ALBUM OF THE SEEDS AND ROOTS

ALBUM OF THE SEEDS AND ROOTS.

Geles Vidal Herrera Santiago.I.C.: v-23.304.331

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República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Instituto Universitario Politécnico “Santiago Mariño”

Extensión: Mérida

Ingeniería Agronómica

Mérida, November 2013

THE SEED

According to botany, the seed is the mature egg flower, which is enclosed within the fruit. Some of these fruits spontaneously open to eject the seeds where germination occurs new to make the development of a new plant.

Process of seedgermination.

Common Name: Rice.

Scientific name: Oryza sativa.

Family: Gramineae.

Origin: Asia and Africa.

Type: long grain, medium grain, short grain, wild.

Nutritional Characteristics: contains a small amount of real proteins, and 7% gluten.

RICE

AVOCAD

OCommon name: Avocado

Scientific name: Persea americana

Family: Lauraceae.

Origin: Central America (Mexico and Guatemala).

Nutrition: Vitamin D and high in Vitamin E.

Characteristics: Small tubers of no more than 3 cm in diameter.

Common Name: Potato.

Family: Solanaceae.

Scientific Name: Solanum tuberosum

Origin: To South America and cultivated throughout the world for its edible tubers.

POTATO

PAPRIKACommon name: Paprika.

Scientific name: Capsicum annuum

Family: Solanaceae

Origin: Was brought to Mexico, including about 75 genera and about 2.300 species. Nutritional

Characteristics: Is between low calorie foods contain just 33 calories.

COTTON

Common Name: Cotton.Family: Malvaceae.Gender: Gossypium.

Scientific Name: Gossypium

herbaceum (Indian cotton).

Gossypium barbadense (cotton egipteo).

Gossypium hirstium (American cotton).

ALO

E

Common name: Aloe.

Scientific name: Aloe vera.

Division: Magnoliophyta.

Class: Liliopsida.

Family: Liliaceae.

Origin: It is a plant native to dry climates and somewhat warm, so from Africa, parts of Asia and in particular India.

Papaya Common name: Papaya.Scientific name: Carica papaya.Family: CaricaceaeOrder: Parietal.

Origin: Central America (southern Mexico). Currently grown in Florida, Hawaii, British East Africa, South Africa, Ceylon, India, Canary Islands, Malay Archipelago and Australia.

Uses:Papaya seeds have stock: Bacteriostatic. Hepatoprotective. Bactericide. Fungicide and

menstrual regulator.

OATS Common Name: Oats

Scientific Name: Avena sativa

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: liliopsida

Family: Poaceae

Gender: Oats L.

Origin: From Asia and Central Europe.Nutritional Value: high protein, vegetable fats and many vitamins and minerals. 65% saturated fats and 35% linoleic acid. Besides sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6 and E, and fiber.

SU

NFLO

WER Common Name: Sunflower

Scientific Name: Helianthus annuusOrigin: The sunflower is native to North and Central America.Division: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaFamily: AsteraceaeGender: Helianthus.

Uses: They are usually consumed after a mild roast and sometimes a slight salty considered very healthy because, like sunflower seed oil, are rich in alpha-tocopherol (natural vitamin E) and minerals.

C C NUTCommon Name: Coconut

Scientific Name: Cocos nucifera

Origin: Exactly is not known, for some botanists are of

Asian origin and other Caribbean.


Class: Liliopsida.

Order: Arecales.

Family: Arecaceae.

The coconut contains the largest seed there.

APPLE

Common Name: Apple.

Scientific Name: Malus domestica.

Features: Excessive intake of the seeds has a toxicity which, like all Rosaceae contain acids that combined with gastric juices produced cyanide, which would produce a fatal result in the organism.

Origin: Some species are present in

the mountains of Central Asia

In southern Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and

Xinjiang (China).


Family: Rosaceae.

Common Name:: Pine.

