Comparison — Veggies
Broccoli : Broccoli is an edible green plant. The health benefits in this vegetable are…
Hundreds of creeping insects and worms live on this planet by consuming leaves and fruits. Silk worm for instance eats the leaves of white mulberry and live happily. Even earthworms lives wonderfully by eating various leaves of the plants. Researchers and agriculturists observe that earthworms play an important role in ecological preservation and organic farming. The earthworms consume heavy metals and pollutants from the soil which is a process called vermiremediation. This topic will deal with a plant named Grains of paradise which is also called Guinea pepper. The botanical name of this plant is Aframomum melegueta. The other common names of this plant are Guinea Grains, Melegueta Pepper, Atar and Alligator Pepper.
The color of the trumphant shaped flowers is purple. The flower thereafter develops in to pods which measures 5 to 7 cm long. The pods contain numerous reddish-brown seeds which are pungent in taste. This peppery taste is caused by aromatic ketones. The size of the leaves is 15 cm wide with a wonderful vascular system. The ornamental plant is described as handsome aromatic plant. The seeds can be eaten raw or cooked. The Grains of Paradise is a rechristened name of African pepper which was once famous and popular in Europe. The Grains of Paradise became very famous in Europe during14th and 15th centuries. In 1469, King Afonso V of Portugal granted license to trade the then called ‘malaguetta pepper‘.