• Common name : Lemon Balm, Balm Mint • Scientific name : Melissa officinalis • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Southern Europe, Eastern, Mid-Western and Pacific North-West states Lemon balm is a bushy herbaceous perennial of the mint family. The leaves are wrinkled, ovate, medium and green. Tiny, two-lipped, white flowers appear in […]
“Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.” — Paul Engle. These lines by Paul Engle, the author of The New York Times beautifully explain how poetry is not just the “tough skin of
• Common name : Wild Leek • Scientific name : Allium ampeloprasum • Family : Alliaceae • Native land : Eastern Mediterranean lands and the Middle East Leek is a hardy, vigorous, biennial plant. Leek has been known and used for centuries for its medicinal properties, although nowadays it is used mainly as food or
• Common name : Lavender • Scientific name : Lavandulaangustifolia • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Western Mediterranean Lavender is a herbaceous perennial. This is a semi-woody plant that typically grows to 1.5-3.0 feet. It has narrow, grey-green leaves on square stems. Purple flowers appear in terminal spikes in late spring to early
Stars are hot balls of gases which shine due to their own energy. The energy of the star is concentrated in its core, but slowly rises towards the outer surface and starts getting released in space. This energy is in the form of heat radiation. Just like fire that gives light, similarly hot stars also
• Common name : Bay • Scientific name : Laurusnobilis • Family : Lauraceae • Native land : Mediterranean Bay is an evergreen tree. It may grow to 40 feet in its native regions. The tree or woody potted shrub bears dense, pointed, elliptical leaves, rather leathery in texture. The leaves are bright green when
• Common name : Lamb’s Ears • Scientific name : Stachysbyzantina • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Central-Eastern Turkey, Northern Iran, Caucasus Lamb’s ear is a hardy herbaceous perennial. The shape of the leaf and texture resemble a lamb’s ear. It is popular for its thick, soft, velvety, silver-grey leaves. The leaves are
• Common name : Konjac • Scientific name : Amorphophalluskonjac • Family : Araceae • Native land : Warm sub-tropical to tropical Eastern Asia Konjac is a perennial plant. It grows from a large corm up to 25 cm in diameter. It has a single leaf of about 1.3 metres in length, across, bipinnate, and
Saturn has the biggest and brightest rings. Galileo, an astronomer, was the first to notice these rings in 1610. These rings vary in size and are formed from ice and rocks. The Earth has only one moon, but Saturn has around 60. There are seven large rings of Saturn, but actually each large ring is
• 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