About The banana ( Musa spp.) is a nutritious fruit that grows from various large, herbaceaous flowering plants belonging to the genus Musa . Botanically speaking the fruit is a berry and it varies in
About Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. This includes any small tree or spiny shrub, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumqua
About The onion ( Allium cepa L.) , also referred to as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable. This particular species is the most extensively produced species of the genus of Allium . The on
About The avocado ( Persea americana ), also named ‘alligator pear’ is a tree originating in South Central Mexico. Its nick name points to its fruit which is botanically speaking a large berry with on
About The soybean ( Glycine max ) (North America) or soya bean is a so-called legume and indigenous to East Asia. It is extensively cultivated for its edible beans. The fruit of the plant is a hairy p
About The apple tree (often named Malus domestica by mistake) is best known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate from Asia and Europe and were grown there for
About Eggplant or aubergine ( Solanum melongena ) is a specific species of nightshade and is widely produced for its tasty fruit. In North America and Australia the fruit is called eggplant and in Sou
About The common grape vine ( Vitis vinifera ) is a species of Vitis . The plant comes originally from the Mediterranean region, central Europe and southwestern Asia and thus has been cultivated in Mo
About Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) belongs to the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is a hardy annual that is easy to cultivate and most often grown for its leaves. It is, however, often plagued on by a number