I use Zingiber officinale, the common ginger and Curcuma longa, tumeric in my cooking. Both of them have antiinflamatory properties
 
I also use tumeric leaves to prepare a dish called Patholi or Patolyos. Green tumeric leaves are lined with batter made of white rice, stuffed with grated coconut, jaggery and cardamon and cooked in a steam boiler. This dish is common in Goa, a State on the West Coast of India

I am looking for a source of Curcuma aromatica, a powerfull anti inflamotory root

Luis
           Do you have planted lots of jackfruits in your garden ?? Have you had success in having them fruiting ?
                               
                                           um abraço

Tried to download, says site no longer exists !
 Could some kind person help me to get a copy?
 Thanks 
                                mangaba

When my papaya trees get too tall, I cut them about 2 meters height and cover the cut portion with a plastic bucket. I have noticed that several branches will sprout. I general trim extras and  keep a few. Otherwise I notice that the new fruits run small compared to original. Also you can plant the removed branches. Although these branches will not have a tap root, some will grow and yield flower and fruit.
                 Papaya sap works as a meat tenderizer and denaturates toxins of some insects
                                                                        mangaba

Hi Oscar
            My Garcinia indica is about 15 meters tall. It has never flowered or fruited.   Seed  was from Goa, India. Last year a friend from Kerala, South India sent me some seeds which sprouted and are seedlings.  Most Garcinias are slow to pick up except for Garcinia cumini. Do you agree ?

I have Spondias purpura,dulcis and mombin in my garden.  Have a  red coloured Spondia I collected  whilst visiting  beautifull  San Cristobal de las Casas. Mexico   where it becomes chilly but I do not know if it snows . This spondia is a huge tree today. It flowers profusely in august but never fruits due to the warm climate of northeast Brazil. I am sure that this would fruit in Arizona

Hi Sobars
                 As your plants are not big and tall you could try copper sulphate or Copper oxide but there are more efficient products. Try to contact the Vengurla people or ICAR in Goa. They will orient you
                                                 
                                                    regards                    mangaba/Carlos

My garden has different types of ants and,  among these the cutter ants which really devour my citrus plants. I have been having  partial success using Mirex (sulphuramide) granules on their trail. They carry these granules in the underground   holes/nests  and I do not see their activity
after about 2-3 days.   
        I would like to know  the experience of other readers who have used sulphuramide granules.  Also I have noticed that cutter ants if not exterminated, they come back and attack the same tree when it spouts new leaves in preference to other nearby plants of the same type.
Do the ants have memory ? Do they leave traces of any substance  on the tree which they attacked previously and brings  them back ?  I also have noted that ants prefer young leaves or recently planted plants.
                                                                                                               mangaba

Language spoken in the You Tube posting seems to be  Bahasa Indonesia.

Most probably the base part of your papaya tree will grow shoots.  I have many papaya trees in my garden. Many time when they grow too tall I simply chop off the top part one and half meter from ground level and cover with a plastic bucket. After a month or two, new shoots grow.
                                                              regards
                                                                                           mangaba

This animal does not eat fruits but only Cecropia leaves and guess how is its water intake !

Will this technique  you propose work with Cupuassu seeds without destroying them  ?. The way I have learnt to clean Cupuassu seeds off pulp is to trim the pulp with a fine pointed scissors. Would welcome opinion of persons  experienced with this fruit

                                                                  mangaba

                   Uvai  (Eugenia pyriformis) ?