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Plants of Cuyutlán March 2005 Click on the photos to see enlargements |
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State of Colima has a great diversity of vegetation ranging from tropical
in type to plants that you would expect to find in the northern desert
regions of Mexico. Much of the bounty of this area comes from indigenous
plants, but a number of trees and shrubs were introduced from other countries.
For instance, the great coconut plantations around Cuyutlán are the result of early plantings of nuts brought to the area from the Philippines. Columbus found the coconut growing in the islands where he landed, but in one of the ironies of history, they didn’t make it this far until Filipino sailors aboard early Spanish trade ships introduced them to the mainland of North America. These are photos of flora of the Cuyutlán area. Some show vegetation in the village, and some are area pictures. Enjoy
looking over the area. For more, take a photo tour of th
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Almond
trees
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Banana |
Bougenvilla |
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Bougenvilla |
Bird's
Nest |
Bridge
over Highway 200 |
Bull's
Balls (I don't name 'em, I just report!) |
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Canebreak |
Castor
Bean |
Cattle
amongst the coconut trees |
Coconut
trees |
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Coconut
trees, bananas and weeds |
Coconut
corral |
Dwarf
Coconut |
Horses
in the coconut trees |
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Cotton
plants at the Tortugario |
Dried
Mimosa |
Fan
Palm |
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Ficus
tree |
Ficus
tree and Croton |
Beech
Creeper flowers |
Ginger
plant |
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Hibiscus |
Just
a road |
Cuyutlán
Lagoon |
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Cuyutlán
Lagoon Salt Marsh |
Lime
Orchard |
Mangos
ripening |
Mangos
- easy picking! |
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Mimosa
tree |
Mimosa
flowers |
No
wasted land! |
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Old
salt sieve in Cuyutlán Lagoon |
Orange
trees |
Palo
Verde Canal |
Planting
Papayas |
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Young
Papaya trees |
Cuyutlán
street corner |
No
name |
No
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