There are about nearly 500 Hypericum species, distributed across every continent except Antarctica. Although the Mediterranean basin is a hot spot for Hypericum, Asian and…
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There are about nearly 500 Hypericum species, distributed across every continent except Antarctica. Although the Mediterranean basin is a hot spot for Hypericum, Asian and…
Triticum dicoccum/dicoccoides (Cyperaceae) : plant domestication Triticum, from the family of cereals, is arguably the oldest wheat species to have been domesticated by mankind. The…
A deciduous, thicket-forming, multi-trunked, suckering shrub, it can reach a height of 4-6 m (12-20’). This hardy shrub is native to Europe, western Asia and…
Everyone, inclusive of Oberon in A Midsummer’s Night Dream (‟I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,‟) is familiar with this small shrub of…
‟Vêtu de probité candide et de lin blanc:‟ this line by Victor Hugo — that translates literally as ‟clothed in candid probity and in white…
For centuries, if not millennia, willows have assisted mankind: it will suffice to mention baskets, on one hand, aspirin on the other — the drug…
A birch forest makes an impression, of a pristine, primeval scene. The slender white trunks, vertical of course, let the eye roam deeply through them.…
For centuries, this long-lived tree, with a lifespan measured in centuries, was nested against cemeteries, in Christian countries. A tradition that people heeded, the succession…
This is one of the oldest plants cultivated by mankind, for its generally edible fruit. For example, Hibiscus esculentus bears a fruit which has been…