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  • Firma, that came from Demerara laden with the fruit of the Caryocar tomentosum, which is the Pekea tuberculosa of Aublet.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • No commercial advantage is here made of the igua; but I saw vessels arrive on the coast of Terra Firma, that came from Demerara laden with the fruit of the Caryocar tomentosum, which is the Pekea tuberculosa of Aublet.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • Snow in summer, Cerastium tomentosum is the ground cover for Alliums, most likely A. karativiense.

    Touring With Friends-Ledbury And Hampton Court Castle, Herefordshire « Fairegarden 2010

  • Just one or two Ajuga repens were added for some blue with all that pink and the snow in summer, Cerastium tomentosum was the contrast silver foliage with white April blooms.

    The Long And Short Of It-A Garden Tour « Fairegarden 2010

  • My viburnums are a type called doublefile (technically, they are Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum, hardiness zones 5-8).

    Tough Love, Garden Style 2010

  • Common lowland deciduous trees in eastern Java and Bali are Homalium tomentosum, Albizia lebbekoides, Acacia leucophloea, A. tomentosa, Bauhinia malabarica, Cassia fistula, Dillenia pentagyna, Tetrameles nudiflora, Ailanthus integrifolia, and Phyllanthus emblica.

    Eastern Java-Bali montane rain forests 2008

  • Common lowland deciduous trees found in eastern Java and Bali are Homalium tomentosum, Albizia lebbekoides, Acacia leucophloea, A. tomentosa, Bauhinia malabarica, Cassia fistula, Dillenia pentagyna, Tetrameles nudiflora, Ailanthus integrifolia, and Phyllanthus emblica.

    Western Java rain forests 2008

  • Common lowland deciduous trees in eastern Java and Bali are Homalium tomentosum, Albizia lebbekoides, Acacia leucophloea, A. tomentosa, Bauhinia malabarica, Cassia fistula, Dillenia pentagyna, Tetrameles nudiflora, Ailanthus integrifolia, and Phyllanthus emblica.

    Eastern Java-Bali rain forests 2008

  • Thirty years later Hipólito Ruiz, returning from his explorations with José Antonio Pavón in Peru, identified a liana used to make curare as Chondrodendron tomentosum.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Tube curare, as it was called, came packed in bamboo and generally was made from Chondrodendron tomentosum.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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