Rainforest Resources.
People have used the rainforest for it's resources such as food, wood, medicine and recreation for many generations. Once these forest get cut down, humans don't have the resources they once had from rainforest, so they need to look for alternatives.
Foods that are found in the rainforest.
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Some of the foods you may find in the rainforest are:
• Avocados
• Macadamia nuts
• Guavas
• Eucalyptus oil- used for cough drops
• Passionfruit
• Papaya
• Avocados
• Macadamia nuts
• Guavas
• Eucalyptus oil- used for cough drops
• Passionfruit
• Papaya
Medicinal plants found in the rainforest to be used for treatment.
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Some plants that are found in the rainforest to be used as medicine are:
• Strophanthus- used for heart disease.
• Quinine- used to treat pneumonia (a lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection).
• Quassia- used to kill insects.
• strychnine- a medicine that causes vomiting.
• Strophanthus- used for heart disease.
• Quinine- used to treat pneumonia (a lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection).
• Quassia- used to kill insects.
• strychnine- a medicine that causes vomiting.
Rainforest plants used to make everyday devices.
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• Bamboo- used to make furniture and baskets.
• Kapool- used to make lifejackets.
• Ramie- used to make fishing lines.
• Raffia- used to make rope and baskets.
• Kapool- used to make lifejackets.
• Ramie- used to make fishing lines.
• Raffia- used to make rope and baskets.