Plants

Tuesday, 14 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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Broad beans
To prevent the eaten broad beans from causing flatulence, soak them in very hot water for an hour, then pour it out and cook the broad beans in fresh water.
Baobab tree
The oil extracted from the seeds is used in cosmetics industry, mainly in the production of moisturizing creams.
Olives
Olives are the fruit of the European olive (Olea europaea).
They are drupes.
Parsley
Parsley can be used therapeutically during the body's water retention, in the presence of kidney stones, and digestive disorders.
Lemon balm
Speeds up the treatment of herpes.
External application of lemon balm ointment results in a milder course of the disease and faster rec ...
Grapes
Seedless grapes have become very popular in recent years.
They are much more pleasant to consume, and since the grapes are propagated vegetatively by pruning the vine, the lack of seeds is not a problem in cultivation.
Dragon blood tree
It blooms in February, producing small fruits and berries.
Dragon blood tree
It belongs to approximately 37% of endemic plant species from Socotra Island.
Rapeseed
Rapeseed straw is not suitable for either animal feed or bedding.
It is used as fuel or for making fiberboard.
Cocoa bean
The cocoa tree is an evergreen tree with a compact crown 10-15 meters high or a shrub growing up to 5 meters high.
Its bark is thin and cinnamon-brown. The cocoa tree has a strongly developed root system. The leaves ...