| Photo Information |
| Copyright: rui camposinhos (ruisc_pt) (6) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006 |
| Categories: Trees |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-12-29 7:00 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Arab influence was particularly important in the agricultural life of the south region of Portugal - Algarve, being determinative the development of techniques of irrigated land from peninsular and Roman uses. Through the introduction of new plants - the lemon tree, the sour orange tree, the almond tree, probably the rice, and of the development of the culture of the Olive, the carob tree and the plantation of great orchards the FIGS and grapes of the Algarve are famous and had strengthened the agricultural vocation of the Mediterranean region. The Islamic occupation did not made alterations in the linguistic Latin structure of the Portuguese language, but contributed with more than 600 words, over all substantive referring the agriculture, science clothes, furniture, instruments and diverse utensils.
The fig fruit is unique. Unlike most fruit, in which the edible structure is matured ovary tissue, the fig's edible structure is actually stem tissue. The fig fruit is an inverted flower with both the male and female flower parts enclosed in stem tissue. The structure is known botanically as a synconium. At maturity the interior of the fig contains only the remains of these flower structures, including the small gritty structures commonly called seeds. Actually, these so-called seeds are usually nothing more than unfertilized ovaries that failed to develop, and they impart the resin-like flavour associated with figs.
A influência árabe foi particularmente importante na vida rural, especialmente no sul de Portugal, sendo determinante o desenvolvimento de técnicas de regadio a partir de usos peninsulares e romanos. Através da introdução de novas plantas — o limoeiro, a laranjeira azeda, a amendoeira, provavelmente o arroz, e do desenvolvimento da cultura da oliveira, da alfarrobeira e da plantação de grandes pomares (são famosos os figos e uvas do Algarve e as maçãs de Sintra) reforçaram a vocação agrícola da região mediterrânea.
A ocupação islâmica não provocou alterações na estrutura linguística que se manteve latina, mas contribuiu com mais de 600 vocábulos, sobretudo substantivos referentes a vestuário, mobiliário, agricultura, instrumentos científicos e utensílios diversos. |
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