matcha originated in China about 1200 years ago, açaí has been consumed by Indigenous communities in the Amazon for centuries, and Dubai chocolate was invented by combining chocolate with knafeh, an 1100 year old SWANA snack.
western (usually white but seemingly not in this case) people love to call nonwhite foods suddenly becoming popular in western mainstream culture "industry plants" as if they haven't always existed.
this is orientalism.
Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus), family Lorisidae, endemic to Sri Lanka
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photograph by Ganganath & Dianie
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri), male displaying to a fine ass female, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Borneo
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photograph by Megh Roy Choudhury
Ainu duo's robes, Japan, by Lorraine Turci
Mainland Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
Observed by niran_anurakpongsathorn, CC BY-NC
