Plants

After the arrival of Europeans in Mesoamerica in 1492, Spanish settlers consumed corn, although they much preferred wheat bread.

Olive fruits contain oleuropein, which gives them a bitter taste.

The oldest traces of the use of cocoa seeds as food were found in Ecuador, in the upper reaches of the Amazon tributaries, at an archaeological site dating back to 5450-5300 years BP (before the present, which is assumed to be 1950).

Fruits are harvested from 8-10 year old trees.

Bark about 0.5 mm thick from the entire cinnamon tree stem is used, the rest is intended for disposal.

Coconut shells are a good source of charcoal, so they are used as fuel.

The wild sunflower is a perennial herbaceous plant growing up to 1.5-3 meters tall with opposite leaves at the bottom of the stem and alternate leaves at the top.

The corpse flower contains both male and female flowers.

Baobab tree fruits are very distinctive.

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