All plant stories from Science Museums

— the grass behind the majority of the world’s sugar production

Thanks to the cacao plant from South America, we can enjoy delicious chocolate in many different ways.

Black pepper - the VIP among spices

The sausage tree’s flowers hang down on long stalks, and its fruits resemble sausages that can weigh up to 10 kilograms.

Vanilla is the fruit of an orchid that grows naturally in Mexico and Central America. When cultivated elsewhere, the flower must be pollinated…

The fruits of the ivory palm offers a sustainable alternative to ivory.

Feijoa – the tree with the most beautiful flowers and even more delicate fruits

The baobab tree is Africa’s most distinctive tree – it is mythical and can live to be very old.

The Queen of the Night is a cactus, but the flower is beautiful and seductive - unfortunately it is short-lived.

The flower of the narrow-leaved bottlebrush actually resembles a red bottlebrush. The plant thrives well in Australia’s frequent forest fires.