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Saturday, 26 September 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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Poinsettia
Poinsettias, like other plants in the spurge family, contain significant amounts of latex.
People with allergies must beware of it, because 40% of contacts with the plant, develop an allergic ...
Brussels sprout
Brussel sprout is a member of the Gemmifera cultivar group of cabbages.
Stinging nettle
Nettle can be added to many dishes.
You can add it to scrambled eggs, omelets, soups, stuffing for pancakes. You can make a salad from it by adding cream or yogurt.
Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke was originally cultivated by the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
It came to Europe in the 16th century. It quickly became a very common vegetable in Europe and the A ...
Cerbera odollam
The jasmine-scented flowers are white with a prominent yellow spot at the base of the petals.
Cerbera odollam
The fruits look like unripe mangoes.
They are large egg-shaped drupes up to 10 cm long.  Ripe fruits are dark red in color. After droppin ...
Pumpkin
Pumpkin flesh serves as an antiemetic and is suitable for pregnant women.
Pineapple
Pineapple fruits are usually seedless berries, fusing with an inflorescence axis and the cotyledons to form a fruiting body.
If hummingbirds pollinate the flowers, they develop small, hard seeds.
Pomegranate
Today, pomegranates are grown in many countries around the world.
The world’s leading producers are India and China, followed by Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, the US, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and Spain.
Rapeseed
After the oil is pressed from the seeds, what remains is a so-called post-extraction meal, which is a valuable animal feed that contains a high amount of protein.