Plants

Saturday, 29 August 2026

"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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Baobab tree

Baobab species growing in Madagascar have more compact crowns and long, cylindrycal trunks compared to those growing in continental Africa.

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Tomatoes

Tomatoes are native to South America.

They were cultivated by Indians living north of the equator. From there, they spread to Central and North America about 2,000 years ago.

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Broad beans

Some drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease are made from broad beans because they are a natural source of levodopa (the biologically active form of dopamine).

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Chia seeds

Chia seeds are often used as an ingredient in salads, yogurt, baked goods, desserts and smoothies.

They can be consumed both raw and after soaking, in gel form. Unlike flax seeds, chia seeds do not n ...

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Lemon

Despite a very sour taste, lemon is an alkaline fruit and allows you to maintain the acid-base balance of the body.

Lemon juice is rich in alkaline minerals that remain in the blood during metabolism raising its pH, which in turn alkalizes the entire body.

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Citron

There are many cultivated varieties (cultivars) of citron.

Some of them are: etrog - with spindle-shaped fruit fingered - a fruit with long, finger-like outgr ...

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Grapes

Do not feed dogs grapes or raisins - they are toxic to them.

Eating these fruits by a dog can cause acute kidney damage and, consequently, anuria, which can lead to death.

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Trees

Some trees, such as alder (genus Alnus), have a symbiotic relationship with a filamentous bacterium of the genus Frankia that can fix nitrogen from the air and convert it to ammonia.

These bacteria live in the root papillae. This allows these trees to live in low nitrogen environments.

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Watercress

Watercress grows in meadows around springs and streams or in shallow waters and other moist places.

In Poland, it is considered a native, arboreal species, and as of 2014, it is under partial species protection in our country (it is placed on the Polish list in the NT - near threatened category).

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Stinging nettle

Nettle seeds are called nuts and appear at the top of the plant in mid-summer. They are the size of a pinhead and there can be several thousand of them on a single plant.

They are harvested between August and October. They contain vitamins A, B, C, potassium, iron, calcium, carotenoids and chlorophyll. They generally give energy and put you in a good mood.

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