USDA plant hunters bring 'em back alive and growing. (United States Department of Agriculture; plant conservation; includes related articles)

Agricultural Research | July 1, 1991| | Copyright

USDA Plant Hunters Bring 'Em Back Alive and Growing

Somewhere up a tributary of the Amazon River on a 30-by 12-foot barge with 14 people aboard, 1947:

About 5 AM there was jolt and a loud crashing and splitting of wood. The barge has run into a leaning tree along the river's edge and the already badly damaged cabin was smashed. With my flashlight, I saw that the tree was in young fruit, with a recently fertilized ovary that is, so I broke off a few branches.... When dawn came, I examined the plant - it was Micranda minor which I was especially anxious to ...

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