Plants

Carrots were already cultivated in ancient China, however, the best-know variety from this period is a white carrot.

Rowan is a very flammable plant.

Mandarines and oranges are essential during Chinese New Year celebrations.

Topinambur is native to North America.

The oldest traces of the use of cocoa seeds as food were found in Ecuador, in the upper reaches of the Amazon tributaries, at an archaeological site dating back to 5450-5300 years BP (before the present, which is assumed to be 1950).

Don’t mess with a cactus.

To preserve all the valuable properties of the plant, do not cook it for more than 4 minutes.

Common garlic does not produce seeds, so it is propagated by planting bulbs (cloves) from the underground head or aerial bulbs from the inflorescence.

Baobab tree fruits are very distinctive.

Ginkgo was first treated as a fruit tree because of its edible seeds, and later as an ornamental tree.