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Plants and Flowers { 83 images } Created 25 Mar 2012

The vivacity and colour of the plants and flowers of the Amazon is legend. The uses to which they can be put is incredible.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Monstera deliciosa - large white lily flower; Swiss cheese plant, split leaf philodendron, Mexican breadfruit.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Red rainforest flower - Zingiberaceae (?) sp.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Pendant red flower - Parkia sp; Trombetas, Para State.
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  • Amazon forest, Brazil. Tropical rainforest liana or creeper in corkscrew form.
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  • Mato Grosso, Brazil. Bright green leaf with distinctive veins of the Araceae; Amazon forest.
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  • Mount Sao Geronimo, Brazil. Delicate pink flower - Vellozia sp.; Mato Grosso state.
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  • Roraima State, Brazil. Bignoniaceae sp.; pink flower in the Amazon rainforest.
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  • Brazil. Strelitzia reginae; Bird of Paradise flower, Parrot flower, crane flower; native to South Africa.
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  • Brazil. Red Anthurium sp flower.
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  • Brazil. White Anthurium sp.
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  • Roraima State, Brazil. Solanaceae sp.; purple flower in the Amazon rainforest.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Medicinal plant; Andiroba (Carapa guianensis), medicinal plant for skin, fever, intestinal worms.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Christmas Star (Poinsettia) plant growing in the wild; bright red flowers on leafy bush.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Red soft thread like rainforest flowers.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Vitoria Regia (Victoria regia, Victoria amazonica) water lilies; giant lily pads floating on the river.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Leaf litter of Cecropia sp. on the forest floor.
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  • Amazon, Brazil; very large tarantula spider on the forest floor with man's hand.
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  • Belterra, Para State, Brazil. Hevea brasilensis - rubber tree - seed in a hand; the Pearl of the Amazon.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Rainforest leaf with dew droplets of water.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Rainforest plant; Croton cajucara (Sacaca), medicinal plant; liver, diabetes.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Banana and palm leaves. Standard crop near any village, food, housing, medicinal  and crafts.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Banana leaf with water droplets.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Psychotria poeppigiana.; plant which looks like a woman's lips; believed to be an aphrodisiac.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Heliconia rostrata; beaked heliconia plant.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Complex veined leaf with light shining through.
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  • Belterra, Brazil. Bixa orellana - Urucum;  Indians use for red face & body paint; also red colour in cooking (Annatto). Para State.
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  • Belem, Brazil. Paullinia cupana - Guarana, natural stimulant used as tonic & flavour a popular Brazilian soft drink. Para State.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Strelitza reginae - Parrot Flower, Bird of Paradise flower, Crane flower; native to South Africa.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Caladium bicolor leaf; native to the Amazon but used extensively in Europe as a decorative house plant.
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  • Amazonas State, Brazil. Trunk of thorny Anadenanthera peregrina (Angio Branco); Yanomami Indian hallucinogenic snuff.
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  • Amazon forest, Brazil. Victoria amazonica, the famous Victoria regia water lily capable of supporting a toddler's weight.
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  • Amazon forest, Brazil. Large luscious bright red flower of a species of the Zingibraceae family.
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  • Tataquara, Amazon, Brazil. Purple sapucaia flower.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. White flower - nymphaea.
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  • Tataquara, Amazon, Brazil. Guarana (Paulinia cupana), a natural stimulant used as a tonic and as a flavouring for a soft drink.
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  • Altamira, Amazon, Brazil. Medicinal plant Barbosa (Aloes humilis) (Aloe Vera) growing in a medicinal plant garden.
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  • Belem, Brazil. Vitoria Regia (Victoria amazonica); giant lily pads with bud floating on the water. Amazon.
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  • Belem, Brazil. Vitoria Regia (Victoria amazonica); giant lily pads floating on the water. Amazon.
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  • Belem, Brazil. Vitoria Regia (Victoria amazonica); giant lily pads floating on the water. Amazon.
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  • Belem, Brazil. Vitoria Regia (Victoria amazonica); giant lily pad floating on the water. Amazon.
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  • Amazon forest, Brazil. Paullinia cupana (Guarana), a red husk with a black and white berry high in vitamin C; used as a tonic and to flavour soft drinks and energy drinks.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Indented margin rainforest leaf.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. A green leaf with pink and white markings, and raindrops on it.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. A broad green banana leaf with raindrops on it.
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  • Aldeia Baú, Para State, Brazil. An ant on the leaves of a young shoot.
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  • Aldeia Baú, Para State, Brazil. a young plant shoot rising from the forest floor.
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  • Aldeia Baú, Para State, Brazil. A black and white butterfly sitting on a leaf.
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  • Aldeia Baú, Para State, Brazil. A young tendril shoot catches the sun.
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Mauve flowers.
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Red flower.
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Purple flower.
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  • Pará State, Brazil. Rio Vermelho; pequi flower.
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  • Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Colider; hummingbird.
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  • Amapa, Brazil. Spiny seed pods of Urucum (Bixa orellana).
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  • Trombetas, Brazil. Leaf of Caladium Bicolor.
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  • Manaus, Brazil. Water lilies with bright pink flower petals scattered over the lily pads (leaves).
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Chilli peppers on a bush.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Guarana (Paullinia cupana) fruit with distinctive black eyed, orange seed pods growing on a bush.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Guarana (Paullinia cupana) fruit with distinctive black eyed, orange seed pods growing on a bush.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Urucum (Bixa orellana, Annatto, Achiote) plant with delicate pink flowers and spiny red seed pods.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Cashew (caju, Anacardium occidentale) fruits at the market hanging on strands of palm leaf.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Variety of fruits on sale at a market stall: pineapple, melon, watermelon, banana, avocado; honey.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Sugar cane - close up.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Coffee plant in flower.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Cashew nut on someone's palm.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Acerola fruits on a branch. (Malpighia sp.?)
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Guava (Psidium guajava) fruits on a bed of leaves, some cut open to show the inside.
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  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Samba school dressed as Amazon plants; Carnival.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Papaya - 'Mamao' (Carica papaya); large cluster of fruit growing on the stem of a tree.
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Yellow cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorum) growing on a tree. Para State, Amazon.
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  • Manaus, Amazon, Brazil. Leaf of a medicinal plant, one drop on it for healing.
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  • Amapa State, Amazon, Brazil. Brazil nut pod open using a hatchet.
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  • Aldeia Baú, Para State, Brazil. Babassu nut broken open to show the pulp.
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  • Aldeia Baú, Para State, Brazil. Bunch of babassu nuts on the tree.
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  • Belem, Brazil. White flower.
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Medicinal plant "Urucum" growing in the Farmacia Verde (Green Pharmacy) garden.
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Purple flower.
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  • Altamira, Brazil. Purple flower.
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  • Amazon forest, Brazil.  Catclaw acacia (Acacia greggi) - "Unha de Gato"; used against syphilis and other fevers.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Monkey on a tree.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Quinine (Chinchona sp.); strip of bark cut from the stem; medicinal plant.
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  • Brazil. Palm tree with creepers and tiny Kingfisher bird on a branch.
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  • Amazon, Brazil. Close-up of the flower of a Heliconia bihai beaked heliconia flower.
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