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Cerbera Odollam – The Suicide or Murder Tree

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Cerbera odollam is having close resemblance to oleander; another highly toxic plant from the same family yields milky, white latex.
Cerbera odollam, is a dicotyledonous angiosperm, commonly known as a suicide tree. The tree is also called pong-pong and othalanga and this plant belongs to poisonous Apocynaceae family. The plant yields a potent poison that has been used for suicide and murder, which includes the yellow and common oleanders. The seeds are excessively toxic, containing cerberin as the main active...

Pando – The One Tree Forest

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However, various trees spread through flowering and sexual reproduction; quaking aspens normally reproduce asexually, by sprouting new trees from the expansive lateral root of the parent.
The Pando or “The Trembling Giant” of one tree forest is a massive grove of quaking aspens that takes the “forest as a single organism” metaphor and literalizes it. Although, the grove is a single organism, roughly 47,000 trees are genetically similar to having a single root system. However, various trees spread through flowering and sexual reproduction; quaking aspens...

Raimondi Cove: Discover the Enigma of This Rare Botanical Wonder

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Raimondi Cove Plant (Puya raimondi) is a unique and rare plant that can grow at a high altitude of about 3800 m.
Raimondi Cove Plant (Puya raimondi) is a unique and rare plant that can grow at a high altitude of about 3800 m. It is the largest species of bromeliad, reaching up to 15 meters (50 feet) in height (taller than a five-story building). Raimondi Cove Plant is one of the rarest and strangest plants that looks just like an...

The Blue Puya Flower: Nature’s Breathtaking Delight

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This South American plant is a natural hybrid in the genus Puya of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae).
Yes, blue puya (Puya berteroniana) is a real plant! This incredible bromeliad is endemic to Chile. This South American plant is a natural hybrid in the genus Puya of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae). Approximately 200 species make up this family, which includes the tallest bromeliad, P. gigas (P. raimondi), which is indigenous to northern South America. Certain plants flourish...

The Strange Bottle Tree of Queensland

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The strange Bottle Tree of Queensland is nature's wonderful gift. The Queensland bottle tree "Brachychiton Rupestris" also known as a narrow-leaved bottle tree, It is originally classified in the family Sterculiaceae, within Malvaceae, and is native to Queensland, Australia. Its grossly swollen trunk gives it an astonishing appearance and gives rise to the name. Bottle trees can grow in...

How to do Tabebuia Tree Care

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Tabebuia trees are attractive and adjust too many growing conditions. Adding this tree to your landscape is worth as the rewards are great and the care is minimal.
Tabebuia Tree Care The Tabebuia tree is commonly known as the golden trumpet tree. It is semi-evergreen or semi-deciduous shedding foliage for a short period in a late spring tree. Tabebuia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae and is very similar to Tabebuia ochracea. Tabebuia “Handroanthus chrysotrichus synonym Tabebuia chrysotricha,” is the national tree of Brazil....

Ficus – Most Popular House Plant

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One of the most popular houseplants is the weeping fig, also called Ficus benjamina”, normally just called “ficus”. Though related to the edible fig, it does not bear fruit, but it makes a beautiful display as an indoor plant. Thus, a bushy tree that might grow up to 50 feet in its native Malaya.  It can easily be kept...

Pink Trumpet Tree Tabebuia heterophylla

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The palmately compound, green leaves are evergreen throughout most of its range but may be briefly deciduous as the new leaves emerge.
The eye-catching Pink Trumpet Tabebuia heterophylla Tree grows at a reasonable rate from a slim pyramid when young to a broad silhouette, 20 to 40 feet tall. The palmately compound green leaves are evergreen throughout most of their range but may be briefly deciduous as the new leaves emerge. The showy display of pink or white, bell-shaped blooms appears...

Tabebuia and Handroanthus

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Genus and Family: The genus Tabebuia is native to the Amazon rainforest and other tropical parts of Mexico and Central and South America. It included nearly 100 species of trees commonly known as trumpet trees, named so because of the shape of the flowers. In 2007, about 30 species of trees in Tabebuia were renamed Handroanthus when molecular studies...

Blue Bean: Unraveling the Wonders of a Truly Unique Legume

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The blue bean is a shrub indigenous to western China, renowned for its striking metallic-blue pods resembling broad beans, and is often grown for ornamental purposes.
Origin: The blue bean is a shrub indigenous to western China, renowned for its striking metallic-blue pods resembling broad beans, and is often grown for ornamental purposes. Despite being an edible crop and an abundant source of rubber, it is relatively obscure beyond its native region. This plant is indigenous to eastern Asia and can be found from China's...

Ginkgo biloba – Traditional Medicine Tree

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Ginkgo biloba during autumn at the Ewing Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Ewing, New Jersey
This family includes a single species, which now survives in the wild in only a small area in southwest China. Ginkgo biloba is a common ornamental in North America. Trees are dioecious with separate sexes, some being female and others being male. Sadly, all other species are going extinct. It is found in fossils dating back 270 million years....

Why Drunken Trees Behave in Mysterious Way

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The climate variations, or loss of surface vegetation from fire, flooding, construction, or deforestation, can thaw the upper extents of the permafrost.
What are Drunken Trees? Drunken trees are a stand of trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment. This most commonly occurs in northern subarctic taiga forests of black spruce under which intermittent permafrost or ice wedges have melted, causing trees to tilt at various angles. Some trees survive their soil eroding and continue to grow. Others collapse or drown as...

