Plants

Six of them are endemic to Madagascar, one grows in continental Africa and one in Australia.

It has an underground bulb (a transformed underground shoot with a storage and spore function, the m ...

It was domesticated independently in India and China. Documents compiled in China during the Zhou Dy ...

Some claim that the avocado seed contains more valuable substances than the fruit itself. It is used ...

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.

There should be twice as much water as broad beans with a spoonful of sugar, followed by salt at the end. Young broad beans are cooked for about 15 minutes, and older broad beans for about 30 minutes.

It is a very pesky pest, which particularly favors maples. Moreover, it does not have natural predators in North America.

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).

They are grown from seeds, which are sown in April into not very fertile soil. The growth period takes 3-4 months.