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<h2><strong>Ponytail palm seeds (Beaucarnea recurvata)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Price for Package of 2 seeds.</span> </strong></span></h2> <p style="color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><i><b>Beaucarnea recurvata</b></i>, the<span>&nbsp;</span><b>elephant's foot</b><span>&nbsp;</span>or<span>&nbsp;</span><b>ponytail palm</b>, is a<span>&nbsp;</span>species<span>&nbsp;</span>of plant in the<span>&nbsp;</span>family<span>&nbsp;</span>Asparagaceae. The species was native to numerous states of eastern<span>&nbsp;</span>Mexico<span>&nbsp;</span>but is now confined to the state of<span>&nbsp;</span>Veracruz.<sup id="cite_ref-IUCN_1-1" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;"></sup><span>&nbsp;</span>Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true palms (Arecaceae). It has become popular in Europe and worldwide as an<span>&nbsp;</span>ornamental plant. There are 350-year-old Beaucarneas registered in Mexico.</p> <p>It is an<span>&nbsp;</span>evergreen<span>&nbsp;</span>perennial<span>&nbsp;</span>growing to 15&nbsp;feet 6&nbsp;inches (4.72&nbsp;m) with a noticeable expanded<span>&nbsp;</span>caudex, for storing water. The single palm-like stem produces terminal tufts of strap-shaped, recurved leathery leaves, sometimes hair lock-shaped in the ends, and with occasional<span>&nbsp;</span>panicles<span>&nbsp;</span>of small white flowers once the plant reaches over 10 years of age.</p> <p>The only moderately swollen<span>&nbsp;</span>trunk<span>&nbsp;</span>at the base is slender over it and only slightly branched. The almost spherical<span>&nbsp;</span>caudex<span>&nbsp;</span>in the youth stage later becomes 4 to 6 meters long<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;">[5]</sup><span>&nbsp;</span>and reaches a diameter of up to 50 centimeters and more at the base. The<span>&nbsp;</span>bark<span>&nbsp;</span>is smooth. The green lineal, slightly rejuvenated and bent leaves are thin, flat or slightly ridged. They are 90 to 180 inches long and 15 to 20 millimeters wide.</p> <h2 style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Habitat">Habitat</span></h2> <p>Its habitat is low deciduous forest, with average temperatures of 20&nbsp;°C and an annual rainfall of 800&nbsp;mm, and a well-marked dry season of between 7 and 8 months. These types of forests are in an altitudinal range of 0 to 1700 meters above sea level. They grow on rocky soils deficient in nutrients, cliffs and steep mountains. The plant is resistant up to 10&nbsp;°C, and grows in full sun or partial shade. The plants are very slow growing and very tolerant to drought, in a pot or planted as an ornamental garden tree.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;">[6]</sup></p> <h2 style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Cultivation">Cultivation</span></h2> <p>Having gained the<span>&nbsp;</span>Royal Horticultural Society's<span>&nbsp;</span>Award of Garden Merit.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;">[7]</sup><span>&nbsp;</span><i>B. recurvata</i><span>&nbsp;</span>is often grown as a<span>&nbsp;</span>houseplant<span>&nbsp;</span>or an outdoor plant in<span>&nbsp;</span>temperate<span>&nbsp;</span>climate gardens. Slow-growing and drought-tolerant,<span>&nbsp;</span><i>Beaucarnea recurvata</i><span>&nbsp;</span>is<span>&nbsp;</span>hardy<span>&nbsp;</span>to −5&nbsp;°C (23&nbsp;°F), grows in full sun to light shade, and requires proper soil mix to drain when watered. However, be cautious not to over-water, as this will foster pests like the<span>&nbsp;</span>mealybug<span>&nbsp;</span>and<span>&nbsp;</span>cochineal<span>&nbsp;</span>insect. If going to be kept in places with strong winters, it must be an indoor plant as it cannot resist cold temperatures. To maintain its original shape, the ends of its leaves should not be snipped, and when repotted it must keep all of its roots.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;">[8]</sup></p> <p>There are 10 different species of this plant, according to the Institute of Ecology in<span>&nbsp;</span>Xalapa, state of<span>&nbsp;</span>Veracruz, which runs the<span>&nbsp;</span><i>Jardín Botánico Francisco Javier Clavijero</i><span>&nbsp;</span>botanical garden, where over 400 Beaucarneas are exhibited and more are grown in greenhouses for conservation purposes, in the "Colección Nacional de Beaucarneas" (Beaucarneas National Collection).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;"></sup></p> <h2 style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="State_of_conservation">State of conservation</span></h2> <p>The species of the genus<span>&nbsp;</span><i>Beaucarnea</i><span>&nbsp;</span>are mostly in critical condition due to various anthropogenic activities, which has led to severe fragmentation and destruction of their habitat. On the other hand, the extraction of seeds, seedlings, juveniles and adults have affected the size of the population and the proportion of sexes, reducing with this the possibilities of fertilization and, consequently, the production of seeds.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;">[10]</sup><span>&nbsp;</span>This exploitation process exposes this species, in a state of threat or extinction, by reducing the minimum viable size of the populations, as well as the deterioration of their genetic diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;">[11]</sup><span>&nbsp;</span><i>B. recurvata</i>, is considered to be threatened according to Official Mexican Standard 059-ECOL-2010 of<span>&nbsp;</span>SEMARNAT<span>&nbsp;</span>in Mexico.</p> <p style="color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="font-size: 11.2px;"></sup></p> <script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>

