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Plant profiles

Delve into our collection of plant profiles and feed your fascination with a wealth of plant uses, fun facts, and Kew's valuable work.

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Red berries of Arabica coffee plant

Arabica coffee

Coffea arabica

Species

Rice paddy close up

Asian rice

Oryza sativa

Species

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

Avocado

Persea americana

Species

Cacao pod growing in the Princess of Wales Conservatory

Cacao tree

Theobroma cacao

Cultivar

Cavendish bananas

Cavendish banana

Musa acuminata

Species

Rounded, green coconut palm fruit

Coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

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Green upper side and red, ribbed lower side of giant waterlily leaves

Giant waterlily

Victoria amazonica

Species

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

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

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Greenish to yellow flower of vanilla

Vanilla

Vanilla planifolia

Delicate, white flower of a tea plant

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