Damson, or damson plum, is an edible drupaceous fruit and a subspecies of the plum tree. Varieties of insititia are found across Europe, but the name “damson” comes from and is most commonly applied to forms…
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27 Fun And Interesting Facts About Cucumbers
Cucumbers are a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It’s a creeping vine that bears cucumiform fruits that are used as vegetables. There are three main varieties of cucumber: slicing, pickling and seedless. Take…
26 Fun And Fascinating Facts About Cranberries
Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In Britain, cranberries can refer to the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos, while in North America, cranberries refer…
28 Fun And Interesting Facts About Coconuts
The coconut tree is a member of the Arecaceae family and the only species of the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically,…
24 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Cloudberries
Cloudberry is a rhizomatous herb native to cool temperate, alpines, arctic tundras and boreal forests. It produces an amber-colored fruit similar to the raspberry or blackberry. Some other names for the fruit are, bakeapple, which is…
23 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Sapodilla
Sapodilla, also known as chico fruit, is a long lived, evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. An example of a natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatan in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion,…
25 Fun And Interesting Facts About Cherimoya
Cherimoya, also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Inca people, is an edible fruit bearing species of the genus Annona from the family Annonaceae. It’s generally thought to be native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and…
25 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Cherries
Cherries are plants belonging to the genus Prunus. They’re a drupe, or stone fruit, that are obtained from cultivars of a limited number of species such as the sweet cherry and the sour cherry. Take a…
24 Fun And Fascinating Facts About Buddha’s Hand
Buddha’s hand, also known as fingered citron, is an unusually shaped citron variety whose fruit is segmented in finger like sections, resembling those seen on representations of Buddha. It’s called Buddha’s hand in Chinese, Japanese, Korean…
23 Fun And Interesting Facts About Boysenberries
Boysenberries are a cross among the European raspberry, European blackberry, American dewberry and the loganberry. It’s a large 8 gram aggregate fruit, with big seeds and a deep maroon color. Take a look below for 23…