Buriti 2013 Brazil Fruits Palm-trees 水果 фрукты ávextir फल Miche BL168, RHM B 178

Description: You Receive:1- First Day Cover - Buriti: Importance, Beauty and Utility - Brazil 2013 1- Stamp Issue - Buriti: Importance, Beauty and Utility - Brazil 2013 TECHNICAL DETAILSStamp issue nº 22 Art: Anderson Moreira Lima Collaboration: IBAMA/MMA Print system: Offset Souvenir sheet with 2 stamps Paper: Gummed chalky paper Face value: R$2,45 each stamp Issue: 150,000 souvenir sheet Design area: 38mm x 38mm Stamp dimensions: 38mm x 38mm Souvenir sheet dimension: 70mm x110mm Perforation: 11,5 x 11,5 Date of issue: December, 19th, 2013 Places of issue: São Luís/MA, Belém/ PA, Boa Vista/RR, Palmas/TO and Porto Velho/RO Printing: Brazilian Mint ABOUT THE STAMP The souvenir sheet with 2 stamps presents a typical Brazilian savanna landscape, featuring flooded areas with buriti groves, flat land and a clear, blue sky. There are also images of golden grass, riparian forest and country folk. The upper part includes illustrations of handcrafted and industrialized products, such as woven baskets and hats, creams, ointments and soaps, as well as buriti sweet and buriti oil, both used in cooking. The first stamp shows the crown of the buriti palm (Mauritia flexuosa L.f.), with its large, exuberant leaves and bunches of fruit. It also highlights one of the fruits with geometric drawings on its skin that look like “scales”. The second stamp portrays the formation of a buriti grove along with a flock of macaws that is feeding on the buriti fruit. The stamps were drawn with paper and crayons. Buriti: Importance, Beauty and Utility Buriti is the most common, popular name given indiscriminately to plants of the species Mauritia flexuosa L. f., which belong to the Palmae vegetable family, also known as Arecaceae. This palm tree is also known by other common, regional names, some of which sound and are spelt like buriti, such as coqueiroburiti, miriti (in Pará), boriti, moriti, muriti, caradá-quaçu, palmeira-dos-brejos as well as other rarer names. Natural buriti populations, called buritizais (buriti groves), are most often found in the savanna biome, especially in temporarily or permanently flooded low-lying areas (marshes), where they co-exist with other vegetable species. They are evergreens that sprout and grow in bright sunlight and can adapt to humid conditions. The main area where buritis grow naturally includes the states of Amazonas, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás and São Paulo. The height of adult plants ranges from 15 to 25m and can, on rare occasions, reach around 35m. The trunk of a mature buriti measures 30 to 50cm in diameter and sustains between 10 and 20 leaves, each from 3 to 5m long and 2 to 3m wide. Every year, an adult plant produces an average of 3 leaves. The flowering and fruit bearing seasons vary according to the region, usually between December and April, with fruit bearing between October and February. The fruit ripens from December to June and capybaras, agoutis, pacas, tapirs and macaws feed on them. The fruit, which is of the drupe type, grows in bunches around 2 to 3m long, with an average of 4 on each plant, is spherical or oval in shape, weighs from 15 to 20g, and is coated on the outside with shiny scales whose color ranges from chestnut to russet. The orange-colored pulp contains 1 or 2 almond-shaped, edible seeds. The fruit is gathered from the trees or off the ground as soon as it starts to fall spontaneously. If it is to be stored or sent away, it is best to depulp it. As days go by, the germinative power of the fruit falls away as it is transported and stored. Seedling production begins with sowing the fruit, or the seeds extracted from the pulp, in individual germination containers arranged in a shaded environment. They will sprout 3 to 5 days after planting. Different parts of the buriti plant have different commercial subsistence and esthetic uses. The fruit is widely used in cooking, nutrition, medicine and industry. The pulp, which is rich in vitamin C, is used for making juices, sweets, ice-creams and liquors, as well as in flavorings and cosmetic products. Oils for culinary, medicinal (analgesics, exfoliates, healing and vermifugal agents) and industrial uses, such as for tanning leather and hides and in the production of sunscreens, which absorb ultraviolet radiation, can be extracted from the seeds. The consumption of hearts of buriti palm is also well accepted. Although it is not very durable, its wood is used in the construction of rustic rural structures, such as surrounding fences, and some traditional communities use the trunks to make canoes. Its leaf fibers are used to make hand-crafted articles such as bags, hats, vases, baskets, carpets, tablecloths, toys and bijouterie. Beautiful light items of furniture can be produced from the stems of the leaves. Buriti plants are also increasingly being used in large landscaping and urban gardening projects because of their decorative appeal. These many uses of Mauritia flexuosa L. f. are commonly found among the rural populations of the North and Northeast, which reflect the plant’s economic, historical and cultural importance in these regions. The buriti has, for a long time, also been a source of constant inspiration to the country’s poets, musicians and writers, making it one of its national symbols. In this issue, The Brazilian Post portrays the buriti, a palm tree that transcends its economic uses as a highly regarded species for its beauty and importance in the Brazilian ecosystem. Marcelo Augusto Monteiro Ferraz Environmental Analyst/IBAMA/DBFLO/CGAUF/COUSFShipping Notes:This item will be shipped from Brazil by "Economic Send" is sending a registered letter with tracking number.Delivery time on working days: MinimumMaximumAmerica 15 40Europa 15 45Oceania 18 50Africa 18 50Japan 19 45Russia 20 60Others 15 60

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