Native trees of Chile
I took this picture from the top of the Victoria Tower. The day was foggy, so you can't see much of Santiago. What you see are the two most characteristic chilean trees. The first one is the Chilean Palm (Jubaea chilensis), which is endemic of Chile. You can eat its coconuts and its sap, which is really good. The one in the back is an Araucaria (Araucaria araucana), it's endemic both of Chile and Argentina, and was recently declared Natural Monument of Chile. You can eat its seeds, called "piñones", which are very high in energy and were the base of the Mapuche (chilean original inhabitants) diet. Sadly, these beautiful trees are at risk of extinction...
I took this picture from the top of the Victoria Tower. The day was foggy, so you can't see much of Santiago. What you see are the two most characteristic chilean trees. The first one is the Chilean Palm (Jubaea chilensis), which is endemic of Chile. You can eat its coconuts and its sap, which is really good. The one in the back is an Araucaria (Araucaria araucana), it's endemic both of Chile and Argentina, and was recently declared Natural Monument of Chile. You can eat its seeds, called "piñones", which are very high in energy and were the base of the Mapuche (chilean original inhabitants) diet. Sadly, these beautiful trees are at risk of extinction...
We have many species of Palm Trees in Singapore and Malaysia too.
ReplyDeleteWould love to try the seeds one day. Santiago shall be in one of my future holiday destination...
Hola! Muchas gracias por visitar mi blog y por tu bonito comentario :) La verdad es que a mi también me apasiona el mundo de la aimación, aunque en el trabajo... todavía no he tenido mucha suerte :_( Pero acabo de empezar, así que no me quejo mucho; seguro que llegará algo mejor.
ReplyDeleteSabes, me gusta esto de los blogs porque puedes visitar todo el mundo en un instante, y con el tuyo he podido "estar" por primera vez en Chile y espero algún día poderlo visitar en persona! :)
Saludos desde Barcelona!
Grácias por tus comentarios y visita, ya sabes que tienes las puertas abiertas para cuando quieras en "virtual" o en "real". Me gusta tu trabajo (en consecuencia, todos los de CityDailyPhoto) porque gente como tu, sabe exponer realidades de un mundo que todos deberíamos conocer palmo a palmo (habrían menos guerras, seguro). Estuve hace 4 años en Santiago i disfruté muchísimo...es una ciudad entre Europa y América. Y como no, me enamoré de y en ... Valparaíso! Un cordial saludo, y te seguiré visitando!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your comments. It's very inspiring to receive them.
ReplyDeleteGracias por sus comentarios. Es muy estimulante recibirlos.
Y debo decirles que también me ha gustado esta experiencia en los citydailyphoto. Uno siente que está aportando un granito de arena al conocimiento de su país en el mundo.
Beautiful shot of the trees Edulabbe. Gracias for stopping by PB
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