2.10.7 Unidad 10 Jungle Products

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Copal—one of the tree resins sometimes used to make varnish (and incense) Mahogany tree

Transcript of 2.10.7 Unidad 10 Jungle Products

Copal—one of the tree resins sometimes used to make varnish (and incense)

Mahogany tree

Kapok tree and fibers

coco

Bananas

Pineapple

Mangos

avocados

Café (coffee)

Azúcar (sugar)

Caucho (rubber)

Carne de res (beef)

Cacao--chocolate

Chicle (sapodilla) tree

Philodendrons

Meadowsweet contains salicin, the basis of aspirin.

Periwinkle—Hodgkin’s disease and leukemia

Chinchona (quinine)--malaria

Wild yams—birth control pills

Cumaru--anticoagulant

Curare—muscle relaxant