"obembe" wrote in :

Does anyone recognise the plants on these 2 centimos and 20
centimos coins of Mozambique, please?

http://home.houston.rr.com/snaps/Obembe.doc

The consensus so far for the others is:-

1 centimo. Protea, Leucospermum sp.
1 metica. Madgascar Palm, Pachypodium sp.
5 centimos. Cashew apples.

Cashew apples have appeared on Mozambique coins, but the image you
have provided does not look like them to me. This flower resembles
Tea, Camellia sinensis, which is a major export for them.


10 centimos. Sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum
50 centimos. Cashew, Anacardium occidentale
2 M 50. (2 meticas and 50 centimos) Castor bean plant, ricinus
communis

I suspect another important export, Cotton, or Gossypium
(herbaceum,likely). Note the appearance of the pod, Ricinus has a
distinctively spiny pod.
http://www.odla.nu/artiklar/images/b...inus-communis-
carmencita.jpg


Regards,

Adetola Obembe.




20 centimos looks kind of like a Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia
reginae.

2 centimos looks like Chicory, but that can't be right...

I stumbled on your discussion at gardenbanter.co.uk, if you are
going to research "sisalagave" be sure to separate the two parts,
Sisal is a species of Agave, your coins do not have images of any
agave.

Sean