Plants

Tuesday, 7 October 2025
16 facts about jerusalem artichoke
16 facts about jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus
The wild sunflower, also known as topinambur or Jerusalem artichoke, is a plant that has been widely known and used for various purposes since ancient ...

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Sugar maple
Apart from being a source of maple syrup, sugar maple wood holds high commercial value.
It is often referred to as hard maple because it is very shock resistant.
Baobab tree
Australian Baobab trees most likely appeared in Australia by long-distance seed dispersal from Africa.
Initially it has been thought that baobab trees grew on Australian soil a very long time ago and as ...
Watercress
Watercress is a perennial, hydrophytic plant (an aquatic plant whose renewal buds overwinter in water).
It is a plant with an ascending, angular, rooting stem, and alternate, unpaired leaves. Close cluste ...
Strawberry
A record-size strawberry was grown in 2015 by Koji Nakao, a farmer from Fukuoka, Japan.
The fruit measured 12 x 8 cm and had a circumference of about 30 cm. The variety from which this giant was bred is called Amaou.
Broad beans
Broad beans were known and cultivated ten thousand years BC in Mesopotamia, Syria, Phoenicia and then in Egypt and Rome.
Cornflower
It is a self-pollinating plant, although its pollen and nectar attract many insects.
Hymenoptera and flies (Diptera) are particularly susceptible to the attracting effects of the cornflower.
Cornflower
Cornflower is an annual plant that belongs to the Asteraceae family.
It is a member of the cornflowers, a genus that includes about 500 species of herbaceous plants.
Corn
The root system of corn is shallow.
Because of this, corn is susceptible to drought, cannot tolerate nutrient-poor soils, and is vulnerable to uprooting by strong winds.
Baobab tree
Baobabs provide important nesting sites for some birds.
In particular they are perfect for nesting of the mottled spinetail and four species of weaver.
Cabbage
Thanks to sauerkraut, many sailors have avoided scurvy.
This troublesome disease for sailors is caused by vitamin C deficiency and cabbage is an excellent source of it.