Silly Sapotes
Botany 101
Roots & Tubers
Fabulous Fruits
Wait... Which plant is this?
100

It makes sour taste sweet

What is miracle fruit?

100

Dicots have two of these.

What are cotyledons?

100

If cut or damaged, this starch should be consumed as soon as possible.

What is cassava?

100

These are the three races of avocados.

What are West Indian, Mexican, and Guatemalan?

100

Tithonia diversifolia

What is Mexican sunflower?

200

This sapote is secretly a citrus relative

What is white sapote?

200

The hormone that stimulates shoot elongation in plants

What is an auxin?

200

This country grows and consumes nearly 70% of the world's yams.

What is Nigeria?

200

A dessert fruit that is a cross between Anonna squamosa and Anonna cherimola. It is also one of Dr. Price's favorite fruits.

What is atemoya?

200

Azadirachta indica

What is neem?

300

This soft fruit is actually type of persimmon.

What is black sapote?

300

These roots may develop from nodes of prostrate stems, or from the hypocotyl rather than the radicle.

What are adventitious roots?

300

This popular tuberous root is in the morning glory family

What is sweet potato?

300
This unusual tree produces its blooms and fruit directly on the main trunk and branches.

What is jaboticaba?

300

Garcinia livingstonei

What is Imbe, African Mangosteen?

400

This purple and white fruit contains a star-shaped core

What is star apple (caimito)?

400

Strawberries aren't berries! These are the small, dry fruits on the outer surface of its flesh.

What are achenes?

400

This common starch originates from the Americas and has an edible, swollen underground stem.

What is a potato?

400

The Spanish name for soursop

What is guanabana?

400

Basella alba

What is Malabar Spinach?

500

This tree contains the latex that was the original base for chewing gum, also known as chicle

What is the sapodilla tree?

500

An individual plant composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues.

What is a chimera?

500

A banana plant grows from this short, swollen, and vertical underground stem.

What is a corm?

500

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was so enamored with one of China's famed Four Beauties that he created a rapid delivery system for this favorite fruit.

What is lychee?

500

Phyllanthus acidus

What is Otaheite gooseberry?

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