Plants of our planet do not just serve as decoration and landscaping. They are an important link in maintaining the life of all breathing creatures. In addition, plants can give signals and communicate with the animal world. Therefore, it would not be out of place to find out the details and interesting facts from the life of plants.
Fruit
Although it may seem to us that we are already well acquainted with fruits, many will still be curious to learn some interesting facts about cultivated plants.
- If you pick an apple and lower it into water, it will not go to the bottom, because it contains 25% of air.
- Lemon has more sugar than strawberries.
- In the Renaissance, it was believed that oranges saved from the plague. Because of this, a huge cost was set on them and therefore they could only afford to know.
- Papaya juice is the best anti-pollution solvent.
- Lemon, due to its acid, can serve as a conductor. For example, if you solder copper and zinc wires to a simple light bulb and insert them into a lemon, it will light up.
Cereal
But not only fruits can surprise. For example, corn contains a rare element - gold. In addition, on each ear there is an even number of grains. Also worth noting is another interesting fact about the plant. Corn never runs wild, because it cannot grow unless it is planted by a person. It is not able to spread by self-seeding.
Rice grains used to be used in interrogations. They performed the role of a lie detector. The suspect was given a handful of rice in his mouth, and then forced to spit out. If the cereal remained dry, then the person is guilty, because from fear he did not produce saliva.
Berry Facts
- In some places, strawberries are considered nuts. In addition, this is the only berry with seeds outside.
- But interesting facts about cultivated plants are not limited to this. For example, in India, bananas are used as a means of launching ships at sea. The surface on which the transport will descend is smeared with this berry and it glides. Approximately 20 thousand fruits are spent to launch one vessel.
- Previously, to make gray paint, strawberries were dipped in milk and the mixture was boiled.
- In 1951, a variety of watermelons was obtained, in which there were no seeds. But the great difficulty was that this fruit without seeds did not produce “offspring”.
Bean Details
- Peanuts are not nuts, as many believe. It belongs to the legume family.
- Peanut extract is a component that is part of dynamite.
- There is another interesting fact about a plant called peas. Mariners consider him an enemy because of one incident. A steamer called the Dnieper, passing by the reefs, received a small hole through which water was poured into the compartment with peas. After a while, the beans began to swell and inside the ship collapsed.
Facts About Bumps
Of particular interest are gymnosperms. They attract not only with their external characteristics, but also with their inherent features. Here are some interesting facts about gymnosperms:
- In geometry, there is the concept of "cone", and it appeared thanks to the word "cone", (means a pine cone).
- In France, two Spaniards were arrested, who collected cones in their truck. They were called the “thieves of nature”, and a trial was to be held on them.
- 100 to 150 cones are needed to feed one protein. The animal processes each of them in three minutes. Pine cones are easier to process than spruce cones.
- In Russia, pine resin was a medicine for the oral cavity. When a person chewed her, his teeth were strengthened and the oral cavity was disinfected.
- Ripe cones react to humidity in the air. In dry weather, they open and vice versa.
Exotic edible plants
For Russian people, exotic vegetation seems especially surprising. Therefore, it will be fascinating to consider interesting facts about plants that cannot be seen outside the window.
- In Oceania, you can plant and grow a breadfruit. It bears fruit “loaves”, each of which weighs about 12 pounds. Inside the ripened plant there is a sweetish “dough” with which you can feed your family by baking food from it. These trees bear fruit for about 70 years.
- Venezuelan galactodendron juice can be drunk raw. It resembles the taste of cow cream mixed with sugar. And if you boil the juice of this tree, you can get an unusual curd dessert from it.
- It is worth mentioning an interesting fact about a plant that grows on the shores of the Gulf of Guinea. This is a palm tree that bears nuts. Juice, when it thickens, is very similar to high-quality butter.
- There are plants that can replace lollipops. By sweetness they are better than sugar. These plants include stevia. In food, you can use its leaves. But there is a bush, which is considered the sweetest plant. It grows in West Africa and is called ketemph.
- Trees, the fruits of which can replace dessert, include a plant growing in Oceania. This plant is very similar to the taste of pastries familiar to everyone.
Of course, there are many more amazing trees, shrubs and grasses that we have never seen. But I want to mention the last interesting fact about the plant with edible leaves. This is caliber kanda from India. The locals nicknamed him "deceive the stomach." This is not surprising: if you eat only two leaves, your appetite disappears for a whole week. The illusion of satiety is created. Based on this plant, tablets and syrups are now made for people with extra pounds.
Plant records of the whole earth
Almost every type of vegetation has its own champions, which differ in age, size, color or other remarkable features. Below are the main interesting facts about plants from all over the world.
- Lichen grows in Antarctica, which is already more than 10,000 years old. The growth of this plant is very slow. For a hundred years, it can grow by only 3.5 millimeters.
- In some places, an unusual plant is grown. It is known under the name "gorilyanka". Its fruits are shaped like dishes. If you try, you can even assemble a service.
- A lily was found in the Amazon, the leaves of which reached two meters. If you put a baby on them, the plant will hold him.
- The most unpleasantly smelling plant is amorphophallus. The smell resembles rotten fish and causes disgust.
- Arabidopsis is probably the most picky plant. It in space could bloom and give into seeds.
- In China, there is bamboo called leaf grate. It is surprising that it grows at a speed of 40 cm per day.
- The ceratonia plant in antiquity was the standard of accuracy of weight. Any of its seeds always had a weight of 0.2 grams. Gradually, this measure became known as karate.
The nature of Russia
Although overseas plants are impressive in their characteristics, one can also find interesting facts about Russian plants. For example, wintering horsetail is found in mid-latitudes . He is astonished by his extraordinary rigidity. Its stem is capable of leaving a scratch even on a steel surface.
Cherries also have a distinctive feature - this berry can replace aspirin. It contains anthocyanins that have a similar effect.
Many people know the belladonna plant. It is poisonous, but despite this, Russian beauties dripped it in the eyes to make them more clear due to the expansion of the pupils. In this case, the substance acts poisonous, causing strong rage.