Plants

Sunflowers are a family of Asteraceae plants consisting of about 70 species.

Americans refer to the wild sunflower as Jerusalem artichoke or Canadian truffle.

It originates from the Arabian Peninsula.

Eating Brussels sprouts regularly reduces the risk of cancer: the skin( melanoma), esophagus, breast, prostate, colon, and pancreas.

Parsley oil has a regenerative effect on the skin and helps remove stretch marks, blemishes, and scars.

Carrot usually refers to one of the varieties of this plant - it belongs to the celery family Aplaceae, and is considered to be the best-know species of it.

Until the 19th century, Mexico was the homeland of vanilla, as it was the only place with varieties of stingless bees of the Melipona and Trigona genera that pollinated the plants.

One glass of Brussels sprouts provides 14% of the daily potassium requirement.

It is a perennial plant that lives for 80 to 100 years.

Although corn naturally contains niacin (nicotinic acid, vitamin B3, vitamin PP), it was not bioavailable without the process of nixtamalization (soaking and cooking the grain in an alkaline solution, usually lime water, washing and husking).