Scientific Name: Pinus cembra

Order: Pinales.

Family: Pinaceae. This seed has a WINGED EXPANSION. Parties Pine Seed are:Created by:Gémula.Damping-off.Radicle.Cotyledons.Ala: Xpansion membranous seed presents.Embryo: It consists of the PLANT along with cotyledons.Pine seed is a seed PROTALADA because nucellus can be reabsorbed during the formation of protalo and where no double fertilization occurs. The reserves are accumulated in the prothallus and are haploid and MATERNAL.

PINE

BROCCOL

ICommon Name: Broccoli.

Scientific Name: italic Brassica oleracea var.

Family: Crucíferas.

Origin: in Middle East (Anatolia's Peninsula, The Lebanon, Syria, etc.).

Types: Calabrese, Romanesco, and white Broccoli.

Food Characteristics: have the same form of ammunition and measure 2 to 3 mm in diameter.

ONION

Names commonly: Onion, White Onion, Onion of egg, Chives.

Scientific name: Allium vine-stock.

Family: Liliaceae.

Origin: western Asia.

Types: purple Onion, golden onion or grain of gold, Chive, Chalota talks or escalonia, White, Sweet and Onion type "French".

Medicinal properties: It is used for the traffic, against the acne, and as natural antibiotic.

BEET

Names commonly: Beet.

Names scientific: Thread vulgaris.

Family: Chenopodiáceas.

Origin: Original of Europa's south.

Types: Beet of table, red beet, beet and beet of garden.

Food characteristics: It is an energetic food for his

content in carbohydrates and tiamina.

Features: The seeds are coated with a dry irregular

envelope.

MANDARIN

Names commonly: Mandarín.

Scientific name: Citrus nonbile.

Family: rutáceas.

Kind: citrus.

Food characteristics: it contains vitamin C,

vitamin B, citric acid, sugar reductora and

caroteno.

Medicinal properties: Adapted in the

treatment of sores, and It Attacks the

development of cardiovascular, degenerative

diseases and cancer.

GUAVANames commonly: Guava, Araza, Hurapo, Luma, etc.

Scientific name: Psidium guajava.

Family: Myrtaceae.

Types: the guava lemon, the guava strawberry and the red guava.

Origin: South America

Medicinal properties: It is used often in gastrointestinal diseases as diarrhea, shivers and stomachache.On the other hand, it is recommended for the caries, swelling, bile, scarlatina, vaginal hemorrhage, wounds, fever and dehydration.

CACTUS Division: Magnoliophyta.Class: Magnoliopsida.Order: Caryophyllales.Family: Cactaceae.Tribe: Cereeae.Genre: Arrojadoa.

Habitat: It is endemic to Bahia in Brazil. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. Is a rare species in the wild.

*NOTE: There are over 200 genera of cacti (about 2.500 species), for the most part are adapted to arid climates.

K I W I

Kingdom: Plantae


Class: Magnoliopsida

Origin: Is a plant from a large area of China.

Order: Ericales.

Family: Actinidiaceae.

Genre: Actinidia.

Common Name: Kiwi.

Scientific Name: Actinidia deliciosa.

PEACH

Common Name: Peach.

Scientific: Prunus persica.

Origin: It is native to China,

Afghanistan and Iran.

Features: contains a single

seed enclosed in a hard shell, the "bone".

Division: Magnoliophyt.

Class: Magnoliopsida.

Order: Rosales.

Family: Rosaceae.

Subfamily: Amygdaloideae.

COA

C O


Family: Malvaceae.

Common Name: Cocoa.

Scientific Name: Theobroma cacao.

* Traditionally, there are three main varieties of cacao:

Criollo, Trinitario and Forastero.

Properties:

* The seeds are used to treat asthma, weakness,

fractures, loss of appetite, malaria, parasites,

pneumonia, cough, colic, and poisoning.

* The seed oil is used to treat wounds, rashes, burns,

split lip, skin diseases, toothache, fatigue, malaria and

rheumatism.

