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Everything That Relates To Plants

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Ageratum - so common these days and pretty allergic.
#weed

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#peach 🍑
Prunus persica (Rosaceae)

It belongs to the genus Prunus which includes the cherry, apricot, almond and plum, in the rose family.

It bears edible juicy fruit most called Peaches and Nectarines (the glossy-skinned, non-fuzzy varieties).
#peachblossom

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Nothing beats the breeze of dew laden wheat plants
#wheat

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Mallotus philippensis
The species named so because it refers to the first specimen of this plant collected from Philippines where it is known as Banato.
#banato
#Philippines #philippinesplants

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Harvesting wet tobacco leaves can cause green tobacco sickness (GTS), a type of nicotine poisoning.
It affects workers who have direct contact with tobacco plants during its cultivation and harvesting.

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Blowballs of Dandelion

The flower heads mature into spherical seed heads sometimes called as 'Blowballs' or 'Clocks' containing many single-seeded fruits called Achenes. Each Achene is attached to a Pappus of fine hair like material which enables wind aided dispersal.
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Vanilla flavour comes from a Orchid - Vanilla planifolia
#vanillaflavour
#vanillaorchid
#vanillaicecreamV

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@kewgardens Eucalyptus

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@Gardenwilde_ Yellowish!!

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Caffeine provides protection to coffee plant from pests. Caffeine runs throughout the entire plant (stem, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds). The highest concentration of caffeine is in the seeds (beans).

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@lovely_plot Sneak peek!

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@kathy_husser Beautiful!!

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@senthilapu Clerodendrum schmidtii

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@IvyGateFlowers Beautiful cosmos!!!

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The Alnwick Garden in England is filled with around 100 toxic plants. Visitors are strictly prohibited from smelling, touching or tasting any plants.
#Poisongarden
#poisonousgarden
#poisonousplants

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@JohnH14458271 Nicely captured🐝

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Flowers of Mango (Mangifera indica)
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Dodonaea
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Martynia annua is an annual glandular hairy herb, which is also called as Devil's Claw or Tiger's claw. It is a monotypic genus in family Martyniaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America and The Caribbean.
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Male Strobilus of Pinus. Pine cones (male) can be found at the bottom of a new shoot in clusters. Once all of their pollen has been released, they wither and eventually fall off.