Plants

Cocoa is a source of many minerals and vitamins.

Fruits are harvested from 8-10 year old trees.

In 2005, work began on sequencing the grapevine genome.

Vanilla flowers are hand-pollinated.

Vanilla is used as a popular spice in the confectionery, food and perfume industries.

The olive tree is considered one of the best-adapted tree species for living in a semi-arid environment.

In parsley root, we can find two psychoactive substances: apiol and myristicin.

Sesame consists of 50% fats.

The plant is densely branched, rather limp, and blue-green in color.

Vanilla came to Europe half a thousand years ago. At the beginning of the 16th century, it was brought to Spain by the conquistador Hernán Cortés de Monroy Pizarro Altamirano, who had previewed the use of vanilla sticks at the court of the Aztec ruler Montezuma.