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...ercup family), native to southern [[Europe]] and east across [[Asia]] to [[Japan]]. [[Image:Eranthis hyemalis.jpg|left|thumb|Foliage at the end of flowering]]

...ps]] or carrots. The plant may be mistaken for parsnip due to its clusters of white tuberous [[root]]s. ...certainly the Greek [[philosopher]] [[Socrates]] drank a cup of some kind of hemlock infusion at his execution in [[399 BC]]. ''Cicuta virosa'' is howev

...for hedging, and sometimes for other garden uses. The species comes from [[Japan]]. It is sometimes known as Japanese privet, but is not to be confused with .... In favorable growing conditions, individual shrubs may produce thousands of fruits.

...urpurea''''', also known as ahuhu, {{okina}}auhola, or hola), is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[pea]] family, [[Fabaceae]], that has a pantrop ...diseases of liver, spleen, heart, blood, tumours, asthma etc. A decoction of the roots is given in dyspepsia, diarrhoea, rheumatism, asthma and urinary

...ay flowers are threadlike, leading to the common name.<ref>New South Wales Flora Online, ''Ageratum houstonianum'' [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bi ...a_id=1&taxon_id=200023022 | title = Ageratum houstonianum | work = [[Flora of North America]] }}</ref><ref>Species profile [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.go

...ralasia]], with the centre of diversity in [[China]], the [[Himalayas]], [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]]. The generic name originated in [[Latin]] and was applied ...he fruits, borne in clusters, are small purple to black drupes. The fruits of some species are mildly [[poisonous]] to humans.<ref>Plants for a Future, h

...'''''Convallaria''''' in the flowering plant family [[Ruscaceae]] (or one of two, or three, if ''C. keiskei'' and ''C. transcaucasica'' are recognised a ...eason, Henry A. and Cronquist, Arthur, (1991), ''Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada'', New York Botanical Garden

...Genome Sciences |publisher=[[University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland Medical School]] |accessdate=2009-03-09}}</ref> Castor seed is the source of [[castor oil]], which has a wide variety of uses. The seeds contain between 40% and 60% oil that is rich in [[triglycer

...also have the function of dissolving or transporting foreign particles and of distributing heat. One of the single largest applications for lubricants, in the form of [[motor oil]], is protecting the [[internal combustion engine]]s in motor v

|image_caption = Bamboo forest in [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] |diversity_link = Taxonomy of the Bambuseae

| image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel

...at is made by [[fermentation (food)|fermenting]] cow's milk with a variety of bacteria from the species ''[[Lactococcus lactis]]'' and ''[[Leuconostoc me ...thickening the final product. The bacteria also produce a limited amount of [[diacetyl]], which gives filmjölk its characteristic taste.<ref name="kul