Monthly Archives: July 2008
Deciduous Trees in the Tropics
A couple of years ago someone in a comment to my post on cecropias asked whether cecropia trees were deciduous or evergreen. I had mentioned that the leaves, being big, could become unsightly when many of them dropped from the … Continue reading
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Guavas
This is the story of two plants that belong to the guava genus. The guava is a tropical fruit native to Latin America. [Illustration from wikimedia commons]. As far as I can tell, the two plants belong to the same … Continue reading
Regenerating a Tropical Forest
For some days now I’ve been scratching my head over the identification of some shrubs that are most likely in the guava genus, Psidium, of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). Until that post is ready, I thought you might be interested … Continue reading
