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Located about 2,300 miles (3,680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of ...
Maui, Hawaii. The Blue Java (also known as the blue banana, Ice Cream banana, Vanilla Banana, Hawaiian banana, Ney Mannan, Krie, or Cenizo) is a hardy, cold-tolerant banana cultivar known for its sweet aromatic fruit, which is said to have an ice cream-like consistency and flavor reminiscent of vanilla.
Wiliwili trees grow to a height of 4.5–9 m (15–30 ft) with a gnarled and stout trunk that reaches 0.3–0.9 m (0.98–2.95 ft) in diameter. The bark is smooth, slightly fissured, and covered in gray or black spines up to 1 cm (0.39 in) in length.
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These Hawaiian lobelioids are endemic to Hawaii with over 90% of Cyanea species are found only on one island in the Hawaiian chain. [2] They grow in moist and wet forest habitat [3] and are largely pollinated by birds [2] such as the Hawaiian honeycreepers, [4] and the seeds are dispersed by birds that take the fruits.
The yellow fruits are edible and their resemblance to small, straight bananas has given it the name banana passionfruit in some countries. It is native to the uplands of tropical South America and is now cultivated in many countries. In Hawaii and New Zealand it is now considered an invasive species.
Love Carrots and Other Vegetables - "A sporadic photographic journal of weird or humorous vegetables". The Mutato Collection - "A collection of non-standard fruits, roots and vegetables". MoFa-Museum of Food Anomalies - "An online exhibition of the Art of Regular Food Gone Horribly Wrong." "Attempt at EU-wide 'wonky fruit and veg' ban fails."