POPPY

Common Name: Poppy.

Scientific Name: Papaver dubium.


Class: basal eudicots.

Order: Ranunculales.

Family: Papaveraceae.

Genus: Papaver

* Belongs to angiosperms.

Distributed in: Europe, Asia and North America.

Seed Features: 0.5 - 1.5 mm, reniform, reticulate, more or less honeycombed without aryl.

* The seeds also are an important natural medicine, as calming nervous system.

EG

GPLA

NT

Common Name: Eggplant.

Scientific Name: Solanum

melongena.



Family: Solanaceae.

Genre: Solanum.

Section: Leptostemonum.

Main producer countries:• China.

• India.

• Iran.

• Egypt.

COFFEEDivision: Magnoliophyta

Order: Gentianales

Family: Rubiaceae

Genre: Coffea

Origin: Asia and subtropical Africa.

Features: They consist of two parts: Almond and Parchment.

* The Almond is hard, greenish, is covered with a silver film when

dry, and the embryo that is a very small plant that is within

almond and feeds on it in early plant development.

* The red or yellow part of the mature fruit is known pulp.

Protecting the seed, there is a covering called parchment is

covered with a sugary substance that is the "slime" or "goo".

Common Name: Corn.Cierntifico Name: Zea mays.Class: Liliopsida.Order: Poales.Family: Poaceae.Genre: Zea.

Features: In the cob, each seed is called cariópside

independent fruit that is inserted into the cylindrical stalk or

cob, the amount of grain produced per ear is limited by the

number of kernels per row and rows per ear.Nutritional Values :

Carbohydrates Sugars FatsProteins Vitamin A ThiamineNiacin Folic Acid Vitamin CIron Magnesium Potassium

CORN

PASSION

FRUIT

Common Name: Passion Fruit.

Scientific name: Passiflora edulis.


Order: Violales.

Family: Passifloraceae.

Genre: Passiflora.

Source: Considered from the Amazon

region.Features: The small seeds are found in the pulp which provide a

lot of benefits when consumed with their flesh.

Nutritional Values : These provide antioxidant protection for the

maintenance of cardiovascular and intestinal systems. They are

rich in polyphenolic compounds and provide insoluble dietary

fiber and magnesium.

Common Name: Soursop.

Scientific name: Annona

muricata.



Order: Magnoliales.

Family: Annonaceae.

Genre: Annona.

Origin: It is endemic to

the Caribbean, Mexico,

Central and South

America.

Features: Has

annonacina (which

causes brain lesions

consistent with

Parkinson's disease) is a

neurotoxin present in

the seeds of soursop.

The black color is fresh and the chocolate color have a few hours to air and light.

SOURSOP

Common Name: Mango.

Scientific Name: Mangifera

indica.

Phylum: Magnoliophyta.


Order: Sapindales.

Family: Anacardiaceae.

Genre: Mangifera.

Origin: Asia, India and Myanmar, comprising numerous varieties, many of them obtained by grafting.FEATURES:* Seed thin and long. (It depends on the variety).* Monospermous: containing a single seed.* The mango seed runs from 9 to 27% approx. the total weight of the fruit.

MANGO

Common Name: Tree Tomato.

Scientific Name: Solanum

betaceum.

Division: Angiospermae.


Family: Solanaceae.

Genre: Solanum.

Origin: from the Andes,

Peru, Colombia, Ecuador,

Bolivia and Argentina.

Features: the seeds are in

the fruit pulp, are small

circular, flat plain yellow

or dark green, covered

with a different color aryl.

Its weight varies between

5 and 6 mg, densely

pubescent.

TREE TOMATO

DANDELIONCommon Name: Dandelion.

Scientific Name: Taraxacum

officinale.



Family: Asteraceae

Genre: Taraxacum.

Origin: There are serious

indications on a European origin.

