• Common name : German Turnip, Turnip Cabbage • Scientific name : Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes • Family : Brassicaceae/Cruciferae • Native land : Europe and North Africa Kohlrabi is an annual vegetable. It is a low, stout cultivar of cabbage. Kohlrabi is a strange looking vegetable, very different from other family members (cabbage, broccoli, […]
• Common name : Kiwi, Chinese Gooseberry • Scientific name : Actinidiadeliciosa • Family : Actinideaceae • Native land : Southern China Kiwi is a woody deciduous vine. It can grow up to 10 metres tall. The flowers are white to cream-coloured. The russet-brown fruit is an oval berry densely covered with short, stiff, brown
The corona is a Latin word which means ‘crown’. Corona is the outer atmosphere of the Sun. It is present over a vast area starting from the Sun to millions of kilometres into space. The corona of the Sun is much hotter than its visible surface. The corona appears as an uneven glow of light
• Common name : Brindleberry, Malabar Tamarind • Scientific name : Garciniagummi-gutta • Family : Clusiaceae • Native land : Indonesia This plant is an evergreen, dioecious, understorey tree. Its branching is usually horizontal or drooping with thick, glossy, dark green leaves. It is mainly grown for its fruit that looks like a small pumpkin
• Common name : Jerusalem Sage • Scientific name : Phlomisfruticosa • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Mediterranean region This plant can be herbaceous perennials or evergreen shrubs, with sage-like leaves and whorls of tubular, hooded flowers. They bloom around the months of March and June. The erect shoots bear grey-green ovate leaves.
Radiation is energy that is given out in the form of waves or particles from a source. Radiation can be in the form of heat, sound and light. For example, the heat from a hot stove or light bulb is heat radiation. Similarly, the warmth of the Sun felt while standing under it is due
A satellite is any object that revolves around a planet. A satellite can be natural or artificial. There are many natural satellites in our Solar system. The most commonly known natural satellite is the Earth’s moon. On the other hand, the artificial or man-made satellites are machines launched into space for a particular purpose. Some
• Common name : Wineberry, Wine Raspberry, Japanese Wineberry • Scientific name : Rubusphoenicolasius • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : Japan, Korea and China It is a perennial shrub with long arching stems up to 9 feet in length. Upright stems have red gland tipped hair and small spines. The leaves are alternate,
UFOs are ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’. The term ‘UFO’ for Unidentified Flying Object was coined by the US Air Force officer Edward Ruppelt in 1952. Some people call them ‘flying saucers’, while some call them ‘alien ships’. Various theories exist about what UFOs might actually be, but these are just notions as basically no UFO has
• Common name : Dragon Root, Wild Turnip • Scientific name : Arisaematriphyllum • Family : Araceae • Native land : Eastern and Mid-Western North America It is a herbaceous perennial flower, spring-flowering bulb. It produces one to two 3-lobed leaves 12 to 18 inches high. The flowers have two distinct parts: a spathe, and
The word ‘nebula’ is derived from the Latin word ‘nebulae’, which means mist. Nebula or nebulas cannot be observed with a telescope as they are faint misty places in the sky. There are two types of nebula present: galactic and extra-galactic. The first ones are found in the Milky Way. They are made up of
• Common name : Ivy, Canarian Ivy, Algerian Ivy • Scientific name : Hederacanariensis • Family : Araliacea • Native land : Canary Islands, Portugal, the Azores, and North Africa Ivy is an evergreen perennial climbing or trailing woody shrub or bush. Its beautiful thick, leathery foliage seems a little shinier than English ivy. The
• Common name : Hyssop • Scientific name : Hyssopusofficinalis • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Southern Europe eastward to Central Asia Hyssop is a small herbaceous or semi-woody perennial plant. It grows up to 1.5 feet tall. It has slim, woody quadrangular stems and narrow, elliptical, dotted leaves that grow in pairs
• Common name : Aaron’s Beard, St. John’s Wort • Scientific name : Hypericumcalycinum • Family : Hypericaceae • Native land : Southern Europe, South-Western Asia Hypericum is an evergreen shrub. It is a stoloniferous subshrub. It grows up to 1 feet tall. It is a fast growing plant. It has large, rose-like, five-petaled, yellow
• Common name : Bigleaf Hydrangea • Scientific name : Hydrangea macrophylla • Family : Hydrangeaceae • Native land : China, Japan and parts of Russia Bigleaf hydrangea is a deciduous shrub. It is a very popular flowering shrub. The flowers are mostly produced in June and July but newer cultivars (that flower on new