Plants

Although corn naturally contains niacin (nicotinic acid, vitamin B3, vitamin PP), it was not bioavailable without the process of nixtamalization (soaking and cooking the grain in an alkaline solution, usually lime water, washing and husking).

It’s commonly known as a corpse flower due to its smell.

During the dry season, baobabs shed their leaves just as deciduous trees do in winter across the northern hemisphere.

The above-ground part of the tree is the trunk, which at some height is surrounded by a crown of leafy branches.

The dragon blood tree produces fruits described as a fleshy berries.

Garlic comes from Central Asia.

Cornflowers often appear in paintings.

About 90% of all grapes produced in the world are grape vines (Vitis vinifera).

Cornflower petals are edible.

There are sour, sweet and pulpless varieties of this fruit.