Plants

The French equivalent–souvenez-vous de moi–was used by King Henry IV during his banishment in 1398.

Cerberine blocks calcium ion channels in the heart muscle, causing cardiac dysfunction, usually fatal.

Some claim it was the first flower seen by the Pilgrims entering the new country in 1620 and some that it exists since the glacier period.

Hawaii was a dominant producer of pineapples in the 20th century, but about one-third of the world’s production comes from Brazil, Costa Rica and the Philippines.

Banana plantations can be found in Africa, North and South America, Asia and the Pacific.

The name sesame comes from the Latin sesamum and the Greek σήσαμον - sēsamon. In Persian, sesame is ...

Sugar makes up as much as 34% of cornflower nectar, and its ability to produce sugar is 0.2 mg per day.

It has a bad reputation because of its skin-irritating attributes. Contact with plant sap may result in itching, pain. The substance responsible for the appearance of the above symptoms is urushiol.