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Harpagophytum ( / ˌhɑːrpəˈɡɒfɪtəm / HAR-pə-GOF-it-əm ), also called grapple plant, wood spider, and most commonly devil's claw, is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name "devil's claw" to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit.
One Piece. One Piece (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled in 108 tankōbon volumes as of March 2024.
The ushi-oni (牛鬼, ox oni; ox demon), or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan. [1] The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs in most. Ushi-oni generally appear on beaches and attack people who walk there.
Forbidden fruit. Depiction of the original sin by Jan Brueghel de Oude and Peter Paul Rubens. In Jewish mythology, forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. In the biblical story, Adam and Eve eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are exiled from ...
Tribulus terrestris var. terrestris. Tribulus terrestris is an annual plant in the caltrop family ( Zygophyllaceae) widely distributed around the world. [3] It is adapted to thrive in dry climate locations in which few other plants can survive. It is native to warm temperate and tropical regions in southern Eurasia and Africa.
Fruit. Datura metel 'Fastuosa' (Hindi: काला धतूरा kāla dhatūra – "black datura") Datura species are usually sown annually from the seed produced in the spiny capsules, but, with care, the tuberous-rooted perennial species may be overwintered. Most species are suited to being planted outside or in containers.
Konjac (or konjak, English: / ˈkɒnjæk, ˈkɒndʒæk / KON-yak, KON-jak) and konnyaku are common names of Amorphophallus konjac, [2] a vegetable species native to Yunnan in southwest China which has an edible corm. It is also known as konjaku, konnyaku potato, devil's tongue, [2] voodoo lily, snake palm, or elephant yam (though this name is ...
The Tasmanian devil ( Sarcophilus harrisii) ( palawa kani: purinina) [3] is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was formerly present across mainland Australia, but became extinct there around 3,500 years ago; it is now confined to the island of Tasmania. The size of a small dog, the Tasmanian devil became the largest ...