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In zoology, a folivore is a herbivore that specializes in eating leaves. Mature leaves contain a high proportion of hard-to-digest cellulose, less energy than other types of foods, and often toxic compounds. [1] For this reason, folivorous animals tend to have long digestive tracts and slow metabolisms.
Its leaves are leathery, dark to bright green in colour and up to 15–30 cm (6–12 in) long and its oval-shaped orange-coloured fruit is 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in) in length. Karaka seeds are highly toxic to humans and contain poisonous toxin and other glucosides of 3-nitropropionic acid .
There are also many wild edible plant stems. In North America, these include the shoots of woodsorrel (usually eaten along with the leaves), chickweeds, galinsoga, common purslane, Japanese knotweed, winter cress and other wild mustards, thistles (de-thorned), stinging nettles (cooked), bellworts, violets, amaranth and slippery elm, among many others.
Curry leaf: Murraya koenigii: Bhedai-Lota Stinkvine: Paederia foetida: Pokmou Tomatillo: Physalis philadelphica: Xorioh Xaak Mustard plant: Brassica juncea: Lai Xaak Vegetable Mustard: Brassica juncea: Purno-Nobha Xaak Dichondra: Dichondra: Morisa Xaak/Datha Amaranth: Amaranthus caudatus: Khutura Xaak Green amaranth: Amaranthus viridis: Puroi ...
Parmentiera aculeata (synonym Parmentiera edulis), commonly known as cow okra, cuajilote, guajilote, huachilote, or pepino kat, is a species of flowering tree in the family Bignoniaceae. It is native to Mexico and Central America and is known primarily for its edible fruit and medicinal properties.
Cucumbers and squash can be used as living mulch, or green mulch, around tomato plants. The large leaves of these vining plants can help with soil moisture retention. [79] Turnips and rutabagas: Brassica rapa and Brassica napobrassica: Peas, [44] broccoli [32] Hairy vetch, peas [44] hedge mustard, knotweed: Turnips act as a trap crop for ...
Miller is a 'Shiranian' (a Shih-Tzu and Pomeranian mixed breed) dog whose mom shared a video at the end of August to show us all that he's pretty much the opposite of very demure.
The name Shih Tzu is the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese word for "lion". A female Shih Tzu at around 18 months of age. A female Shih Tzu, with different colored eyes. In contemporary Mandarin, the Shih Tzu is generally known as the "Xi Shi dog"; Xi Shi was regarded as one of the most beautiful women of ancient China.