Oh, plants, we could never be able to count the ways we love you! Your calming green leaves give us serenity, the oxygen you produce brings us life, and your healing powers bring us health. Truly, there is no doubt that plants are life, and we love life! And, as life comes with various fun and interesting bits of info, so do plants. That’s why we’ve dedicated this list to everything and all about our green friends - welcome aboard to our facts about plants roster!
Now, you might already know some plant facts even before checking our lineup, but there are loads more plant trivia to learn! For instance, did you know that a cucumber is a fruit and not a vegetable? Or that the caffeine that most of us adore so much actually works as a pesticide for the coffee plant? Or did you know that there’s a carnivorous plant capable of devouring a fully-grown rat? P.S.: That’s one of our weird plant facts, but you can be sure that not all of them are such - others are purely incredible!
We have to admit something here - the deeper we dug into these cool facts about plants, the more we realized how little we actually knew about our little leafy fellas. That said, these interesting facts did help us expand our knowledge, and hopefully, you’ll find them useful too.
So, without any further ado, let’s skip to the fun facts about plants, shall we? As usual, they are just a leaf’s length further down, and once you are there, be sure to rank the facts by their awesomeness. Lastly, share this article with anyone who might enjoy it!
#1
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 years old.
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#2
Elephant grass, which grows in Africa, gets its name from the fact that it may reach a height of 4.5 meters, which is high enough to conceal an elephant.
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30points
#3
The entire dandelion plant, including the roots and petals, can be consumed.
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30points
#4
Peru is the 'birthplace' of potatoes! That is where potatoes were grown initially roughly 7,000 years ago.
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28points
#5
In Australia, there is a plant called as the "Suicide Plant" because its sting can have a long-lasting effect and inflict such excruciating pain that some people have committed themselves after coming into contact with it.
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#6
A cactus plant's water cannot be consumed! Although cactus plants can store a lot of water, this water is sadly unfit for human consumption. Although not poisonous, the acids and alkaloids in this water are damaging to human kidneys.
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#7
Sunflower appears to have one huge flower, but each head is actually made up of hundreds of smaller blossoms, or florets, which mature into seeds. All members of the sunflower family, including daisies, yarrow, goldenrod, asters, coreopsis, and bachelor's buttons, have this characteristic.
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#8
Cranberries float and bounce in water due to tiny air bubbles inside them.
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#9
One of the oldest surviving tree species is the ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), which dates back roughly 290 million years. Another old species is the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), which has been around for roughly 150 million years. Before they were discovered alive, both had been identified in the fossil record.
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#10
Nectarines and peaches primarily vary in that nectarines have smooth skin and peaches have fuzzy skin. Both nectarine and peach fruits can be obtained by grafting peach branches onto nectarine trees, or the other way around.
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#11
The claim of having the hottest chili pepper in the world is still up for debate. The Carolina Reaper has already supplanted bhut jolokia, sometimes known as the "ghost pepper," which is 401.5 times hotter than store-bought spicy sauce.
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#12
Bluebell flower juice used to be used to make glue. Its bulbs were crushed to create starch for collar and sleeve ruffs during the Elizabethan era, and their sticky sap was once employed to bind books and glue feathers onto arrows.
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#13
Camellia sinensis, is the source of all teas, including black, green, and white. The processing techniques are the only thing that is different.
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#14
The world's fastest-growing woody plant is bamboo. In a single day, it can grow up to 35 inches.
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#15
Although the ancient Egyptians were the first to chronicle the technique of making herbal wine some 5,000 years ago, archaeologists have discovered evidence that grapes were grown to make wine in the Caucasus (modern-day Georgia) about 8,000 years ago.
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#16
The name of the pineapple came from European explorers who thought it had apple-like flesh and the appearance of a pinecone. The only edible members of the bromeliad family are pineapples.
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#17
Oleander (Nerium oleander), a lovely flowering shrub that is endemic to the Mediterranean, is deadly in all forms. The effects of ingesting oleander leaves on the cardiovascular, neurological, and gastrointestinal systems can be fatal.
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#18
La Fete du Muguet, or the festival of the lily-of-the-valley, is celebrated in France on May 1. On the occasion, loved ones are given flower bouquets with wishes for their health and happiness.
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#19
A carnivorous plant native to the Philippines can 'eat' a full-size rat! Our advice - keep your fingers to yourself when near it.
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#20
Crocus sativus, a species of fall-blooming crocus, is used to produce saffron, a spice used in Mediterranean cuisine.
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19points