Plant Families
Anatomy and Physiology
C Plants
Herbs and Spices
Flowers
200
This family contains: Dragonfruit, Prickly pear, Barrel Cactus and Queen of the Night.
What is Cactaceae or the Cactus family?
200
This plant organ is an enlarged ovary, typically with sugars, water, vitamins and minerals.
What is a Fruit?
200
In WW2, the Brits gave this orange umbelliferous plant as a reason for their sudden Aerial accomplishments which actually happened due to radar.
What is Carrot?
200
This cosmopolitan herb beginning with B is inextricable from Italian cuisine.
What is Basil?
200
This flower with a calming sensation is also a shade of purple.
What is Lavender?
400
Basil, Thyme, Oregano, Chia
What is Lamiaceae the Mint or Sage family?
400
This importance of low humidity beginning with a t is the evaporation of water which helps plants to draw up more from the soil.
What is transpiration or transpiration pull?
400
Bred from a plant called Teosinthe from South America, this C plant became a cosmopolitan, globally important staple.
What is Corn?
400
This herb was used in a similar way to turmeric and annatto, and is also the name of a popular Indian restaurant.
What is Saffron?
400
The genus passiflora is the self explanatory latin for this flower on a vine.
What is Passionflower?
600
Corn, Barley, Wheat, Rice
What is Poaceae the Grass Family?
600
This word refers to the reaction of plants to the stimulus of light.
What is Phototropism?
600
Put this plant in your chimmichurri, garnish your guacamole with it and put it with tomatillos in salsa verde, so long as it doesn't taste like soap.
What is Cilantro?
600
This legume, the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable and used medicinally in India and the ground seeds of which are a spice used in garam massala, was a favourite in Emperor Charlemagne's garden.
What is Fenugreek?
600
Aoi Matsuri is the Japanese spring festival of this flower.
What are Hollyhocks?
800
Peanut, Licoriche, Golden Shower Tree, Clover
What is Fabiaceae, the Legume family?
800
Parthenocarpy is the scientific name for this characteristic exhibited in grapes, watermelons and sometimes even mangoes.
What is seedlessness?
800
Yet another umbellifer, this plant from West Asia, North Africa and the Mediterranean is a vital ingredient in Indian and Mexican cuisine.
What is Cumin?
800
This herb, an anglicized version of ‘lion’s tooth’ in French is an aster, the entirety of which is edible, and is commonly viewed as a garden weed, but is a very nutritious food.
What is Dandelion?
800
This national flower of Estonia is also a type of blue in Google Docs.
What is Cornflower?
1000
Goldenrods, Asters, Daisies, Lettuce
What is asteraceae, the aster or daisy family?
1000
Plants such as Aloe Vera and Kalanchoe asexually reproduce by creating these, smaller offspring, temporarily attached to the leaves of the mother plant.
What are pups?
1000
This fruit, related to sweetsop and soursop, is native to the West Indies.
What is Custard Apple?
1000
This herb’s name is a reference to a very important person from the bible, as is a Jamaican parish.
What is Rosemary?
1000
This flower of the aster family comes in varieties German and Roman.
What is Chamomile?