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seeing the eclipse light, I was seized with the desire to take a picture in the strange eclpse light
An example of Mexican folk art as presented at the Museo de Arte Popular in Cancun, Mexico. I visited this small musuem in 2005, but on my most recent trip to Cancun the musuem had moved. I think they are now located near X'Caret.
One of the staples of Philippine economy - the coconut. It's the tree of life - everything is used from the roots to the flower buds.
Arecaceae (palm family) » Cocos nucifera
KOH-kohs -- from Portugese word for mask, referring to eyes-like depressions on fruit
noo-SIFF-er-uh -- nut-bearing
commonly known as: coconut • Bengali: নারকেল narakela, নারকেল narokel • Gujarati: નારિયેળ nariyel • Hindi: नारियल nariyal • Kannada: ತೆಂಗು tengu • Kashmiri: नोरिल noril • Konkani: नार्लु narlu • Malayalam: തെങ്ങ് thengu • Manipuri: য়ুবী yubi • Marathi: नारळ naral, श्रीफळ shriphal • Pali: नालिकेर nalikera • Punjabi: ਨਾਰੀਅਲ narial • Sanskrit: दीर्घपादपः dirgapadapah, दीर्घपत्रः dirghapatrah, दुर्हः durhah, कल्पवृक्ष kalpavriksha, करकम्भस् karakambhas, करकतोयः karakatoyah, कौशिकफलः kaushikaphalah, खानमुदकः khanamudakah, किकिः kikih, नारिकेर narikera, त्रिनेत्रफलः trinetraphalah, तृणम्द्रुमः trnamdrumah, तृणम्राजः trnamrajah, तृणम्वृक्षः trnamvrukshah, उच्चतरुः uchchataru, विश्वामित्रप्रियः vishwamitrapriyah • Tamil: தெங்கு tengku • Telugu: నారికేడము nari-kelamu • Urdu: ناریل nariyel
Native of: Malesia, n Australia, s-w Pacific; widely naturalized / cultivated elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • Top Tropicals • Dave's Garden • EcoPort