Plants

Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.

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Longan

Longbridge Plant

Loquat

Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica): description, cultivation and uses

Lotus

Lotus (genus)

Lotus (genus of flowering plants in the pea family)

Lovage

Lovage (Levisticum officinale): description, uses, and history

Luffa

Luffa (loofah): the sponge gourd — plant, uses, and cultivation

Lupin

Lupin

Lycopod

Lycopods (Lycopodiophyta): Ancient vascular plants

Lycoris (genus)

Lythraceae

Lythraceae: the loosestrife family of flowering plants

Magenta rose

Magnolia

Magnolia (genus of flowering plants)

Magnolia (tree)

Magnolia (tree): overview, characteristics and uses

Magnoliaceae

Magnoliaceae — the magnolia family

Magnoliales

Magnoliales — order of flowering plants

Magnoliids

Magnoliids: an early-diverging group of flowering plants

Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons): characteristics, classification, and importance

Maize

Maize

Maize (Zea mays): origin, characteristics, uses and significance

Maize (Zea mays), commonly called corn, is a domesticated cereal grass first cultivated in central Mexico. This article describes its botany, domestication, major uses, cultivation

Major Oak

Major Oak (Sherwood Forest)

Maloideae

Maloideae — traditional pome-bearing group in the rose family

Malpighiales

Malpighiales — a large, diverse order of flowering plants

Malus

Malus: the apple genus — overview, characteristics, history and uses

Malva

Malva (mallows): description, biology, history and uses

Malvaceae

Malvaceae (the mallow family)

Malvales

Malvales (order of flowering plants)

Mamane

Māmane (Sophora) — Hawaiian native shrub and tree

Mandarin orange

Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata)

Mandrake

Mandrake (Mandragora): plant description, history, uses, and folklore

Mangelwurzel

Mangrove

Mangrove: coastal trees and shrubs and their ecosystems

Manilkara

Manilkara (sapodilla, chicle): tropical trees of the Sapotaceae family

Manioc

Manioc (Cassava, Yuca): a tropical root crop and its uses

Map lichen

Maple

Maple (Acer): Overview, Biology, Uses, and Distribution

Marigold

Marigold: biology, cultivation, uses, and cultural significance

Marionberry

Marionberry (blackberry cultivar)

Marjoram

Marjoram: the aromatic herb (Origanum majorana)

Mastic

McIntosh (apple)

Meconopsis gakyidiana

Medlar

Medlar (Mespilus germanica): description, history and uses

Medullary ray

Melaleuca leucadendra

Melaleuca leucadendra — the weeping paperbark (cajuput tree)

Melastomataceae

Melastomataceae — the melastome family of flowering plants

Meliaceae

Meliaceae — the mahogany family of flowering plants

Melissa

Melissa (given name)

Melon

Melon: types, botany, cultivation and culinary uses