Plants

Trees form a group of morphologically and functionally similar plants, they do not constitute a taxon - they are not related.

Cerberus seeds contain a cardiac glycoside (digoxin-type cardenolide) called cerberin, which can cause death.

Asparagus is a diet vegetable, containing 17 kcal per 100 g.

Sunflowers are a family of Asteraceae plants consisting of about 70 species.

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).

It is a herbal raw material.

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 has cooling properties similar to menthol.

The sugar maple tree produces greenish-yellow flowers, blooming in April and May.

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