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Cacao Prunus fricana Look out for the Coffee and Cacao. These need shade so are built underneath useful tree such as Prunus fricana which help treat prostate cancer.
Cacao
Prunus fricana
The Eden team journeyed to Cameroon to talk to and find out information from local people. The bigger the trees get the more productive the forest becomes which in turn brings food to the local people and can generate the local economy.
Look out for the Vetiver grass, this is used to stabilise the land. This comes originally from India and has been used for 3,000 years as perfume, insect replant and boundary hedge.

Vetiver grass



Vetiver grass

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