Plants

The avocado trade is so beneficial that it has become an interest of drug cartels.

The carob tree is mentioned in the Bible.

The Ceylon cinnamon tree, the most valued species, comes from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.

Broad beans bind bile acids in the large intestine and thus reduce the concentration of LDL cholesterol in the blood.

Some trees, such as alder (genus Alnus), have a symbiotic relationship with a filamentous bacterium of the genus Frankia that can fix nitrogen from the air and convert it to ammonia.

Australian Baobab trees most likely appeared in Australia by long-distance seed dispersal from Africa.

The fruit’s name derives from medieval Latin: pōmum “apple” and grānātum “with seeds.”

In the intertropical area, this species is commonly grown in the ground as an ornamental plant.

Lemon is a source of beta-carotene, vitamins B and E, potassium, magnesium, sodium and iron.

Chestnuts are deciduous trees and shrubs of the Castanea genus, belonging to the Fagaceae family.