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Green, succulent aloe vera leaves with toothed edges

Aloe vera

Aloe vera

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Red berries of Arabica coffee plant

Arabica coffee

Coffea arabica

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Short argan tree with wide spreading canopy

Argan tree

Sideroxylon spinosum

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Rice paddy close up

Asian rice

Oryza sativa

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

Avocado

Persea americana

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Broad, green leaves and spherical, orange fruit

Bitter orange

Citrus × aurantium

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Cacao pod growing in the Princess of Wales Conservatory

Cacao tree

Theobroma cacao

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

Chamomile

Chamaemelum nobile

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Rounded, green coconut palm fruit

Coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

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

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

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Open pomegranate (Punica granatum) fruit that is spherical and red with deep red tissue surrounding seeds

Pomegranate

Punica granatum

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Showy, pale purple and white flowers

Purple passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

Delicate, white flower of a tea plant

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