Characteristic: the method of

dispersion is the air by hanging of

a pappus achenes.

PEANUTS

Common Name: Peanuts.

Scientific Name: Arachis hypogaea.



Family: Fabaceae.

Genre: Arachis.

Origin: Thought

from the tropical

regions of South

America, where

some species grow

wild so.

Features: It has a concave shell geometry, thickness varies

from 0.5 to 1 mm. It has high weight / volume. The chemical

composition has wide dispersion and its seeds are

appreciated in gastronomy.

Common Name: Strawberry.

Scientific Name: Fragaria

vesca.

Kingdom: Plantae.



Family: Rosaceae.

Genre: Fragaria.

STRAWBERRY

Characteristics: It has a minimum amount of 200

seeds with a germination irregular at temperatures

below 5 ° C, maintaining constant moisture,

avoiding direct sunlight.* It grows wild in cool, forested Asia, Africa and

Europe.

Benefits: It has great qualities as an astringent and

diuretic.

CUCUMBER

Common Name: Cucumber.

Scientific Name: Cucuminus

sativus.



Family: Cucurbitaceae.

Genre: Cucumis.

Origin: from India and has

been cultivated for over

3000 years.

Features: the seeds are

spread around the fruit, are

defined in pollination and

fruit caused by absent

parthenocarpic fruit. The

seeds are oval, flattened,

yellowish-white and of

medium size.

CUCURBITACommon name: Pumpkin.

Scientific Name: Cucurbita.




Origin: It began to grow for

the first time,

systematically, in

Mesoamerica, the region

corresponding to the

states of Puebla, Oaxaca

and the State of Mexico.

Nutritional characteristics:

the seeds are rich in

essential fatty acids, B

vitamins, and sources of

selenium and zinc.

Medicinal properties:

reduces hypertension,

arthritis, as oil is a good

anti-inflammatory, has

antioxidants, insomnia,

prostate problems, etc..

WATER

MELO

NCommon Name: Watermelon.

Scientific Name: Citrullus

lanatus.

Division: Magnoliophyta,

Order: Cucurbitales.


Genre: Citrullus.Origin: Africa, but has a great presence and growth

in Asia.Characteristics: Its

consumption has high

nutritional benefits, since it

has a wide variety of

proteins, fats, iron and

other nutrients.

GRAPE

Common Name: Grape.

Scientific Name: Vitis

vinifera.



Order: Vital.

Family: Vitaceae.

Origin: Believed originally

from Southeast Asia.

help promote blood

circulation.

Excellent remedy for heart

problems, it is

recommended to follow

the diet of grapes.

It is a potent anti-bacterial

and anti-inflammatory,

excellent for keeping the

skin, eyes and brain in

excellent condition and

many others.

Features grape seed:

One of the main benefits is

that it has lots of

antioxidants.

exceeded by positive

effects of vitamin C, E and

beta-carotene.

MELON

Common Name: Melon.

Scientific Name: Cucumis

melo.



Order: Cucurbitales

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Genre: Cucumis

Origin: It is situated in

southern Asia where wildlife

can be found.

Features: The grain is cariópside

about 4 mm in diameter. Have

inflorescences in panicles and

seeds coated with a sticky

substance 3 mm, spherical,

oblong, black, red and yellow.

Uses: It can produce an oil that is

extracted from the seeds

pressure, an oil with seasoning

and enriching that some dishes

that will give soothing and high in

flavonoids.

Embryo

Cotyledon

EXTERIOR VIEW AND SECTION OF

THE SEED.

SNUFF

Common Name: Snuff.

Scientific name: Nicotiana

tabacum.



Order: Solanales

Family: Solanaceae

Origin: native to tropical

Seeds of Nicotiana tabacum are really

tiny, 1000-grain weight is 0.1 gr. For

this reason and for its high

germination rate causes seedlings to

plant them in too long obtain

seedlings by alveoli and greatly

complicates their separation for

replanting

Your culture for own

consumption is legal in

Spain, Germany and many

other countries.

