Plants

Sesame seed is one of the oldest known oilseeds domesticated more than 3,000 years ago.

Russians consume the most cabbage in the world.

It does not have a strongly developed root system.

A record-size strawberry was grown in 2015 by Koji Nakao, a farmer from Fukuoka, Japan.

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.

It was first described in 1878 by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.

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

One plant produces from several to dozens of tubers of different sizes.

You can also consume birch sap.

There is often a belief that sunflower inflorescences exhibit heliotropism (they follow the sun).