Products From The Rainforest

Products from the Rainforests

___Chewing gum (chicle) ___Macadamia nuts ___Allspice ___Varnish, printing ink ___Tapioca ___Cayenne red pepper (copal) ___Varnish, laquer ___Tea ___Chili pepper ___ latex (used to make ___African violet ___Chocolate rubber) ___(Erasers) ___Aluminum plant ___Cocoa ___(foam rubber) ___Christmas cactus ___Cloves ___(Tires) ___Orchids ___Ginger ___Coconut ___Rubber plant ___Nutmeg ___Lime ___Bamboo (furniture) ___Paprika ___Patchouli ___Jute (rope, burlap) ___Turmeric ___Rosewood ___Ramie (knit clothing) ___Vanilla ___Sandalwood ___Rattan (furniture) ___Sugar ___Brazil nuts ___Avocado ___Curare (muscle relaxant for surgery) ___Cashew nuts ___Banana ___Diosgenin (birth control pills, arthritis, asthma) ___Coffee ___Grapefruit ___Ouabain (heart medication) ___Insect Repellant ___Guava ___Quinine (malaria, (camphor) pneumonia) ___Papaya ___Lemon ___Emetine (bronchitis, dysentery) ___beef (from cattle) ___Mango ___Vincristine/Vinblastine (Hodgkin’s Disease, leukemia, other cancers ___Tangerine ___Lime ___Petroleum (used to make gasoline) ___Black pepper ___Orange ___Pineapple

Credits “Rainforest Resources/Facts” at http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

Braus, Judy (ed.) “Rainforest: Tropical Treasures.” Ranger Rick’s Nature Scope, National Wildlife Federation, 1989. Pg. 46.