Plants

They are distinguished from shrubs and bushes by having a trunk or stems that branch only from a certain height.

Fossil representatives of ginkgo are known from numerous fossils, the oldest of which date to about 280 million years ago.The only relic of this group has remained until modern times ginkgo biloba.

The name sesame comes from the Latin sesamum and the Greek σήσαμον - sēsamon. In Persian, sesame is ...

The leaves of the plant are harvested in July and August on dry days to prevent them from blackening when exposed to water.

In Mexico and Guatemala, the milky sap from poinsettias was used as shaving cream. In Guatemala, the ...

Jews decorated the robes of priests or statues with them. The fruit symbolized fidelity to the Pentateuch, and the royal crown of the Jews was modeled after the pomegranate fruit.

Other large producers include Vietnam (17%) and Sri Lanka (8%).

It became very popular in Japan and Korea, where they began to be grown in the form of miniaturized trees – bonsai.

It is characteristic of the landscape of the Apennine Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Central Asia.