Your houseplant collection is full of lush, glossy species, but it could use some variety. Enter the Alocasia ‘Black Velvet’ (Alocasia reginula). This plant is deep green with velvety foliage, ...

The Alocasia Odora is a beautiful addition to any space, and I love how majestic it becomes! A large indoor plant like the Alocasia Odora can be a quick yet stunning solution to brighten any space in ...

From a flower which resembles a brain to a three-metre-tall plant that smells of rotting flesh, sometimes the natural world is more horrifying than any fiction. Discover this creepy collection of ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

Plants help people and animals to live. Plants provide food for people and animals to eat. They also make oxygen. All people and animals need oxygen to breathe. Plants are a very important part of ...

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It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make other useful substances, such as cellulose found in the ...

We’ve all been stumped for the name of a plant at times, whether shopping at a garden centre, visiting a garden or on holiday. Plant-id apps promise to identify plants from a picture taken on your ...

We may earn a commission from your purchases. Whether it’s brightening your home office with indoor plants or growing herbs outside to cook with, having plants can dramatically increase your ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...