The Cuban royal palm is a species of palm native to Florida, Mexico, and parts of Central America. This plant has been planted throughout the tropics and subtropics. Sometimes referred to as R Regina is the technical name for this plant. That now this plant is also seen as its technical name for this plant. This plant is also seen as its own species. This plant is also used for timber. Its fruits are consumed by birds and bats. By the name you can tell that this true is the national tree of Cuba. The tree grows up to 20-30 ft. They are green when ripe turn red in the middle of their life and black as they turn old. Like most plants it is unisexual and is pollinated by animals such as bees and bats. Today this plant is cultivated by
In Santa Rosa California stands the Adobe of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo, known by many citizens of Sonoma County as the Carrillo Adobe. In the years of 1837-1838 a woman by the name of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo built her home in what would become Santa Rosa, California. The foundation of her home was laid by Franciscan monks years earlier when they wished to build the 22nd mission in California, however they moved on to other sites in the surrounding area. After Carrillo’s death, the adobe became the first post office of Santa Rosa, California, a trading post, and a drying shed for a prune farmer named Hahman who would later purchase the property. In the 1930s a WPA survey was performed on the property, and since that time numerous restoration attempts have failed. However since 2012 archeologists and historians have been investigating the site to decide where the boundaries are of the adobe since part of the land has been sold for a company to build condominiums. In 2013 squatters broke into the chain link fencing around the structure, breaking boards from the ceiling and creating camps in the trees surrounding the structure. Due to the surveys and notes given by the archeologists, it has been determined that the structure was a U-shape, however there are only three small remains of rooms of the structure let underneath the overhang that has been constructed to house the structure. There has been a specific amount of money allotted to keep the remaining portion of the structure from being destroyed, however, the funds are not being used to reconstruct any portion of the destroyed portion of the building. The structure and site needs to be added to the National Historic Registry not only be...
Imagine hiking roughly 2,000 miles while facing incredibly dangerous blazing hot deserts and steep mountains and doing that in 21 months. In the spring of 1527, five Spanish ships left the port of Seville and headed for the new world. Cabeza set out with 300 other men to shore where they would start a very long expedition. Cabeza drifted out to sea on a raft and came back to shore into current day Galveston, Texas. In the fall of 1532 Cabeza de Vaca started the long trek with three other survivors from modern day Texas to modern day Mexico City, and he
Volpato, G., Godinez, D., Beyra, A., & Barreto, A. (2009). Uses of Medicinal Plants by Haitian Immigrants and Their Descendants in the Province of Camagüey, Cuba. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 1-9.
This fort still stands today, built to protect the city of St. Augustine. Standing as America’s oldest masonry fort, the Castillo de San Marcos has weathered the elements for more than three hundred years. It is the tenth in a series of forts built to protect the city. The previous nine had been constructed of wood before Queen Regent Mariana of Spain finally approved the construction of a powerful masonry the Castillo de San Marcos. Work on the fort began in October of 1672 after a pirate attack did some damage to the wood fort in 1668. The new fort was constructed using coquina rock, which is a type of rock composed almost entirely of the shells of mollusks, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. Today, the fort still stands as
The Cuban style of cooking is simple in concept but complex in flavor. Much Cuban food owes its heritage and tradition from Africa and neighboring, Caribbean cultures. However, there are two distinctive styles of cooking: "the classic" whose techniques and ingredients have been in use for a long time across the island, and "the new," labeled nuevo Cubano, which adds a variety of herbs and spices from other cuisine and emphasizes presentation. For example, the province of Oriente, in eastern Cuba, is well known for its contribution of spicier and more robust dishes to the cuisine of the island due to the influx of Haitian and Jamaican immigrants to the island beginning in the 1790's. In the states, Cubans, too, have opted to choose hot peppers, like blazing scotchbonnets and serranos, to prepare recipes such as black bean salsa.
Cuba. The well-known island all over the world and located ninety miles south of Florida is the largest island of the West Indies. The island is popular for its natural beauty and cultural heritages. After the Cuban revolution that took place in 1950s, Batista regime was overthrown and new government was formed which was led by Fidel Castro. Since then Cuba was ruled by Fidel Castro until recently. In 2008, because of Fidel Castro’s illness, his brother Raul Castro replaced him. Many Cubans supported the Cuban revolution in the hope of seeing changes in Cuba; however after Castro seized the power in 1959, many left Cuba to find the better life and live free from the communist government in Cuba.
What makes Cuban tobacco the world's finest tobacco? The answer lies in Cuba's climate and in the uniquely composed fertile fields in which the tobacco is raised. Cuba has a topical climate; this, combined with a temperature that is tempered by trade winds makes the island quite tobacco friendly. Cuba's fields, in which the tobacco is grown, have a unique composition that gives Cuban tobacco its own distinct and unmatched color and flavor.
trees, bamboo trees, fig trees, durian trees, jambu trees, avocado trees, and banana trees. Trees in
Taxonomically, Atropa belladona is classified in the Solanaceae, a family that also includes the common potato, tobacco and chile pepper. This species probably came originally from southern Europe and Asia, but is today naturalized in many parts of the world. The plant itself stands between two and six feet in height. Its green berries change to a shiny purplish-black as the plant matures. Some people say the berry is sweet and others say its bitter tasting, but all agree that the size is like the common cherry. To many, the entire plant has a very nauseating odor. The plant also has a thick root, a five-lobed calyx, leaves that are simple, ovate and alternate, and solitary bell shaped flowers.
As an immigrant, I have talked about my culture numerous time, and as a Psychology major, I was certain, I knew all about culture. For instance, Dominicans we are loud, we are always talking about food, merengue, salsa or bachata music, or things we used to do when we still lived in the Dominican Republic. In fact, my Dominicans friends and I use the phrase “that’s so Dominican”, as though we have identified every pattern of behavior of my country. Interestingly, after I read the initial chapter of this course textbook, I realized that culture was not limited to customs, or typical dishes, but rather, that the extent of culture goes beyond race, ethnicity or nationality. In the book, there are two ways in which culture is defined: broad and
The shrub bears small white flowers in twos and threes in tufts on the sides and egg-shaped red fruit. It is planted as cuttings; the young plants are transplanted after one year and provide the first harvest of leaf after 18 months and we continue to produce harvest of leaves four to five times a year for up to forty years (Carter 2011). With such large yield, coca plants are an important item of trade, with medical and recreational uses, and are a hundred billion dollar a year crop.
Italian painter, the most celebrated member of a family of artists who took their name from the small town of Bassano, about 65 km from Venice (original name: Jacopo da Ponte).
Cocos nucifera is the scientific name of the common coconut. This very tall palm tree is always an inviting symbol of the tropics. The plant is one of the most valuable plants to man. It is a primary source of food, drink, and shelter. In Sanskrit the coconut palm is called "kalpa vriksha", which is defined as "the tree which provides all the necessities of life."
Fitzherbert, E. B., Struebig, M. J., Morel, A., Danielsen, F., Brühl, C. A., Donald, P. F., & Phalan, B. (2008). Review: How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?. Trends In Ecology & Evolution, 2(3), 538-545. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2008.06.012
The botanical name for this tropical rainforest plant is Theobroma Cacao [7]. Theobroma Cacao is Greek for “Food of the gods” [15].