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The pulp contained in the fruit is rather dry. The shell-shaped, glossy black-brown seeds are about 4 mm long and 2 mm wide. This makes them unusually large for seeds of the cactus family. The hilum and the micropyle of the seeds are united. The seed coat is almost smooth. The main part of the seed consists of a layer of greatly enlarged, dead ...
The seeds are yellowish light brown to nearly black in color and nearly round, 10–12 mm (0.4–0.5 in) long and 8–9 mm (0.3–0.4 in) wide. The seeds are quite buoyant. In an experiment they floated in water for a year and a half. [6] The leaves, flowers, and seeds are toxic to humans, cats, dogs, and livestock. [3]
Datura innoxia is quite similar to D. metel, to the point of being confused with it in early scientific literature. D. metel is a closely related plant, believed until recently to be of Old World provenance (though now thought to have been brought to Asia from the Antilles no earlier than the sixteenth century) and misconstrued as being referred to in the works of Avicenna in eleventh century ...
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Image credits: forever_cat_lady However, if people manage to look after their dog, they can also start teaching their kids about the benefits of having a pet. Writing in the journal Nature ...
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The leaves are hairy, the lower ones long-stalked, the upper ones stalkless. [2] In spring and summer it bears terminal racemes of white, pink or violet flowers, followed by showy, green through light brown, translucent, disc-shaped [ 2 ] siliques (not true botanical seedpods), sometimes called moonpennies. [ 3 ]
The report notes that medical care continues to dominate the job market; the health care industry grew 8.2% between March 2022 and March 2024, more than twice the 3.8% growth rate of all the other ...