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Species

Red berries of Arabica coffee plant

Arabica coffee

Coffea arabica

Species

Pear-shaped fruit with dark green skin; greenish-yellow flesh; and a single, large, rounded seed in the centre.

Avocado

Persea americana

Species

Broad, green leaves and spherical, orange fruit

Bitter orange

Citrus × aurantium

Species

Cacao pod growing in the Princess of Wales Conservatory

Cacao tree

Theobroma cacao

Cultivar

Cavendish bananas

Cavendish banana

Musa acuminata

Species

white, daisy-like flowers with a yellow centre of chamomile plant

Chamomile

Chamaemelum nobile

Species

Looking up at an ash tree

European ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Species

Purplish-blue flowers and oblong, green leaves of garden sage

Garden sage

Salvia officinalis

Species

Thick, branched ginger rhizome (underground stem) with a brown outer layer and yellow centre

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Species

An olive handing from an olive tree in Kew Gardens

Olive

Olea europaea

Species

Rosemary, Ellen McHale/RBG Kew

Rosemary

Salvia rosmarinus

Genus

Rosa 'Port Sunlight' in the Rose Garden

Roses

Rosa

Delicate, white flower of a tea plant

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