Plants

Monday, 9 March 2026
13 facts about mayflower
13 facts about mayflower
Epigaea repens
Mayflower is an evergreen shrub, spread throughout the eastern U.S. shore. A state flower of Massachusetts, it is vulnerable, but on the other hand, t ...

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Parsley
Parsley can be used therapeutically during the body's water retention, in the presence of kidney stones, and digestive disorders.
Forget-me-not
It is also a symbol of International Missing Children’s Day.
Saguaro cactus
Earliest documented use of saguaro dates back to 1540 when Pedro de Castañeda noticed O'odham tribesmen collecting cactus fruits.
He wrote a brief note about harvest and ritual of preparing fermented juice of cactus fruits.
Stinging nettle
The Slavs attributed magical properties to the nettle.
Fabrics made with nettle were said to protect against disease and ward off evil forces. In Hans Chri ...
Poinsettia
In the intertropical area, this species is commonly grown in the ground as an ornamental plant.
In Africa, the Canary Islands, India, it is considered an invasive species in some areas.
Trees
Some trees, such as alder (genus Alnus), have a symbiotic relationship with a filamentous bacterium of the genus Frankia that can fix nitrogen from the air and convert it to ammonia.
These bacteria live in the root papillae. This allows these trees to live in low nitrogen environments.
Olives
Olive oil is a monounsaturated fat.
It helps lower levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), commonly known as "bad cholesterol." Studies ...
Garlic
The herbal raw materials include garlic bulbs, garlic powder, and garlic oil.
The main active substance is alliin, which is broken down by the enzyme alliinase to allicin. Other metabolites are ajoenes, which include: platelet aggregation inhibitors (anticoagulant).
Rowan
Rowan varieties, specially adapted for the food industry, have been created.
Such fruits are edible raw and have a larger diameter than the "classic" rowan.
Bananas
It is not true that there are parasites – lamblia – in the tip of bananas.
The dark tip of bananas is simply a remnant of the inflorescence.