Horticultural Classification Edible crops Fruits Tropical Tree fruits

Horticultural Classification • Edible crops – Fruits • Tropical – Tree fruits – Small fruits • Subtropical – Tree fruits – Small fruits • Temperate – Tree fruits – Small fruits

Horticultural Classification • Edible crops – Vegetables • Cool - season • Warm - season

What fruit crops are native to North America? ?

Horticultural Classification • Ornamental crops – Flower and foliage plants • Indoor use • Outside use – Shrubs and Trees

Horticultural Classification • Miscellaneous horticultural crops – Drugs • Cocaine = from coca leaves (anesthetic) (Erythroxylon coca) • Opium = from latex in poppies (pain-killer) (Papaver somniferum) • Codeine & morphine = extracted from opium (painkiller) • Marijuana/Hemp = stems, leaves & flowers (Cannabis sativa) • Taxol = anti-cancer drug from yew trees/shrubs • Digitalis = heart medication from foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Cocaine http: //cocaine. org/

Cocaine

Opium http: //www. poppies. org/

Hemp http: //www. hemp. net/

Hemp clothing

Taxol

Digitalis

Horticultural Classification • Miscellaneous horticultural crops – Drugs • Caffeine = from coffee “beans” = seeds (Coffea arabica) • St. John’s Wort = anti-depressant (Hypericum kalmianum) • Ginkgo = memory enhancer (Ginkgo biloba) • Echinacea = reduced symptoms of the common cold (Echinacea purpurea = coneflower) • Ginseng = stimulant, multi-purpose (Panax ginseng = Korean and Panax quinquefolius = American)

Coffee

St. John’s Wort http: //www. hypericum. com/ 0. 3% hypericin