Plants

Despite a very sour taste, lemon is an alkaline fruit and allows you to maintain the acid-base balance of the body.

A full-sized coconut fruit weighs about 1.4 kilograms.

Corn cultivation was introduced to South America from Mexico in two great waves.

In the soil, roots encounter shreds of fungi with which they form mycorrhiza - a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship.

It is most frequently found as an admixture in moist, shady mountain foliage and mixed woods, on the banks of mountain streams, in the trees in the midst of fields.

Chestnuts are one of the few "nuts" that contain vitamin C.

Stinging nettle reduces excess water in the body.

Parsley is also rich in provitamin A, vitamin K, iron, calcium, and potassium.

There is only 30 kcal in 100 grams of pumpkin.

Americans refer to the wild sunflower as Jerusalem artichoke or Canadian truffle.