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Monday, 13 October 2025
16 facts about jerusalem artichoke
16 facts about jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus
The wild sunflower, also known as topinambur or Jerusalem artichoke, is a plant that has been widely known and used for various purposes since ancient ...

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Cinnamon
It also contains about 80 aromatic compounds.
One of them is eugenol, also present in cloves, which has disinfectant and anesthetic properties. However, in excess, it is harmful and may irritate the skin and mucous membranes.
Mandarines
It is a rich source of soluble fiber.
Eating mandarines provides a more prolonged feeling of satiety and positively reduces "bad" cholesterol (LDL), lowering the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Pineapple
Pineapples are formed on a strongly shortened stem that grows up to 1,5 meters tall.
Watercress
During cooking it loses its tangy, bittersweet flavor and becomes mild.
It forms a good combo with cream and butter, which makes it possible to use it to make sauces for fi ...
Corpse flower
It usually blooms once in 4 to 10 years and only for a short period.
The blooming takes place within roughly 24 to 36-48 hours. First, the female part of the plant start ...
Pears
Some pears are deceptively similar to apples.
The East Asian pear species Pyrus pyrifolia commonly called Asian pear, Japanese pear, or sand pear ...
Vanilla
Vanilla is a flowering plant of approximately 109 species in the orchid family.
Orchids (Orchidaceae) estimate at 30-40 thousand species of perennials, distributed into 880 genera. ...
Lemon balm
Lemon balm has been used since ancient times.
It was used by the Greeks and Romans; references to lemon balm appear in the Historia Plantarum, one ...
Kale
Kale is a variety of vegetable cabbage and belongs to the cabbage family.
Trees
Some trees, such as alder (genus Alnus), have a symbiotic relationship with a filamentous bacterium of the genus Frankia that can fix nitrogen from the air and convert it to ammonia.
These bacteria live in the root papillae. This allows these trees to live in low nitrogen environments.