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Oxalis pes-caprae, commonly known as African wood-sorrel, Bermuda buttercup, Bermuda sorrel, buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, goat's-foot, sourgrass, soursob or soursop; Afrikaans: suring; Arabic: hommayda (حميضة), [2] is a species of tristylous yellow-flowering plant in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae.
Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. The genus is distributed worldwide, primarily in temperate and montane regions. [ 2 ] The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens , which has extremely tough and ...
Like most buttercups, Ranunculus repens is poisonous, although these poisons are lost when dried with hay. The taste of buttercups is acrid, so cattle avoid eating them. The plants then take advantage of the cropped ground around them to spread their stolons. Creeping buttercup also is spread through the transportation of hay.
Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. Selected species. A. Species & synonyms ... Northwestern Africa; Ranunculus reptans. R ...
The Sicilian Buttercup is a breed of domestic chicken originating from the island of Sicily.The breed was imported to the United States in the nineteenth century, and to Britain and Australia early in the twentieth century.
Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]
As Malaysia enters a period of political stability, its new dream is to become a regional tech hub. Investments and startups are flowing into the country, but it's still early days.
Ranunculus acraeus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, found in New Zealand.This rare and native species strictly grows on an alpine habitat, hence the name acraeus, meaning “on high”.