Producers
If there wasn't any producers than all the animals and humans on the earth would die out. We eat plants and meat, and the animals we eat would die out because there was no plants and then we would die out because there is no meat of plants. plants get there energy from the sun, they use the light energy to make their own food. Chlorophyll makes the plants green . photosynthesis is the process of the sun energy going to the plant. in the process glucose is produced. Glucose is an other name for sugar.

Pictures provided by Dr. Jim Castner and Joe Baze. Amazon Adventure
Name of Plant: Cocoa
Description of Plant: The fruit is about 8 inches (20 cm) long and contains up to 60 seeds in the white pulp. The pulp is edible.
 
Uses of Plant (consumption/medicinal):
 
Name of Plant: Banana
Description of Plant: They are green until ripe. when they are ripe they are a gold yellow, inside they are a tan color.
 
Uses of Plant (consumption/medicinal):
People eat bananas and they are made in many different fruit dishes.

Pictures provided by Dr. Jim Castner and Joe Baze. AMAZON ADVENTURE

Pictures provided by Dr. Jim Castner. AMAZON ADVENTURE
Name of Plant: Cashew Plant
Description of Plant: They grow on medium sized trees that have oval leaves that appear bunched up next to the branch due to the short stem.
 
Uses of Plant (consumption/medicinal): These fruits are used for cashew nuts, similar to a peanut.

 

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