Family Compositae( Asters) - Asteraceae The generic name is derived from Greek mythology - one of the centaurs used the juice of this plant to treat wounds. Species definition in Greek mea...

Family of Remembrane - Loranthaceae The generic name comes from the Latin viscum - bird's glue, because the ancient Romans used a sticky flesh of fruits for catching birds. The species...

Family Rosaceae - Rosaceae The generic name comes from the Celtic sor, which means tart( characterizes the taste of the fruit).Species definition is formed from the Latin aucuparia - catching ...

Synonyms: panax, ginseng, human root, ginseng present. Description. Perennial herbaceous plant of the Araliaceae family( Araliaceae).The root is yellow, rod-shaped, fleshy, up to 20-25 cm long...

Perennial herbaceous plant up to 1 m high. The root is black-brown, long, spindle-shaped, branching, moving away from a short rhizome. Stem( one or several) erect, branchy, angular from below,...

Vegetable peas are shell and sugar. The leaflets of the beetles have a hard parchment layer, so only grain is consumed in the food. The peas are round and bright. Sugar peas do not have a hard parc...

Family Cereals - Roaseae The generic name is derived from the Greek words dgrios - wild and pyros - wheat, as K. Linnaeus attributed wheatgrass to the genus of wheat, but then it was isola...

Family Heather - Ericaceae The generic name comes from two Greek words arktos - a bear and a staphyle - a grape brush. Species definition - from Latin words uva - grape brush and ursus - bear....

Probably, in any corner of the globe there is at least one of 84 species of this slender tree with openwork leaves. Less often, the mountain ash looks as light, smart as a shrub.34 species of mou...

Pomegranate is an ancient plant that was cultivated in prehistoric times, about 10 meters high, with dark green leathery leaves of oblong-lance form and beautiful large bright red flowers. The...

Radish useful properties Radish seed - one- or two-year-old vegetable plant belonging to the family of cruciferous. In the first year of life he develops a powerful fleshy root and rosette ...

Kiwi( agrinonia)( Actinidia chinensis Planch) Kiwi is a perennial liana. Kiwi belongs to the genus Actinidia Chinese. The initial material for breeding was the ancient culture from the valley ...

The buckwheat diet is by far one of the most popular, you can lose up to 10 kg of weight in two weeks! And this is quite understandable: is a buckwheat diet that gives the maximum effect w...

Cvity is an amazing hybrid. Crossed white grapefruit and pomelo, the breeders received a small, sweet citrus, possessing all the useful properties inherent in the fruits of the genus Citrus. ...

Caloric content and chemical composition Below is the content of nutrients( calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals) per 100 g of edible part of walnut. Nutritiona...

Chicory vulgaris( Cichorium intyhus L.) is a perennial plant of the Compositae family. So what can chicory help in losing weight? The use of chicory for weight loss is that the substances c...

( wolfberry) Shrub or tree 1,5-3 m in height with smooth, gray, on young branches - reddish, bark with cheche wives( white specks).Leaves are regular, whole, glabrous, petiolate, with p...

Synonyms: paradise tree, castor oil, ricin, wondrous tree, paradise tree, Turkish hemp, klyachische. Description. In the tropics, castor oil grows in one place for up to 10 years. This is a pe...