Plants

The Latin generic name "Euphorbia" commemorates the Greek physician Euphorbus, who in the 1st century AD treated the ruler of Mauritania, Juba II, with the milky sap of plants from the genus Euphorbia.

It is a resistant plant to diseases and pests that attack other plants in the cabbage family.

At the beginning of the 21st century, South African baobabs suddenly began to die.

The edible oil obtained from the seeds is intended for the production of margarine and other cooking fats.

Ginkgo seeds are yellow, plum-like in appearance. Roasted seeds are edible.

China is the largest producer of strawberries.

Asparagus roots and rhizomes contain asparagine (an organic compound from the group of endogenous amino acids), steroidal saponins, coumarin, coniferin, vanillin, rutin, volatile oils, carotenoids, amino acids, and unusual carbohydrates.

The plant is densely branched, rather limp, and blue-green in color.

The fruits are about 20 centimeters long and 14 centimeters wide.

In many countries, chestnuts are a valued culinary ingredient and traditional product.