Plantation economy
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A plantation economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops, grown on large farms worked by laborers or slaves. The properties are called plantations. Pl
Tobacco field
Sugar plantation in the British colony of Antigua, 1823
Ceiba pentandra
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Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern half of South America; some authors also consider
Plantation economy
…Plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income. Prominent crops included cotton, rubber, sugar cane, tobacco, figs, rice, kapok, sisal, Red Sandalwood, and species in the genus Indigofera, used to produce indigo dye. The longer a crop's harvest period, the more efficient plantations…
Panguana Lupuna 2008 2
Base of giant specimen in eastern Ecuador
Ceiba pentranda
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