Products from the Rainforests                                                                    

___Chewing gum (chicle)

___Macadamia nuts

___Allspice

___Varnish, printing ink (copal)

___Tapioca

___Cayenne red pepper

___Varnish, laquer

___Tea

___Chili pepper

___ latex (used to make rubber)

___African violet

___Chocolate

 ___(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 (camphor)

___Guava

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

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