CASSAVA

Origin: Native and widely cultivated in South America and the

Pacific. It is endemic to the tropical region of Argentina, Paraguay,

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and

Venezuela.

Features: His seed is of poor quality for that playback is better

than cuttings or by seed segments. Growth is slow in the first few

months, so weed control is essential for proper development.

Common Name: Cassava or

manioc.

Scientific name: Yucca.

Kingdom: Plantae.



Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Genre: Manihot.

BEAN

Common Name: Bean.

Scientific name: Phaseolus vulgaris.



Family: Fabaceae.

Genre: Phaseolus.

Origin: Common bean cultivation began

around 7000 BC ago in southern Mexico

and Guatemala.

Features: Possesses some toxic

factors when raw, as by cooking

destroys these factors.

Consumption in certain quantities

flatulence due to produce raffinose.

Uses: in all of Latin America

paise beans is very

important to the food, are an

essential dish and cooked in

various ways indigenous to

each country.

The root is a body usually leaves lacking underground

growing stem reverse direction and whose main

functions are fixing to the ground and the ground water

uptake and mineral salts. It can vary in many ways.

Some may be:

THE ROOT

ADVENTITIA. TUBERCULOSIS.

FASCICULATA. PIVOTING.

Stolon

GLADIOLUSCommon name:

Gladiolus.

Scientific name:

Gladiolus.

Division:

Magnoliophyta.

Class: Liliopsida.

Order: Asparagales.

Family: Iridaceae.

Genre: Gladiolus

Features: Tuber caulinar vertically oriented, solid structure,

somewhat flattened round shape, with the apex of growth in the

upper center is usually somewhat depressed. It may take one or

more years, renewed on previous corm, whose remains remain at

the base of the new. This structure consists of multiple nodes,

axillary buds which form new corms.

*FASCICULATE ROOT.

GARLICCommon Name: Garlic.

Scientific name: Allium

sativum.

Family: Liliaceae.


Class: Liliopsida.

Order: Asparagales.

Origin: East.Features: Bulbous plant,

composed of numerous

teeth with a white envelope

paper appearance and

consistency. Ensiformes flat

sheets (as belt) 2-3 cm

wide.

Medicinal Uses: Garlic is

antispasmodic, carminative,

antiseptic, cholagogue,

expectorant. It was used

successfully to treat infected

wounds and parasites.

*FASCICULATE ROOT.

POTATO Common name: Potato.

Scientific name: Solanum

tuberosum.


Order: Solanales.

Family: Solanaceae.Origin: It is native to the Andean highlands

in an area that corresponds approximately

to the south of Peru.

Features: The root system is fibrous, branched and extended more

superficially and can penetrate up to 0.8 m deep roots, that are

adventitious character, originate from underground buds.

From the early stages of development, and even the time of tuber

formation begins, the roots are growing fast.

Common Name: Strawberry.Scientific Name: Fragaria vesca.Kingdom: Plantae.Division: Magnoliophyta.Class: Magnoliopsida.Family: Rosaceae.Genre: Fragaria.

STRAWBERRY

Features: The root system is fasciculado, consists of roots and

rootlets. The first exhibit vascular cambium and corky, while the

latter lack this, are lighter in color and have a short lifespan, the

roots are perennial. The rootlets suffer physiological renewal

process, influenced by environmental factors, soil pathogens, etc..

The rooting depth is very variable, in optimal conditions can reach

2-3 m, but usually not exceeding 40 cm, being the majority (90%) in

the first 25 cm.

Common name: Wheat.

Scientific name: Triticum.


Class: Liliopsida.

Order: Poales.

Family: Poaceae.

Genre: Triticum.

Origin: comes from ancient Mesopotamia.

Features: usually reach more than a meter, placing most of them

in the first 25 cm. of soil.

