Plants

In addition to its culinary qualities, its health benefits were quickly discovered.

For medicinal purposes, nettle leaves are harvested before flowering, roots are dug up in fall or early spring, and the whole plant is used.

It is a good source of calcium and potassium.

In the 20th century, kiwi cultivation spread to New Zealand.

In medieval France, it was very popular, broad beans were used to make flour for bread or nutritious pancakes.

The name "chia" comes from the word "chian" in the Nahuatl language and means oily.

Rowan can grow as a tree or a shrub.

Cabbage blooms yellow or white.

The sugar maple, also known as Acer saccharum, is a flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae.

Asparagus roots and rhizomes contain asparagine (an organic compound from the group of endogenous amino acids), steroidal saponins, coumarin, coniferin, vanillin, rutin, volatile oils, carotenoids, amino acids, and unusual carbohydrates.