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Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia, tropical Africa, and Oceania. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms, but if eaten uncooked, the surface of the plants may transmit fasciolopsiasis. The water caltrop, which also is referred to by the same name, is unrelated and ...
Clitoria ternatea. L. Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, [1] bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea or Darwin pea, [2] is a plant species belonging to the family Fabaceae, endemic and native to the Indonesian island of Ternate. [3]: 215 In Indian ayurveda it is commonly known by the name Aparajita. [4][5] It is ...
In fiction. Audrey Jr.: a human-eating plant in the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors. Audrey II: a singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for human blood in the stage show Little Shop of Horrors and the 1986 film of the same name. Bat-thorn: a plant, similar to wolfsbane, offering protection against vampires in Mark of the Vampire.
Link. Teff ( Amharic: ጤፍ), also known as Eragrostis tef, Williams lovegrass, [1] or annual bunch grass, [2] is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to the Horn of Africa, notably to both Eritrea and Ethiopia. [3] It is cultivated for its edible seeds, also known as teff. Teff was one of the earliest plants domesticated.
Themeda triandra is a species of C 4 perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass [2] and in East Africa and South Africa it is known as red grass and red oat grass or as rooigras in Afrikaans.
Lemma is a phytomorphological term referring to a part of the spikelet. It is the lowermost of two chaff-like bracts enclosing the grass floret.The lemma often bears a long bristle called an awn, and may be similar in form to the glumes, which are chaffy bracts at the base of each spikelet.
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Lawns are usually composed only of grass species, subject to weed and pest control, maintained in a green color (e.g., by watering), and are regularly mowed to ensure an acceptable length. [1] Lawns are used around houses, apartments, commercial buildings and offices. Many city parks also have large lawn areas.