Hazelnut

Rubus Berry PlantsHazelnutPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsHazelnutA Hazelnut is the Nut of the hazel and is also known as a cob nut or filbert nut according to Species. A cob is roughly spherical to oval, about 15–25 mm long and 10–15 mm in diameter, with an outer fibrous husk surrounding a smooth shell. A filbert is more elongated, being about twice as long as it is round. The nut falls out of the husk when ripe, about 7–8 months after pollination. The kernel of the seed is edible and used raw or roasted, or ground into a paste. Hazelnuts are also used for livestock feed, as are chestnuts and acorns. The Seed has a thin, dark...

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Indehiscent

Rubus Berry PlantsIndehiscentPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsIndehiscentDehiscence is the opening, at maturity, of a Plant structure, such as a Fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part. Structures that open in this way are said to be dehiscent. Structures, such as fruit, that do not open are called Indehiscent.A similar process to Dehiscence occurs in some Flower buds (e.g. Platycodon, Fuchsia), but this is rarely referred to as Dehiscence unless circumscissile Dehiscence is involved; anthesis is the usual term for the opening of flowers. Dehiscence may or...

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Peanut

Rubus Berry PlantsPeanutPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsPeanutThe Peanut, or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), is a Species in the Legume or "bean" Family (Fabaceae). The cultivated Peanut was probably first domesticated in the valleys of Peru. It is an annual herbaceous Plant growing 30 to 50 cm (0.98 to 1.6 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, pinnate with four leaflets (two opposite pairs, no terminal leaflet), each leaflet 1 to 7 cm (3/8 to 2 3/4 in) long and 1 to 3 cm (3/8 to 1 inch) broad. The Flowers are a typical peaflower in shape, 2 to 4 cm (¾ to 1½ in) across, yellow with reddish veining. After pollination, the Fruit develops...

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Bean

Rubus Berry PlantsBeanPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsBeanBean is a common name for large Plant Seeds of several genera of the Family Fabaceae (alternately Leguminosae) used for human food or animal feed.The whole young pods of bean plants, if picked before the pods ripen and dry, are very tender and may be eaten cooked or raw. Thus the term "green beans" means "green" in the sense of unripe (many are in fact not green in color). In some cases the beans inside the pods of green beans are too small to comprise a significant part of the cooked Fruit.Related : RubusRelated : RaspberryRelated : Bean From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,...

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Pea

Rubus Berry PlantsPeaPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsPeaA Pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the Legume Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several Peas. Peapods are botanically a Fruit, since they contain Seeds developed from the ovary of a (Pea) Flower. However, Peas are considered to be a vegetable in cooking. The name is also used to describe other edible seeds from the Fabaceae such as the pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan), the cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), and the seeds from several Species of Lathyrus.P. sativum is an annual Plant, with a life cycle of one year. It is a cool season crop grown in many parts...

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Milkweed

Rubus Berry PlantsMilkweedPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsMilkweedAsclepias L. (1753), the Milkweed, is a Genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous Plants that contains over 140 known Species. It previously belonged to the Family Asclepiadaceae, but this is now classified as the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.Milkweed is named for its milky juice, which contains alkaloids, latex, and several other complex compounds including cardenolides. Some species are known to be toxic.Carl Linnaeus named the genus after Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, because of the many folk-medicinal uses for the Milkweed...

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Walnut

Rubus Berry PlantsWalnutPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsWalnutWalnut (Genus Juglans) are Plants in the Juglandaceae Family . They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meters tall (about 30–130 ft), with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres long (7–35 in), with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya), but not the hickories (Carya) in the same family.The 21 Species in the genus range across the north temperate Old World from southeast Europe east to Japan, and more widely in the New World from southeast Canada west to California and south to Argentina.TaxonomyThe genus Juglans is divided...

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Coconut

Rubus Berry PlantsCoconutPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsCoconutThe Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only accepted Species in the Genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing up to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4–6 m long, and pinnae 60–90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly, leaving the trunk smooth. The term Coconut can refer to the entire Coconut palm, the Seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word.The Coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration, as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary...

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Taraxacum

Rubus Berry PlantsTaraxacumPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsTaraxacumTaraxacum is a large Genus of Flowering plants in the Family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two Species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion is given to members of the genus, and like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small Flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum species produce Seeds Asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced...

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Wheat

Rubus Berry PlantsWheatPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsWheatWheat (Triticum spp.) is a grass, originally from the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of Wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (784 million tons) and rice (651 million tons). Globally, Wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than either maize (corn) or rice, the other major cereals. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop, and ahead of maize,...

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Strawberry

Rubus Berry PlantsStrawberryPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsStrawberryFragaria is a Genus of Flowering plants in the rose Family, Rosaceae, commonly known as Strawberry for their edible Fruits. Originally straw was used as a mulch in cultivating the Plants, which may have led to its name. There are more than 20 described Species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common Strawberries grown commercially are cultivars of the garden strawberry, a hybrid known as Fragaria × ananassa. Strawberries have a taste that varies by cultivar, and ranges from quite sweet to rather tart. Strawberries are an important commercial fruit crop,...

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Brazil Nut

Rubus Berry PlantsBrazil NutPicture Of Rubus Berry PlantsRubus Berry PlantsBrazil NutThe Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the Family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible Seed.The Brazil Nut family is in the order Ericales, as are other well known Plants such as: blueberries, cranberries, sapote, gutta-percha, tea, kiwi Fruit, phlox, and persimmons.The Brazil Nut tree is the only Species in the monotypic type Genus Bertholletia. It is native to the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Peru and eastern Bolivia. It occurs as scattered trees in large forests on...

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