| GINSENG | Plant species cultivated in China and N America for its aromatic roots (7) |
| OCA | Wood sorrel, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers |
| SORGHUM | Genus of grasses with about 30 species cultivated for grain, hay and as a source of syrup |
| LIMA | --- bean, plant cultivated in the US for its flat pods containing pale green, edible seeds (4) |
| MULBERRY | Associated with Pyramus and Thisbe and depicted in a painting by Van Gogh, a tree related to the fig with a white species cultivated to feed silkworms (8) |
| TEATREE | Species of myrtle, noted for its aromatic oil (7) |
| MARMOTS | Large ground squirrels found in Europe, Asia and N. America (7) |
| CALAMUS | Aromatic roots of Acorus ------- is used in medicine and cooking (7) |
| BIOMASS | Form of energy produced from organisms that once lived. It's also the term for the weight or total quantity of living organisms of one animal or plant species or of all the species in a community. (7) |
| YANGTZE | River flowing through the Fengdu Ghost City and Three Gorges, which is the largest in China and the third-largest in the world (7) |
| YARLUNG | River originating in China and flowing into Bangladesh, for which the two countries discussed signing an Implementation Plan for exchanging hydrological information. (7) |
| TREPANG | Sea cucumber eaten as a delicacy in China and Japan (7) |
| INCENSE | Does its aromatic odour irritate? (7) |
| SUMATRA | One of the world's top-ten largest islands, home to some of Earth's rarest animal and plant species |
| EXTINCT | Animal or plant species having died out (7) |
| ARABICA | Coffea -, most widely grown coffee plant species (7) |
| CORIANDER | Plant cultivated for its aromatic seeds and leaves, used in flavouring food (9) |
| ANISE | Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery |
| NUTMEG | Evergreen tree, Myristica fragrans, native to the East Indies and cultivated for its aromatic seeds. |
| CUMIN | Fennel-like plant cultivated for its aromatic seed (5) |
