Living beings of the planet divided into kingdoms about 3 billion years ago, and plants appeared on earth. To date, botanists have read about 350 thousand different species. They all develop in different ways, and in our short review we will find out how various types of plants actually grow.
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Growth
Plants, like all life on earth, grow up and in thickness, but in a scientific way the process of growth and development is called vegetation. But they grow only at certain points, so that some parts of the plants remain forever young.
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Peanut
Beloved by many nuts grows underground, and therefore received its name "peanut." But this is not a nut, but a bean crop. About this, as well as the benefits of peanuts on most-beauty.ru have already been written in an article about the most healthy nuts.
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Avocado
The most nutritious fruit grows in large clusters on evergreen trees.
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Kiwi
Kiwi fruits ripen on vines. The length of some of them reaches 9 m, so it is not so easy to collect a delicious tropical fruit.
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Eggplant
In the botanical sense, eggplant is a berry, but in cooking, the status of a vegetable crop is firmly entrenched in it.
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Artichokes
In a beautiful flower, the bud is edible, but when it blooms, it is no longer possible to eat it.
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Eucalyptus
During growth, the old bark of the tree exfoliates with narrow strips, and a new layer grows in its place. Because of this, eucalyptus tables take on a multi-colored appearance. In our article about the most beautiful trees in the world, you can read and see even more photos of these beautiful trees with colorful bark. There you will find out why the trees have such an original color.
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Sequoia
The tallest tree on the planet. It grows throughout life, and the age of some specimens exceeds 3 thousand years.
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Cactus
In some species of cacti, the growing season is 300 years. The largest representative of the cactus genus, Giant Cereus, grows up to 20 m in height. On most-beauty.ru there is an entire article devoted to cacti!
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Almond
The fruit of this plant is dry drupes, but the seeds that are inside have long been used in cooking.
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Baobab
This inhabitant of the shroud is the thickest plant on Earth. Some specimens around the trunk reach 50 m. Yes, and the height is impressive, from 17 to 25 m. Well, about the most beautiful fatties in the world, we have an interesting article.
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Squirting cucumber
The ripened fruit literally bursts, throwing seeds to a distance of 12 m. It probably looks like an eruption of a supervolcano!
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Bamboo
In terms of growth rate, it is a champion among all plants. In 24 hours, its length increases by almost a meter.
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Rattan palm
It grows up to 10 m in height, and then a rigid stem horizontally extends up to 200 m in length.
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Papaya
The melon tree has no branches, and tasty fruits ripen, like bananas, in large clusters high from the surface of the earth.
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Dates
As a protection, date palms have sharp thorns at the bottom of the trunk, and the fruits themselves hang in large bunches.
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Yareth
The inhabitant of Latin America does not grow below 3 thousand meters above sea level. It looks like a large plant, but in fact there are many individual woven sprouts.
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Asep
The fruits of an evergreen tree after ripening are very fragrant. If you eat a little, then during the day you will feel the aroma of violets.
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Victoria
The leaves of a tropical water lily can easily withstand weight up to 25 kg, so that a child can swim on it.
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Rafflesia Arnoldi
During flowering, the largest flower in the world emits an unpleasant odor, attracting insects.
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Brussels sprouts
Vegetable culture, whose bouncers are located on a thick stem. The most favorable temperature for vegetation is 12-15 ° C, but adult plants can withstand a decrease to -5 ° C.
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Celery
This umbrella plant grows directly from the ground, and blooms only in the second year.
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Echinacea
Do you think that only bees give honey, but not. During the development period, a perennial plant of the Astrovian family releases polysaccharides, in fact, plant honey.
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Hevea
The wood of the evergreen inhabitant of Latin America during the growth practically does not absorb moisture, and therefore is used for the production of rubber.
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Stevia
The Indians called this plant "sweet grass." Indeed, its stem and leaves contain sweet glycosides. Can be used as candy.
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Olives
Since ancient times, the fruits of the olive tree have been used as a nutritious product and for the manufacture of oil. Collect them, spreading fabric on the ground, shaking off a tree.
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Broccoli
In cooking, unopened buds of this vegetable crop are used. So we do not eat broccoli leaves, but flowers.
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Cacao beans
These fruits ripen on the branches of a chocolate tree in colored pods. The cultivation of this "tasty" tree began even by the Indian tribes of Latin America in the pre-Columbian era.
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Banana
From the point of view of the science of botany, bananas are berries, and they grow in large bundles high above the ground. The oldest of the plants cultivated by man.
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Cinnamon
The well-known cinnamon falls into the kitchen as a spice after drying the bark of this tree.
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Saffron
The spice is made from orange stamens that grow inside the Crocus flower.
By the way, on our site most-beauty.ru there is an interesting article about the best flowers for the garden.
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Black pepper
Fruits ripen on vines in the form of long fruit, on which from 20 to 40 drupes are located. This is after they are dried and ground.
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Vanilla
Spice, so popular in the culinary world, a relative of the most beautiful orchids. The fruit is a pod, from which spice is extracted.
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Tea
Tea shrubs are grown on large plantations, and only a few leaves are used to make a fragrant drink. Most valued are hand-picked teas.
The most interesting facts about tea on our site most-beauty.ru you will find in this informative article.
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Coffee
The fruits of coffee on an evergreen coffee tree ripen within 3-4 months, and then their long journey begins from the plantation to the consumer's table. There are more than 90 types of coffee tree.
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Ceratonia
She has seeds of the same size and weight. In the Middle Ages, jewelers used them as weights.
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Arabidopsis
Its vegetative period is 40 days. In 1982, at the Salyut-7 station, in the absence of gravity, Arabidopsis grew from seed to fetus.
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Dodder
A plant without its own roots and leaves, and feeds on the juices of a plant whose stem it wraps around.
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Marcinella
During growth, the tropical "death tree" emits poisonous fumes, so it is not recommended to stand in its shadow for a long time.
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Seaweed
Life came out of the water, and seaweed is the oldest representative of the flora. Paleontologists have proven that marine life is a long-time ancestor of all plants on the planet.
Conclusion
Nature has shown an amazing fantasy, creating new forms during evolution. Plants surround us everywhere, and even, as we were able to see, in space. Trees are the lungs of our planet, flowers are decoration, but without 1,500 types of plant crops, humanity simply could not exist.
Posted by Valery Skiba