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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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