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Saturday, 30 May 2026
21 facts about olives
21 facts about olives
"Where the olive refuses to grow, there the Mediterranean world ends"
It is not known exactly when and where the first olive tree, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, grew. Paleobotanists claim that wild olives g ...

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Grapes
They are a good source of vitamins, but not trace elements.
They contain the most vitamins K, for 100 g it is 14% of the daily recommended dose, B6 (7% of the recommended dose), B1 and B2 (6% of the recommended dose).
Sycamore maple tree
It is most frequently found as an admixture in moist, shady mountain foliage and mixed woods, on the banks of mountain streams, in the trees in the midst of fields.
In the mountains, it sometimes forms compact stands.
Cinnamon
There are about 250 species of cinnamon tree.
Less popular cinnamon species are most often used in regional cuisines, while the more valuable ones are intended for export.
Dragon blood tree
It is native to the Socotra archipelago.
It is an archipelago of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean.
Garlic
Garlic is a herbaceous plant reaching 20-100 cm in height.
It has an underground bulb (a transformed underground shoot with a storage and spore function, the m ...
Olives
Mature fruits are purple, purple-black, or blackish-brown, with a bluish or violet tint.
There are also ivory-colored olives.
Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a very delicate vegetable; it is safe to feed it to babies.
Stinging nettle
In Germany, an estimated 500 tons of nettle are consumed annually. This puts it in third place after chamomile and linseed.
Kiwi
Kiwi is the name for the edible fruits of several species of actinidia (Actinidia), a vine in the actinidia family (Actindiaceae).
The Actinidia family includes about 55-75 species, found in eastern and southern Asia, from Japan to ...
Birch
These are monoecious and wind-pollinated plants.
This means that one individual has both male and female inflorescences. Male flowers bloom in autumn ...