Plants

That's why it has been cultivated in dry climates for thousands of years.

The main active substance is alliin, which is broken down by the enzyme alliinase to allicin. Other metabolites are ajoenes, which include: platelet aggregation inhibitors (anticoagulant).

It makes its cultivation as old as the invention of the wheel.

A giant pumpkin is a valuable raw material for industry (distilling, baking, fruit and vegetable pr ...

Both trees measure about 40 m (131 ft). Two slightly lower specimens are found in the Netherlands and Germany, with heights of 37 m and 36.9 m respectively (~121 ft).

It was commonly used by 18th-century violin-makers in Italy.

Of course, as with any living organism, there are long-lived specimens. An example of such an old rowan tree is a specimen growing in Świnoujście, Poland, which is over 130 years old.

The thin bark that fell off the trunk in winter was widely used as writing paper. Birch paper is extremely durable and was the material from which many ancient Indian texts were made.

Saguaro actually killed a man. In 1982, David Grundman was shooting at cactus to make it fall. Unfor ...