Plants

Although corn naturally contains niacin (nicotinic acid, vitamin B3, vitamin PP), it was not bioavailable without the process of nixtamalization (soaking and cooking the grain in an alkaline solution, usually lime water, washing and husking).

The saguaro blossom is Arizona's state flower.

Pumpkin is a very delicate vegetable; it is safe to feed it to babies.

Sugar maple trees are susceptible to various diseases, the most common being canker and gall.

Each garlic clove consists of a tubular, muscular leaf surrounding a light green bud at the base.

It is a self-pollinating plant, although its pollen and nectar attract many insects.

The largest pear grown weighed nearly 3 kg (2948)

Humans and bananas have 50% identical DNA.

Cerberine is very difficult to detect at autopsy, so it is sometimes used in murders and suicides.

Initially, as a newly established species, it was intended to serve an ornamental function.