• Common name : Asian Persimmon, Japanese Persimmon • Scientific name : Diospyros kaki • Family : Ebenaceae • Native land : Asia (China, Japan) Asian persimmon is a deciduous tree. This is an excellent fruit tree for ornamental use and makes an excellent specimen. The tree looks attractive when leaves have fallen in autumn, […]
The Death Apple tree is called Manchineel Tree. It is an endangered species in Florida, the USA. The fruit and leaves of this tree resemble the fruit and leaves of an apple tree. The tree’s fruit is known as the Death Apple because it is slightly sweet but very poisonous and painful to eat. Just
• Common name : Madagascar Periwinkle, Periwinkle • Scientific name : Catharanthusroseus • Family : Apocynaceae • Native land : Madagascar Periwinkle is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant. It produces attractive bushy foliage that is covered by an often profuse bloom of phlox-like flowers from summer to frost. Much softwood branches from the ground
• Common name : Bell Pepper, Capsicum, Sweet Pepper • Scientific name : Capsicum annuum • Family : Solanaceae • Native land : Tropical North and South America Capsicum or bell pepper is a herbaceous perennial plant. Plants of this species grow in shrubby mounds. The flowers are white or yellow and the leaves are
• Common name : Peony • Scientific name : Paeoniacaucasica • Family : Paeoniaceae • Native land : Caucasus Peony is a deciduous, woody shrub. It is a taprooted plant with thick horizontal rhizome and leafy stems. The leaves have elong-ateovate or elongate-elliptical lobes with greyish wax and short sparse hair beneath. Its flowers are
• Common name : Garden Pea • Scientific name : Pisumsativum • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : South-West Asia, Southern Europe and North-East Africa Garden pea is a glabrous, hardy, annual, climbing leguminous plant. It has a non-edible fibrous pod that bore edible round seeds. The seeds are a highly nutritious food, having
• Common name : Cabbage Palm, Cabbage Tree, New Zealand Cabbage Palm, Red Grass Palm • Scientific name : Cordylineaustralis • Family : Asparagaceae • Native land : New Zealand (Australasia), Morocco This is a palm-like, sub-tropical tree. The plant has several stout branches arising from a single trunk. The leaves are long, sword-shaped, in
A rainbow is a colourful arch that appears in the sky after rain. Appearance of a rainbow is actually a phenomenon attached to light. Sunlight or white light rays are actually a mixture of colours (VIBGYOR: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red). We have often observed an array of colours on the surface of
• Common name : Oregano • Scientific name : Origanumvulgare subsp. gracile • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Kyrgyzstan Oregano is a perennial herb. It is a bushy, semi-woody, sub-shrub with upright or spreading stems and branches. The aromatic leaves are oval-shaped. The leaves may be clipped fresh as needed or dried for
A radio telescope is a form of radio receiver used in astronomy. Distant stars and planets are observed with the help of a telescope. Stars give out light radiation. Some part of this radiation is in form of radio waves. There are special radio receivers placed by scientists on the Earth which receive these radio
• Common name : Onion • Scientific name : Allium cepa • Family : Amaryllidaceae/Alliaceae • Native land : South-Western Asia An onion is a herbaceous biennial plant. It is grown throughout the world, chiefly in the temperate zones. Most members of this family have an underground storage system, such as a bulb or tuber.
A supernova is the explosion of a star. It is one of the largest explosions in space. Due to the dust present in the Milky Way, supernovas are difficult to observe. Astronomer Johannes Kepler discovered the last observed supernova in the Milky Way. Supernovas take place when changes occur in the centre of a star.
• Common name : Nodding Onion, Lady’s Leek • Scientific name : Allium cernuum • Family : Amaryllidaceae • Native land : Canada to Mexico Nodding onion is a perennial plant. It consists of a tuft of basal leaves from which one or more flowering stalks emerge. The leaves are grass-like, wide, keeled along the
• Common name : Bitter Nightshade, Violet Bloom • Scientific name : Solanumdulcamara • Family : Solanaceae • Native land : Europe and Asia Bitter nightshade is a perennial climbing or trailing vine. It reproduces by seeds and rooting at the nodes of the prostrate stems. The plant has two leaf forms that, along with
• Common name : Nasturtium, Monks Cress • Scientific name : Tropaeolummajus • Family : Tropaeolaceae • Native land : South America Nasturtium is an annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plant. This variety includes climbing, dwarf, and bushy types. The stems and leafstalks are pale green in colour, hairless and somewhat fleshy. The green or