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• A plant genus within the Moraceae family. Made up of mainly tropical trees, shrubs, and woody vines of the mulberry family that have deciduous or evergreen leaves, often begin life as epiphytes, and include some (such as F. benjamina) grown as houseplants and others (such as F. carica) cultivated for their oblong or pear-shaped edible syconium fruit.

Use for: Field Book

• Field books are original records of scientific discovery. They are scientific tools to make and record observations. Field notes are the specific, raw qualitative and quantitative observations recorded inside it.
• They provide rich data for researchers to understand how biodiversity has changed over time and space. They enhance information associated with specimens by providing details regarding dates, localities, and associated event data. For example, field diary entries may describe habitats, meteorological events, personal observations, and emotional declarations. These additional data allow other experts to assess the value of specimens, as well as use information in new ways: reconstructing historical ecologies, clarifying specimens' provenance, and re-discovering localities.

Use for: plant flora

• A list of all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants.

Use for: Flora of China

Use for: eating, food customs

• subdivision [Food] under ethnic groups

Use for: European ash

• a tall Eurasian tree (Fraxinus excelsior) having leaves that are dark green and glabrous above and paler and often pubescent on the veins beneath with 7 to 11 oval leaflets.

Use for: ash

• a genus of trees or sometimes shrubs (family Oleaceae) comprising the ashes, being natives of the north temperate zone, and having thin furrowed bark, opposite pinnate leaves, and small apetalous flowers followed by fruits that are samaras