Unbelievable Tree of 40 Fruits

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Tree of 40 Fruit
New York-based artist Sam Van Ken created a tree of 40 fruits using the ancient technique of “chip grafting." His family lives in Pennsylvania, and he grew up on the family farm. He’s an associate professor of sculpture at Syracuse University. Therefore, each tree produces forty different types of stone fruit of the genus Prunus, ripening sequentially from July...

Yareta – A 3000 Years Old Alien-looking Plant

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Yareta is something green and alien-looking growing plant in South America. In the first inspection, you might consider that it is some extraterrestrial species. Which is using the remote grasslands of the continent to start a foothold on planet Earth. Yet though alien looks like a green mass of cells have their origins very much in this world. This...

Top 25 Oak Facts You Should Know

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One of interesting Oak Facts is it produce both male and female flowers.
Oak Facts The oak tree is a deciduous tree that grows in temperate zones around the world, and it is one of the most important trees in the world. Oak trees are evergreen, which means that they keep their leaves all year round. They can grow for hundreds of years and live for about 500 years. The oldest oak tree...

What to Avoid While Growing Plants in a Grow Tents?

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What to Avoid While Growing Plants in a Grow Tents?
Growing Plants in Grow Tents Grow tents can undoubtedly make your life easier when it comes to growing plants. However, you are susceptible to making a few common mistakes. Only when you avoid this can you grow the plants easily in the grow tent. We will share with you a list of mistakes that you need to avoid while doing...

The Mind-blowing Giant Groundsels (Dendrosenecio kilimanjari)

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The ancient plants known as Giant Groundsels (Dendrosenecio kilimanjari) are located atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. They arose at altitudes above 14,000 feet around a million years ago, where they acquired the capacity to withstand extremely low temperatures. It was formerly known as Senecio kilimanjari; however, a recent reclassification in the Asteraceae family caused some species that were formerly...

The Best Ferns to Grow Indoor

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Ferns “Many Genera” give a better softening effect to an indoor environment, which makes them good houseplants. Many people are familiar with that old favorite, the Boston fern Nephrolepsis exaltata, 'Bostoniensis'," a very easy indoor plant with rich green, arching fronds. In the variety ‘Fluffy Ruffles’ they are rather upright and have frilled edges. Even more foolproof is its...

The Thinking Tree: A Strange Ancient Tree in Puglia Italy

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In Puglia, Italy, there is a strange old olive tree that is thought to be at least 1500 years old, and possibly as old as 4000 years.
In Puglia, Italy, there is a strange old olive tree that is thought to be at least 1500 years old, and possibly as old as 4000 years. This olive tree is known as "The Thinking Tree," which is unmistakably one of nature's ways of giving us something new to marvel at. It is believed that the thinking tree is...

The Black Sapote – Chocolate Pudding Fruit

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The Black Sapote “Diospyros nigra” is a species of persimmon in the family Ebenaceae. It is also called “chocolate pudding fruit”
The Black Sapote “Diospyros nigra” is a species of persimmon in the family Ebenaceae. It is also called “chocolate pudding fruit” and black snap apple. Black Sapote is a tropical fruit mostly grown in Mexico, Central America, The Caribbean, and Colombia. Sapote means soft edible fruit and has no relation with white sapote or mamey sapote. The tree can...

Linden Tree – Tall, Fast Growing Dense Shade Tree

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Linden Tree is tall and fast-growing, with an attractive, dense shape. They are used as shade trees and often as street trees. They bear dangling clusters of fragrant white flowers in early summer. Little leaf Linden or Tilia cordata a European tree is among the best. It grows up to 90 feet tall in a dense compact pyramid and...

Unique and Interesting Facts About Limber Pine Cones

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Did you know that the limber pine cone is one of the longest cones in the world? It can grow up to 18 inches long!
Limber Pine Cones Did you know that the limber pine cone is one of the longest cones in the world? It can grow up to 18 inches long! These cones are also unique in that they hang from the tree branches rather than sticking out like other pine cones. In this blog post, we will discuss some more interesting facts...

5 Reasons Why You Should Add Clay Soil to Your Garden

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5 Reasons Why You Should Add Clay Soil to Your Garden
Add Clay Soil to Your Garden Clay is a thick, reddish soil, but it has a variety of nutrients. Some gardeners struggle with its thick texture and slow water absorption and avoid using it. But if you discover its usefulness and benefits as garden soil, you will be equipped to make it an asset in your garden. Here are some...

“Sisters,” The Olive trees of Noah

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According to the tradition, they have taken root from the olive branch that the dove carrying the message from Noah's Ark carried.
The "Sisters," or the olive trees of Noah, are located in the Lebanon town of Bechealeh. It is thought to be among the world's oldest olive trees. Historians estimate that these trees are approximately 5,000 to 6,000 years old and have Biblical roots. The 16 olive trees are hidden away and have withstood 6,000 years of political turmoil, plagues, diseases,...

World’s Oldest Individual Clonal Tree Discovered in Sweden

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It is believed that the World’s Oldest Individual Clonal Tree is one of the longest-living organisms on earth, and this disheveled spruce is no exception. The robust, ancient, 16-foot-tall Norwegian Clonal Tree grows high atop the Fulufjället Mountain in Sweden. And goes by the name of Old Tjikko, well named after the discovery geologist's dog. Whereas this little shrub...