Mother Nature

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Across
  1. 4. Tall, tropical plant with a hard & hollow stem
  2. 6. Swollen, pungent-tasting root
  3. 7. A starchy plant tuber
  4. 9. A slow-growing plant that forms a branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees
  5. 10. Plant bearing a large flower of small white flower buds
  6. 11. Herbaceous plant with jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs
  7. 13. Palm-like plant bearing long curved fruits
Down
  1. 1. Fleshy, oval, yellowish-red tropical fruit
  2. 2. Prickly shrub bearing flowers
  3. 3. Climbing plant bearing flowers
  4. 5. Climbing plant bearing white flowers that open at dusk & close at midday
  5. 8. Soft, brown, lumpy gum resin obtained from the roots of a herbaceous plant
  6. 10. Small hot-tasting pod
  7. 12. Herbaceous plant of the pea family