We appreciate your posts and the following ones are randomly selected because of their botanical qualities. They are manually curated on behalf of the Amazing Nature Community.
First a brief explanation about Botany:
Botany is a broad term covering scientific study of plants. It could be from a small living organism to a tree. Included would be flora, fungi, lichens, trees and flowering plants.
We are also interested in plants for their psychological (good for the mind & soul) benefits.
Through botany, medicinal properties are discovered from nature. Food, medicines, parks, forests, pollution and much more have been improved with botanical knowledge. Botanists search for alternatives from the harmful chemicals used on crops and the deforestation that has damaged the health of our planet.
Herbalism, with ancient people identifying edible, medicinal or poisonous plants, is the original of Botany. Our ancestors and Native peoples were botanists in their own right. They knew of the healing properties to be found in plants but much of that knowledge had been lost to future generations.
Now I would like to bring your attention to the curated posts and ask you to show some love to the amazing authors:
- @mariakekin researches this large plant with beautiful yellow flowers she sees on her way to the supermarket. It’s scientific name is "La Turnera" named after the naturist William Turner. Not only planted for ornamental purposes but the plant has many healing properties.
- @mdaminulislam checks out 3 different types of chilli in the garden beside his house. Green chilli is one of the main ingredients to enhance the taste of food and used daily in his country. It contains many vitamins and he tries to each raw chilli each day.
- @kohsamui99 captured the fragrant frangipani flowers. The scientific name is Plumeria belonging to the Apocynaceae Family. Here we have the most commonly seen flower with the white petals and yellow center. He is truly amazed to learn there are many different colors of this flowers. An arrangement of the frangipani flowers makes a beautiful calming decoration and floating bowls containing this flower are often seen at resorts, hotels and even in households.
- @txatxy goes on her walk to work where she is greeted by the multi-colored blooms on the horse chestnut tree (known scientifically as Aesculus hippocastanum). She takes us through the different stages of the blooms, from white to deepest pink and then to the fruit which can be eaten.
- @yetaras is pleased to see the lovely yellow primrose survived and has bloomed again in his garden. Along with providing nectar for the bees, it is a medicinal plant, used mainly for an expectorant and other health benefits.
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