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Verbena virgata Ruiz & Pav. Aloysia virgata, known as sweet almond verbena and sweet almond bush, is a perennial plant in the family Verbenaceae native to Argentina. It grows from Central Argentina up to Brazil and Peru, with multiple instances in Yucatán, Southeastern United States, and Texas. [2]
Cerasus minutiflora (Engelm. ex A. Gray) A. Gray. Prunus minutiflora, called the Texas almond, [4] is a shrub native to Texas and northern Mexico. [5] 'Minutiflora' means "minute flower" as the flowers of this shrub are very tiny, with petals being only 2 millimetres ( 16 inch) long. [6] It has small flowers and dark brown/black to pinkish-red ...
The bitter almond is slightly broader and shorter than the sweet almond and contains about 50% of the fixed oil that occurs in sweet almonds. It also contains the enzyme emulsin which, in the presence of water, acts on the two soluble glucosides amygdalin and prunasin [ 18 ] yielding glucose , cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds ...
Bear claw – Pastry with almond paste filling. Bethmännchen. Bethmännchen – German pastry. Bienenstich – German layered yeast cake. Biscuit Tortoni – Italian frozen dairy dessert. Blancmange – Dessert of milk or cream and sugar, thickened and flavoured. Calissons – Traditional candy from Aix-en-Provence.
The peanut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, [2] goober (US), [3] goober pea, [4] pindar (US) [3] or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics by small and large commercial producers, both as grain legume [5] and as an oil crop. [6]
Most common hosts are: citrus trees, papayas, sweet potatoes, ornamental plants, sugarcane, panicum grasses, peanut, corn, and other plant species. The citrus root weevil is known to feed on over 270 species of plants from 59 different families.
Aesculus glabra, commonly known as Ohio buckeye, [2] Texas buckeye, [3] fetid buckeye, [3] and horse chestnut [3] is a species of tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) native to North America. Its natural range is primarily in the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United States, extending southeast into the geological Black ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit accusing eBay of violating the Clean Air Act and other environmental laws by allowing the sale of several harmful ...