• Common name : Alfalfa • Scientific name : Medicagosativa • Family : Papilionaceae • Native land : Asia Minor and the Caucasus Mountains (warmer temperate climates) It is a perennial flowering plant. The plant shows numerous small clover-like spikes of blue or violet flowers of upright growth. The plant grows to a height of […]
The coloured part of our eyes is called the iris. A pigment called melanin is present in the iris. The level of melanin determines the colour of the eye; the more the percentage of melanin, the darker the eyes. Blue, green and grey eyes have less melanin in the iris and so are lighter in
• Common name : Seaside Alder • Scientific name : Alnusmaritima • Family : Betulaceae • Native land : The United States The name ‘Maritima’ comes from Latin, meaning growing by the sea. It is a deciduous, multi-trunked, upright-rounded, fall-blooming perennial large shrub or small tree that typically grows to 20-30 feet tall. The greatest
• Common name : Hollyhock • Scientific name : Alcearosea • Family : Malvaceae • Native land : Asia and Europe The plant is variously described as a biennial (having a two-year life cycle), as an annual, or as a short-lived perennial. There are about 60 species of this flowering plant. They can grow up
• Common name : Century Plant • Scientific name : Agave attenuata • Family : Asparagaceae • Native land : The plateaus/mountains of Central Mexico Century plant is a rosette forming evergreen herbaceous perennial succulent. It is popular for its attractive leaves and its huge drooping flower stems. Spineless, fleshy, ovate, light grey to pale
• Common name : Mexican Hyssop • Scientific name : Agastachemexicana • Family : Labiatae • Native land : Southern North America It belongs to the family of mint and is a perennial and self-fertile plant. Typical of the mint family, the stems are square and they can grow up to 4 inches tall. There
• Common name : Himalayan Lantern • Scientific name : Agapetesserpens • Family : Ericaceae • Native land : The Himalayas The plant is an evergreen perennial. It is an odd member of the blueberry family. The plant has long, arching stems adorned with scarlet, jewel-like blooms. The fascinating patterns of this plant make it
Every organism whether an animal, human, plant or fish resembles its parents. This phenomenon of resemblance is called heredity. It is the passing down of certain characteristics or traits from a parent to its offspring through the genes. For example, your eyes may look like your mother’s eyes or your nose may look like your
• Common name : African Violet • Scientific name : Saintpaulia • Family : Violaceae • Native land : East central Africa It was first discovered in 1892 in East Central Africa by Baron Walter von Saint Paul-Illaire. It is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, usually grown indoors. It is popular due to its ability
Smell is a type of sense. The nose has the sense of smell. We can smell due to airborne chemicals present in objects. For example, a rose gives out certain chemicals in the air which are perceived by the human nose and in turn the smell of rose is detected. Smell can be pleasant or
• Common name : Saucer Plant • Scientific name : Aeoniumundulatum • Family : Crassulaceae • Native land : Northern Africa and surrounding areas The plant is an evergreen perennial or small, semiwoody shrub with fleshy, tidy, rosette leaves. Leaves grow in a variety of colours and patterns, from light green to variegate with deep
• Common name : Monkshood • Scientific name : Aconitum napellus • Family : Ranunculaceae • Native land : Western and Central Europe The name ‘monkshood’ is derived from the shape of the flowers, which look like blue helmets. It is a herbaceous perennial plant. The leaves are rounded, palmately divided into five to seven
Phobia is unreasonable fear. For example, some people are afraid of closed spaces, some of high places, some of lizards, some of spiders, etc. A person may become ‘phobic’ towards a situation after experiencing something shocking related to that situation. For example, he may have seen someone falling from a height and developed phobia related
• Common name : Yarrow • Scientific name : Achilleamillefolium • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Europe, Western Asia, North America The name ‘Achillea’ comes from Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War in Greek mythology, who used the plant medicinally to stop bleeding and to heal the wounds of his soldiers. It
Different colours of human skin depend on a pigment named melanin. Melanin is produced by melanocyte cells in the skin. The type and quantity of pigment in the skin of a person also depends on heredity/ genetic factors. The skin colour is also affected by climate. For example, people living in hot climates are of