About Rice is actually the seed of two particular species of grass: Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). Rice is a serial grain and the most popular staple food for a large pa
About A melon can be any one of several plants belonging to the family of Cucurbitaceae . The melon plant produces a usually sweet and edible, fleshy fruit. The term "melon" is used for the plant, but
About Cucurbita or gourd is a genus of herbaceous vines belonging to the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae . Cucurbits, as they are also know, are indigenous to the Andes region and Mesoamerica. Currently,
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 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
About Coffee beans are the source of one of the most popular beverages in the world. They are in fact, not actual beans, but the seeds of Coffea , a genus of flowering plants whose seeds are known wor
About The cotton boll, a protective casing for the seeds of the cotton plant, is soft and fluffy and is the source of the fibre which is spun into thread and woven into cloth worldwide. Cotton plants
About This popular vegetable is a round seed in the seed pod of the fruit, Pisum sativum . Pods of this plant develop from the ovary of a pea flower and carry numerous peas. The vegetable is a bright
About A tropical fruit that is called papaya, papaw or pawpaw in different countries, is the fruit of the Carica papaya tree of the family Caricaceae. First cultivated in Mexico, it is now grown in mo
About The pomegranate ( Punica granatum ) is a small tree or deciduous shrub that belongs to the family of Lythraceae . The plant can grow up to between 5 and 8 metres (16 and 26 feet) tall. The pomeg