Homework 28/05/2015 Find 10 Facts About Individual Plants

Homework 28/05/2015 Find 10 Facts About Individual Plants

The Earth is home to more than 298000 species of plants. Some plants produce beautiful pleasant smelling flowers, some have medicinal properties and some look totally strange. Below are 10 of the most strangest plants around the world.

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 White Baneberry

Banberry is a small ball type plant native to North American forests. It is also called a doll’s eye because of its special shaped fruits. This plant stands 60 cm tall and does not have many leaves. Its red thick stems also looks very attractive.

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 Baseball Plant

It is generally known as euphorbia obesa native to South Africa. The plant has exactly the same shape of a baseball. It is an unbranched plant with an average height of 20 cm. The special special species of baseball plant is protected by national nature conservation as it is very rare in the world.

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 Hydnellum Peckii

Hydnellum peckii is a special type of fungi that produce blood or juice like fluid on its surface. This plant is also known as ‘bleeding tooth fungus’. It is the Scarlet pigment causes blood like color on the fluid of this plant. This strange plant mainly found across North America and Europe. It is edible but the the blood like fluid is extremely bitter in taste. I think the Hydnnellum peckii looks a little bit like a frog!!!

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 Welwitschia Mirabilis

Welwitschia Mirabilis is a unique plant that only found in the desert of Namibia. The estimated lifespan of this strange looking plant is 500 to 1500 years. It can survive within many extreme weather conditions. The most interesting thing about Welwitschia is the plant only has two leaves that grow continuously over time.  This strange species also have separate male and female plants.

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 Lithop

Lithop can be described as living stones, a plant that exactly look like stones or pebbles. In fact its unique shape causes by the merging of two separate leaves at the outer edges of the plant. The leaves of the lithop plant grows in very rainy season.This extremely strange plant species mainly found in South Africa.

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 Mimosa Pudica

Mimosa pudica also known as ‘sensitive plant’ or ‘shy plant’ native to South America. But mimosa pudica can see all around the world especially in shady areas. The most attractive feature of mimosa pudica is nothing but its response to touch. Its leaves immediately fold up on touch. The primitive nervous system within this plant which balance flow of water from beneath of leaves which causes this sensitive nature.

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 Corpse Flower

Corpse flower is generally known as ‘titan arum’. It is the largest branched main stem concern flowering plant in the world. Corpse flower is endemic to Sumatra. During flowering the plant stands at 8.2 feet tall. The plant also produces a terrible smell!

 Rafflesia Arnoldii

Rafflesia arnoldii is the biggest individual flower in the world. In fact it is smaller than corpse flower by considering some elements. It is mainly found in forests of Sumatra. Rafflesia will grow up to a size of three feet. Like corpse flower the plant produce an unpleasant irritating smell. Rafflesia arnoldii is unisexual, have both male and female reproduction system.

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 Venus Flytrap

Venus flytrap also known as dionaea muscipula is a carnivorous plant. It means the plant consumes small insects and animals as food. Venus flytraps can be found in the Eastern Carolia especially in wet inhabitants. Venus flytrap has special lobes to trap the prey animals.

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 Pitcher Plant

Pitcher plant is another type of carnivorous plant native to South East Asia. The plant has an attractive deep red color. The attractive smell of pitcher plants helps it to easily catch the preys. The insects and small animals become main preys of pitcher plants. It is said to be some species of pitcher plant can even consume mice.