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An article from the American Society of Agronomy refers to a study done by Monica Mendez et al., in which the researchers irrigated plants with water containing triclosan and months later found it in all edible parts of tomato and onion plants. [38] Triclosan is found to kill a wide spectrum of bacteria, and the researchers are also concerned ...
Tempur-Pedic International, Inc., now part of Tempur Sealy International, is a manufacturer and distributor of mattresses and pillows made from viscoelastic foam. The company is headquartered on the Coldstream Research Campus in Lexington, Kentucky and has manufacturing plants in Duffield, Virginia and Albuquerque, New Mexico. [1] [2]
Samoan name Scientific name Plant family English name A'atasi: Rorippa sarmentosa: Brassicaceae (Mustard family) Polynesian cress, longrunner Ago, lega when cooked: Curcuma longa: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) Turmeric Aloalo, also Aloalo fanua, Aloalo sami: Premna serratifolia: Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Aloalo tai: Volkameria inermis ...
However in a few areas plant-conservation charities have educated local people to control the harvest carefully at a sustainable level, including sowing seed for future crops, both sustaining the wild populations and producing a reliable long-term income. Many cyclamen are also propagated in nurseries without harm to the wild plants.
Mussaenda is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants .
The local Urdu and Punjabi names for the tree is sumbal. The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that the tree was at that time known as Bombax malabaricum, its common names included "Simool Tree" or "Malabar Silk-cotton Tree of India", and that the calyx of the flower-bud was eaten as a vegetable in India. [5] [page needed]
Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged.
Aeschynomene aspera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is also known by the names sola ( Odia ସୋଲ ), shola ( Bengali শোলা ) sola pith plant , pith plant , laugauni ( Hindi ), [ 1 ] Bendu-chettu ( Telugu ), ponguchedi ( Malayalam ) [ 2 ] or Netti ( Tamil ). [ 3 ]