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Deadliest- castor bean plant Fastest-growing on land- bamboo (12 inch. per day) Largest seed- coco de mer (12 inch. long) Most apples grown- state of Washington (6 billion tons/year) Most coffee consumed- Finland (25 pounds/person/year) Largest flower-raffesia (36-inch diamer flower) Larest fruit- pumpkin (1,061 pounds). Next largest is a 50-pound watermelon. Largest leaves- raffia palm (65 feet long) Largest vegetable- yam (150 pounds). Next largest is a 124-pound cabbage. Most expensive- saffron (spice from purple crocus. $2,000 per oz.) Most massive tree- giant sequoia (trunk diameter up to 30 feet) Most nutritious fruit- avocado (741 calories/pound; lots of vitamins A, C, E) Most peanuts produced- state of Georgia (1.3 billion pounds/year) Most poisonous mushroom- death cap Most rice grown- China Most sugar consumed- Belize (135 pounds/year/person) Most-harvested plant- rice (599 million tons/year) Oldest coral reef- Isle La Motte, Vermont Oldest living tree- bristlecone pine (nicknemed Methuselah; 4,700 years old) Smallest vegetable- snow pea (average lenght 1/4 inch) Slowest flowering- Bolivian herb, puya raimondii (80 to 150 years to bloom once) Tallest cactus- saguaro (50-75 feet average height) Tallest tree - California redwood (up to 385 feet tall) |
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