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<h2><strong>Bornean Hairy Banana Seeds (Musa hirta)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 3 seeds.</strong></span></h2> <p>A little-known banana only about 2.5 m (8 feet) high that forms attractive clumps. The erect inflorescence with hairy stems creates a pointed bud with shiny, purple-pink leaves, followed by small, chunky, golden-hairy fruits.</p> <p>The fruit, as with only a few other types of bananas, is removed when fully ripe, which means that the peel itself splits and reveals the pulp of the fruit from the inside.</p> <p>Unlike most bananas, it is more sweet and juicy. Ripe fruit tastes like a mixture of kiwi and banana and the seeds are eaten together with the fruit.</p> <p>Unripe fruits are peeled and eaten with salt. The flowers are used as vegetables, cooked and seasoned with salt and spices.</p> <p>This species has ornamental and fruity qualities that should be seriously considered for cultivation.</p>

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<h2><strong>Miniature sugar palm seeds (Arenga caudata)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 3 seeds.</strong></span></h2> <p>A small, shrubby palm up to 2 m (7 ft.) Tall, with densely clustered, thin reed-like stems and small leaves that are dark green above and silvery-white below.</p> <p>The leaf is approximately in the shape of a fishtail and has serrated edges. A. Caudata is widespread in Southeast Asia and thrives in shady places in tropical or warm subtropical gardens. The shape of the bifid leaf has less broad leaves that resemble Arenga hookeriana.</p> <p>This palm tree can be grown well in a flower pot.</p>

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<h2><strong>Thai Dragon Tree Seeds (Dracaena cochinchinensis)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 5 seeds.</strong></span></h2> <p>Thai Dragon Tree is a beautiful, very robust species native from southern Yunnan and southwestern Guangxi in China to Thailand and Laos, where it grows on rugged limestone cliffs.</p> <p>It is quick and easy growing and forms a sturdy, forking trunk with neat crowns of straplike, elegantly recurving green leaves. It has similarities to Dracaena draco, the Canary Island Dragon Tree, but is smaller and more elegant in overall appearance.</p> <p>WIKIPEDIA<br />Dracaena cochinchinensis, the Cochinchinese dragon tree, is a monocotyledonous tree plant of the family Liliaceae (or Dracaenaceae) according to the classical classification.</p> <p>This species is native to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi).</p> <p>From any incision or wound flows a blood-red resin, known as dragon's blood in traditional pharmacopoeias, similar to that obtained with the dragon trees Dracaena draco from the Canary Islands and Dracaena cinnabari from the island of Socotra. China, which imported dragon's blood from abroad, discovered in 1972 that there were dragon trees on its territory capable of providing it with the precious materia medica1.</p> <p>The species is now endangered in China but is cultivated there for dragon's blood production.</p> <p>Dracaena cochinchinensis is a monocotyledonous tree plant 5 to 10 meters high.</p> <p>The branched stems have a reddish tip, with shorter than wide internodes, a smooth greyish-white bark, darkening with age.</p> <p>The leaves collected at the end of the branches, are sessile, sword-shaped, 30−100 x 2−5 cm, with a reddish base completely enclosing the internode.</p> <p>The terminal inflorescence, in panicle, is more than 40 cm, with a densely pubescent rachis.</p> <p>The flowers collected by 2-5, have a milky white perianth, formed of a tube of 1.5−2 mm and 6 lobes of 5−6 mm.</p> <p>The fruit is an orange berry.</p> <p>It is found between 900 and 1,700 m on limestone cliffs, sunny, in tropical regions. It resists drought well.</p> <p>Pharmacology<br />Chemical constituents of dragon's blood<br />The chemical constituents of dragon's blood from the Cochinchinese dragon tree are primarily flavonoids and then terpenoids, steroids, saponins and phenolic compounds.</p> <p>Among the flavonoids, it has been isolated chalcones (2,4,4'-trihydroxychalcone, loureirin A, B and C etc.), dihydrochalcones, flavanones, flavans, polymeric flavonoids and chromogenic ketones6. Then, terpenes, steroids, steroidal saponins as well as phenolic compounds and lignans were isolated.</p> <p>In China, several teams of researchers are studying the chemical composition and pharmacology of the dragon's blood of the Dracaena cochinchinensis, openly following on from the multi-millennium studies of the Chinese pharmacopoeia. Fan and als6 (2014) made a detailed review of 63 works published in China from which we will extract a few examples.</p> <p>Huang et al.13 (1994) show that dragon's blood inhibits experimental arterial thrombosis by facilitating blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. According to Nong et als.14 (1997), dragon's blood also has a hemostatic effect since they experimentally showed that it can reduce the blood clotting time of mice. Other studies have shown that dragon's blood can significantly lower the blood glucose level of hyperglycemic mice (Zhang et als, 2002), inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Diphteria bacilli and Bacillus anthracis (Chen et als. , 1999), stimulate tissue repair. For this purpose, Liu et als15 implanted a tissue of human keratocytes on the injured skin of mice. The group that received oral and external treatment with dragon's blood showed increased development of the transplanted epidermis, proliferation of capillaries in the dermis and increased secretion of collagen.</p> <p>Many of the studies cited do not, however, provide many guarantees of validity. Many are not randomized, double-blind studies. They only suggest possible analgesic or anti-diabetic effects.</p> <p>Clinical studies<br />A randomized, double-blind study evaluated the effectiveness of dragon's blood capsules against angina pectoris (angina pectoris). The group that received the treatment saw that their electrocardiograms (ECGs) improved significantly compared to the control group16.</p> <p>Culture<br />The Cochinchina dragon tree is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens in tropical regions.</p> <p>It can also be grown in a pot indoors or under a veranda.</p>

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