The root growth begins Godson period, all of which are slightly

branched.

Under rainfed conditions the root density between 30-60cm.

depth is greater, although in irrigated root growth is higher as

befits a further development of the plants.

WHEAT

Common name: Carrot.

Scientific name: Daucus carota.



Order: Apiales.

Family: Apiaceae.

Genre: Daucus.

CARROT

Origin: from central Asia and the Mediterranean.

Features: Root napiforme, shape

and color variables. It

warehousing function, and also

has many secondary roots that

serve as organs of absorption.

When a cross section are two

distinct zones: one outside,

consisting mainly of secondary

phloem and outer xylem formed

by the bone. Carrots most

accepted are those with high

proportion of outside crust

because the xylem is usually

woody and tasteless.

PANDANUSCommon name: Pandanus.

Scientific name: Pandanus

utilis.


Class: Liliopsida.

Order: Pandanales.

Family: Pandanaceae.

Genre: Pandanus.Origin: Pacific spread. with more

than 600 different species

spread to all the tropical belt

length, from Africa to Oceania.

Features: Numerous adventitious roots hanging from the branches,

ending in a green germ, variables move in points heading into the soil,

reaching after a long journey. The set forms a pyramidal beam seems

to hold the trunk.

Features: Has taproot, powerful

and deep, with superficial

secondary roots. The root collar

sprout herbaceous stems that

reach 30-80 cm in height.

CELERY

Common Name: Celery.

Botanical Name: Apium

graveolens.



Order: Apiales.

Family: Apiaceae.

Genre: Apium.Origin: Celery is a plant from

the Mediterranean, there other

secondary centers as the

Caucasus and the Himalayas.

N

RIVER WONDER Common Name: River

Wonder.

Scientific Name: Nuphar

lutea.

Kingdom: Plantae.



Order: Nymphaeales.

Family: Nymphaeaceae.

Genre: Nuphar.Origin: It is native to Eurasia where it

grows in lakes and freshwater ponds.

Uses: The root applied to skin and eat

to treat different conditions, but can

be incredibly bitter in some plants.

AQUATIC ROOT.

DANDELION

Common Name: Dandelion.Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale.Division: MagnoliophytaClass: Magnoliopsida.Family: AsteraceaeGenre: Taraxacum.Origin: There are serious indications on a European origin.

Uses: dried root was used as a substitute for chicory, which in

turn was a coffee substitute.

Features: these roots are long, plump, fleshy adventitious.

Dragging the plant sprout under or near the soil surface at a

distance such as to allow development. After three years,

these roots are shortened by up to 40% as their reserves are

consumed.

ORCHID

Common Name: Orchid.Scientific Name: Orchidaceae.Division: Magnoliophyta.Class: Liliopsida.Order: Orchidales.Family: Orchidaceae.

Origin: not known exactly, but it was England and then Holland's what difundirlasen helped discover and worldwide.

Features: They are presented as tuberous roots and aerial; are highly developed, hanging from trees, and are green, they have a dual function, are the structures that are responsible for capturing the nutrients that the plant needs and function as fasteners.Their main function appears to be the mechanical protection, when the canopy is filled with water become transparent allowing light to reach the green tissue of roots and thus facilitates photosynthesis.

ROSE

Common name: Rosa.

Scientific Name:

Rosaceae.

Kingdom: Plantae.



Order: Rosales.

Family: Rosaceae.

Origin: Its cultivation

dates back to gardening

in ancient imperial China.

Features: The structure

connects the original root

and generates growth

above and below ground.

Buds develop roots that

produce thick fibrous

endings.

Common Name: Parsnip.

Scientific Name: Pastinaca

sativa.



Order: Apiales.

Family: Apiaceae.

Genre: Pastinaca.

Species: P. sativa.

Origin: it goes back to ancient

times in Eurasia.Features: It consumes the primary root and

hypocotyl part cooked in stews and soups. It

has more vitamins and minerals than carrots.

