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• This plant got its botanical name in honor of its discoverer, the Portuguese naturalist.
• A hybrid between this plant and an apricot is called a plemkot, and a plemkot hybrid with the same plant is called a pluot.
• The fleshy petioles of this plant are used as food and used to make compotes and jam. They are also used as a filling for pies.
• Mention of the fruit of this plant can be found in the XXIV song of Homer's Odyssey.
• Only the fruits of this plant of the nightshade family are edible. In ancient Rome and Greece there was a belief that eating these fruits led to insanity.
• The fruit of this plant is covered with a centimeter-long inedible peel. The flesh, consisting of several segments, is edible. Its leaves are used in folk medicine to treat dysentery.
• This is the fruit of a tropical liana known to us as passiflora or passion flower.
• The French name for this plant is derived from the word pie, derived from the resemblance of its fruit to this confectionery.
• This root vegetable is a subspecies of radish, but unlike it does not contain mustard oils.
• In China, the main producer of this plant, it has been known since the 2nd century B.C.
• The plant is native to the Malacca Peninsula. It is used as fresh food and in the preparation of juices and drinks.
• This vegetable is eaten unripe. Its juicy fruit contains 90 to 94 percent water.
• The unopened basket of the future flower is consumed as a vegetable in this plant.
• This variety of cabbage has the stem as its edible part. It has been known as a cultivated vegetable since the days of ancient Rome.
• The fruits of this plant are the largest fruits growing on trees. They can weigh up to 34 kg.
• For food, this plant uses bulb slices, leaf arrows, and flower stalks of young plants.
• This plant is better known to us as a nut, but in its native land the sprawling, fleshy stalk (apple-cajun) is used as a fruit.
• This plant is one of the oldest in cultural vegetable production. According to some estimates, it was introduced into culture more than 40 centuries ago.
• This plant is also known as "ground pear" and "Jerusalem artichoke. It has long been used as a food by North American Indians. It was introduced into Europe at the beginning of the 16th century.
• If you dry this fruit without a pit, it is called apricots, if with a pit it is called apricots, and if you take out the pit before drying, remove the kernel and put it back, it is called ashtak-pashtak.