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Harpagophytum ( / ˌhɑːrpəˈɡɒfɪtəm / HAR-pə-GOF-it-əm ), also called grapple plant, wood spider, and most commonly devil's claw, is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name "devil's claw" to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit.
Borassus flabellifer is a robust tree and can reach a height of 30 metres (98 ft). The trunk is grey, robust, and ringed with leaf scars; old leaves remain attached to the trunk for several years before falling cleanly. The leaves are fan-shaped, and 3 m (9.8 ft) long, with robust black teeth on the petiole margins.
Acmella oleracea is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae. Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, [2] paracress, jambu, [3] buzz buttons, [4] tingflowers and electric daisy. [5] Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. [6]
The study — which appeared in BMC Nutrition & Metabolism — found that increasing dried fruit intake by about 1.3 pieces daily may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by up to 60.8%. Dried fruits ...
The showy yellow flowers The fruits of Dolichandra unguis-cati are 40–50 cm (16–20 in) long. Dolichandra unguis-cati is a liana with semipersistent foliage and woody stems that can reach a height of 30 metres (98 ft). Thin and small aerial roots are used for climbing. Leaves are dark green, opposite and bifoliate. Leaflets have a length of ...
The leaves are large and shallowly lobed, with a brown indumentum on the underside. The distinctive flowers appear in late spring and early summer; the five stamens are long, curved upward, and bright red, giving the distinct impression of a clawed hand. Its fruit is a 7.5–10 cm (3.0–3.9 in) long oblong, five-lobed capsule which contains ...
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An accessory fruit is a fruit that contains tissue derived from plant parts other than the ovary. In other words, the flesh of the fruit develops not from the floral ovary, but from some adjacent tissue exterior to the carpel (for example, from receptacles or sepal ). As a general rule, the accessory fruit is a combination of several floral ...