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Thursday, 18 September 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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Chestnuts
Chestnuts are one of the few "nuts" that contain vitamin C.
100 g of chestnuts contain 48% of the daily requirement for this vitamin. In addition to vitamin C, ...
Pumpkin
In addition to its culinary qualities, its health benefits were quickly discovered.
As early as the 16th century, books on pumpkins’ effect on the digestive system or reducing fever be ...
Bananas
Humans and bananas have 50% identical DNA.
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo has very distinctive leaves.
The leaves are lobed on the long shoots and fan-shaped on the short shoots. When they grow from the ...
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo trees were spread to other Chinese provinces and to Japan by Buddhist monks in the 11th century.
Ginkgo biloba
It is a link between pteridophytes and gymnosperms trees and is the only deciduous tree in the group of gymnosperms (the others have leaves in the form of needles).
Ginkgo biloba is a species of tree belonging to the Ginkgoaceae family.
Citron
Citron is a regularly consumed product in Asian cuisine.
In Korea, the popular yuja-cha tea is made by mixing the citron pulp with julienne orange peel, sugar and honey. In the United States, citron is an essential component of Christmas fruitcakes.
Kiwi
In the 20th century, kiwi cultivation spread to New Zealand.
The seeds were brought to New Zealand by Isabel Fraser, a faculty member at Wanganui Girls' College, ...
Pomegranate
Pomegranate cultivation spread along the Silk Road.
It became very popular in Japan and Korea, where they began to be grown in the form of miniaturized trees – bonsai.
Beetroot
Young beetroot leaves contain more protein and mineral salts than the roots.