In Tsou language, fona refers to the hyacinth bean, which comes from a perennial plant that grows well on barren soil and adverse conditions.

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Dr. SPIESEL: Saw palmetto are the fruits of a rather beautiful plant that grows in the south in the United States.

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He helps produce about 60 varieties, starting with a dark green bud called "Mighty Mite, " a plant for urban window boxes that grows to the size and shape of a corn dog.

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The blue agave plant ( agave tequilana) grows for about a dozen years before harvesting from the harsh Jalisco soils.

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Jimson weed, a white-flowered plant, also known as Thornapple, Stinkweed and Devil's Trumpet, is a native of Asia but grows abundantly in the United States.

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