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Wednesday, 27 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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California poppy
It has been also used in natural medicine.
Various parts of the plant have been used to repel lice, to treat headaches and toothaches, among ot ...
Pumpkin
Pumpkin seeds help fight motion sickness.
They are also recommended for treating parasite infections. Pumpkin owes its antiparasitic propertie ...
Lemon balm
It is used in cosmetology.
It can be used for oily hair and skin care.
Stinging nettle
For medicinal purposes, nettle leaves are harvested before flowering, roots are dug up in fall or early spring, and the whole plant is used.
Juice squeezed from fresh nettle stalks is also often used, and folk medicine recommends drinking it daily to strengthen during spring fatigue.
Vanilla
Vanilla came to Europe half a thousand years ago. At the beginning of the 16th century, it was brought to Spain by the conquistador Hernán Cortés de Monroy Pizarro Altamirano, who had previewed the use of vanilla sticks at the court of the Aztec ruler Montezuma.
The first people to ever use the plant were the Totonac, the indigenous people of Mexico, who eventu ...
Mayflower
It can be found in various parts of North America, including Canada, Newfoundland, Massachusetts, Kentucky, and Florida.
Cerbera odollam
Cerbera odollam is native to the tropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
It grows in moist areas, coastal salt marshes in southern India, Madagascar and Southeast Asia.
Rowan
Rowan can grow as a tree or a shrub.
It reaches sizes ranging from 5 to 15 meters and often has many trunks topped with a loose, irregularly shaped crown.
Citron
Citron (Citrus medica) is a perennial plant in the Rutaceae family.
The family includes 161 genera and 2,085 species growing in the tropics and subtropics, less frequen ...
Olives
Olives are the fruit of the European olive (Olea europaea).
They are drupes.