Stamp: Fruit (Musa acuminata, Cocos nucifera) (Sierra Leone 1987)
Fruit (Musa acuminata, Cocos nucifera) (Sierra Leone 1987)
15 September (Sierra Leone ) within release Fauna And Flora goes into circulation Stamp Fruit (Musa acuminata, Cocos nucifera) face value 100 Sierra Leonean leone
| Stamp Fruit (Musa acuminata, Cocos nucifera) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi: SL 1044 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Fauna And Flora:
- Stamp - Tree face value 3;
- Stamp - Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) face value 5;
- Stamp - Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) face value 10;
- Stamp - Tree face value 20;
- Stamp - Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) face value 25;
- Stamp - Tree face value 45;
- Stamp - Tree face value 50;
- Stamp - African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) face value 75;
- Souvenir Sheet - Fruit - bloc 68 face value 100;
- Souvenir Sheet - Leopard (Panthera pardus) face value 100;
- Stamp - Fruit (Musa acuminata, Cocos nucifera) face value 100;
- Stamp - Leopard (Panthera pardus) face value 100;
Stamp Fruit (Musa acuminata, Cocos nucifera) it reflects the thematic directions:
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate seeds. Edible fruits, in particular, have propagated with the movements of humans and animals in a symbiotic relationship as a means for seed dispersal and nutrition; in fact, humans and many animals have become dependent on fruits as a source of food. Accordingly, fruits account for a substantial fraction of the world's agricultural output, and some (such as the apple and the pomegranate) have acquired extensive cultural and symbolic meanings. In common language usage, "fruit" normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet or sour, and edible in the raw state, such as apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries. On the other hand, in botanical usage, "fruit" includes many structures that are not commonly called "fruits", such as bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains. The section of a fungus that produces spores is also called a fruiting body.
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts. In a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent
