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Osteomeles schweriniae is a species of plant native to China, belonging to the family Rosaceae. Description DeIt is a deciduous shrub or arched semi-evergreen, native to southwest China, which can be found in western Sichuan and Yunnan. It features clusters of small white flowers in early summer, that resemble those of species of hawthorn. Produces small round berries white. Branches have leaves are rounded with two rows of dark green leaflets only about 6 mm in length. The fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or used to make jellies and jams. They have a sweet taste. It is grown in gardens as an ornamental. It is also used in bonsai. Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteomeles_schwerinae See Also: International Flower Delivery, Florist ... read more

History The cultivated sesame is from wild plants from South Asians, especially from the Malabar coast, the north-western India and the Pakistani Punjab. This original wild varieties are called Sesamum malabaricum or S. mulayanum. At sites of the Indus civilization was sesame in layers of the third Millennium BC, archeological evidence. Finds in Mesopotamia provided the detection of sesame seeds before 2000 BC In the course of the second Millennium had spread sesame seeds in large parts of India. Suspicions that it was already early sesame in Africa have not been confirmed. Ancient Egyptian finds are doubtful, sesame in Egypt during the Greek period (4th-1st century BC) is considered probable. The earliest traces of sesame further south in Africa were found in the Nubian city Qasr Ibrim AD 300-500 BC Otherwise, the plant seems to occur only since recent times in Africa Use The seeds, the oil and the root of the sesame seeds are us... read more

The Melocactus is a genus of succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, comprising about 40 species. The name derives from the Latin melo (melon) together with cacti, given the shape of the stem apex has a bulbous or cylindrical-called “cephalium” this shows the cresceti hemispheric and then takes a cylindrical shape when it reaches the growth. Originating in Central and Southern America, the Melocactus, are extremely rare and delicate plants. The drums are shaped like any common cacti, are green and have ribs with areoles more or less thorny. The growth is much slower and reproduction occurs only by seed as the plant does not produce suckers, and this is one reason that makes rare plants. Sometimes small plants are grafted on the stems of Trichocereus. Cultivation The Melocactus requires a very draining soil like all succulent plants but the temperature exposure required is very high, full sun even during winter the plan... read more