Its roots have a pivotal taproot, fleshy and

thick, whitish to yellowish, and fine secondary

roots.

PARSN

IP

TURNIPCommon Name: Turnip.Scientific Name: Brassica rapa.Kingdom: Plantae.Division: Magnoliophyta.Class: Magnoliopsida.Order: Baihua.Family: Brassicaceae.Genre: Brassica.

Origin: probably originating in Central Europe. It is grown in the northern United States, Europe, Canada and Britain.

Features: the result is the fleshy root of size, shape and color variables have thickened top of the root and lower stem, seeds has blackish or cafés, small 2 mm diameter and spherical.

Uses: The roots are used fresh, usually in the preparation of soups and salads, Medicinally it is said that the root cooked with lard, used for breast tumors.

LETTUCECommon Name: Lettuce.

Scientific name: Lactuca

sativa.

Kingdom: Plantae.


Class: Magnolipsida.

Order: Asterales.

Family: Asteraceae.

Genre: Lactuca.

Origin: Some authors state that comes from India.

Features: its root is

annual and does not

exceed 25 cm depth,

pivotal, short,

branching.

SWEET POTATO

Features: Is fibrous and extensive, both in depth and laterally. Edible portion which is the tuberous root peel and pulp varies from white to yellow, orange, roots originating in the stem nodes that are buried underground, may measure 30 to 40 cm in length and 15 to 20 cm diameter .

Origin: Native to the tropics of Central America and South America.

Common Name: Sweet Potato.Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas.Kingdom: Plantae.Division: Magnoliophyta.Class: Magnolipsida/Dicot.Order: Solanales.Family: Convolvulaceae.Genre: Ipomoea.

Uses: sweet potato roots, are used for human consumption as a vegetable in soups and for making sweets.

LULO Common Name: Lulo.Scientific Name: Solanum quitoense.Kingdom: Plantae.Division: Angiospermae.Class: Magnolipsida.Order: Solanales.Family: Solanaceae.Genre: Solanum.

Origin: It is native to the humid forests of the Andes in South America, specifically in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in cool, shaded regions.

Features: Presents a major pivot would anchor serves accompanied by a shallow fibrous root system, which penetrates up to 50 cm. deep with a great development of lateral roots.

GRAPEFRUITFeatures: It has a deep tap

roots that require fresh soil,

loose and well drained.

Common Name: Grapefruit.

Scientific name: Citrus

paradisi.

Kingdom: Plantae.

Division: Phanerogamae.

Class: Angiosperms.

Order: Geraniales.

Family: Rutaceae.

Genre: Citrus.

Origin: The plant is native

to Southeast Asia and is

grown in inter-tropical

climate countries.

TRIDENT MAPLE BONSAICommon Name: Trident maple bonsai.Scientific name: Acer buergerianum.Kingdom: Plantae.Division: Phanerogamae.Class: Angiosperms.Order: Sapindales.Family: Sapindaceae.Genre: Acer.

Origin: Originated in China about two thousand years ago, as an object of worship for Taoist monks.

Characteristics: Its root is fasciculata as a result of various grafts was carried out at the plant.

RADISH

Common name: Horseradish.Scientific name: Raphanus sativus.Kingdom: Plantae.Division: Magnoliophyta.Class: Magnoliopsida.Order: Baihua.Family: Brassicaceae.Genre: Raphanus.

Features: It is an annual or

biennial vegetable with a thick

root, fleshy, edible, spherical,

conical or elongated, red,

white, yellow or pink and in

diameter from tw

o to six

inches. It is appreciated for its

fresh flavor and slightly spicy.

Origin: The radishes

small possibly originated

in the Mediterranean

region, while large

radishes would originate

in Asia, mainly from

areas of Japan and

China.

Uses: fresh root can be prepared salads, and fresh fruit are used medicinally as an antiseptic, laxative, diuretic and expectorant.

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