Plants

It is used to make furniture, windows, haberdashery and musical instruments such as violins and some parts of pianos.

Food-grade rice, which is the staple food for nearly half the people living in the world, is obtained from the grain of Asian rice (Oryza sativa).

In the first year of cultivation, it forms a rosette of leaves and a storage root and in the second year, it forms an inflorescence shoot.

At the time, the fruit came from the wild and was used mainly for medicinal purposes. Cultivation wa ...

This family includes 13 genera with 70 species. They are plants mainly of dry and sandy habitats and ...

Young specimens have a silver-gray, smooth bark, sometimes with a black, sooty coating. Over time, t ...

The tree can reach 20 meters in height and produces fruit 3 to 5 cm in diameter. It was cultivated a ...

For instance, it is popularly used as incense.

They form a dehiscent capsule 3 to 9 cm (1,2 to 3,5 in) long. Seeds are released when the fruit splits in two.

It grows in nutrient-rich, medium and stony soils. Young specimens tolerate partial shade well, while an adult tree is light-loving. It is resistant to pests and environmental pollution.