Plants

Broad beans bind bile acids in the large intestine and thus reduce the concentration of LDL cholesterol in the blood.

It can reach up to 3—3.5 meters in height.

Sunflowers require large amounts of sunlight to grow properly.

Sesame is one of the oldest plants cultivated by humans.

Chestnuts are not easy to peel when cold.

It was domesticated around the 10th century BC.

Corn has also played an important role in the history of the United States. When the first settlers arrived on the North American continent in December 1620, they lacked food, and many died. Those who survived were helped by Indians who shared food with them and showed them how to grow corn, squash, and legumes.

In prehistoric times, Mesoamerican women used special querns (metate) to process corn into ground corn flour.

It is most frequently found as an admixture in moist, shady mountain foliage and mixed woods, on the banks of mountain streams, in the trees in the midst of fields.

Baobab tree fruits are very distinctive.