family: Rosaceae Synonym: Armeniaca sibrica Other names: Peach leaved apricot. Siberian apricot  is cold region fruit.   Botanists believe it to be a native of the ulterior mountains of Siberia.  IOt is mostly seen growing on dry sunny slopes amongst

UME (Prunus mume) A tree of ume during full bloom Family: Rosaceae Synonyms: Armeniaca mume Other names: Chinese plum, Japanese apricot, mume Ume is a minor fruit crop of China.  Though in many countries it is also Japanese apricot, but it is a native of China only.  According ancient Chinese records,

BRIONCON APRICOT (Prunus brigintana) A tree of brioncon apricot Family: Rosasceae Synonyms:  Armeniaca brigantiaca, Prunus armeniaca brigantiaca, Other names: Alpine Plum Brioncon apricot is a fruit from Europe growing from southeast France and northwest Italy and also in  the Alps.  The fruit has also been introduced to a few more European

MACQUI (Aristotelia chilensis) A tree of macqui   Family: Elaeocarpaceae Synonyms: Cornus chilensis, Aristotelia macqui, Aristotelia glandulosa Other names: Maquei, Chilean wineberry Macqui is also known as Chilean wineberry.   It is believed to be a native of Chile. Besides Chile, it also grows wild widely in parts of Argentina.  It has now been introduced in a few

Marlberry (Ardisia escallonioides) A tree of marlberry Family: Myrsinaceae Synonym: Icacorea paniculata Other names: Marbleberry, dogberry Marlberry is basically a tropical plant.  It grows in Mexico, West Indies, Guatemala and the adjoining parts.  In the United States, this plant is found in Florida where it grows an understory species growing in

LUK-NIENG (Archidendron jiringa) A tree of luk-nieng    Family: Leguminoceae Synonyms: Pithocollabium lobatum, Pithecellabium jiringa Other names: Jering Luk-nieng is a native of South East Asia.  It grows widely in the forests of humid and mountainous areas, as well as along river banks in Indonesia, Malaysia and South Thailand.  The tree

STRAWBERRY TREE (Arbutus unedo)   A tree of strawberry tree Family: Ericaceae Synonyms: Arbutus vulgaris, Unedo edulis Other names: Arbutusberry Strawberry tree originated somewhere in Southern Europe and the Western Mediterranean region (Turkey, Greece, Lebanon etc.) or even Ireland.  It commonly grows in woodland, scrub and rocky hillsides, often on limestone and