Plants

Pineapples can be consumed both raw and processed.

It is not recommended for breastfeeding mothers to consume strawberries.

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).

Keeping Poinsettia alive is a daunting task. It is very sensitive to low temperatures.

Researchers at East China Normal University in Shanghai have found that a substance - D-chiro-inositol - found in fig-leaf gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia) pulp extract can replace insulin.

It is native to North America and Asia.

Its leaves are stiff, elliptical-lanceolate, entire-edged, flat, and light green.

Kale is also grown as an ornamental plant.

There are two species of parsley.

Olives for oil production are harvested from mid-December to March.