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H. zeyheri Decne. Harpagophytum (/ ˌhɑːrpəˈɡɒfɪtəm / HAR-pə-GOF-it-əm), also called grapple plant, wood spider, and most commonly devil's claw, is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name "devil's claw" to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit.
Hydnellum peckii. Hydnellum peckii is a fungus in the genus Hydnellum of the family Bankeraceae. It is a hydnoid species, producing spores on the surface of vertical spines or tooth-like projections that hang from the undersurface of the fruit bodies. It is found in North America, Europe, and was recently discovered in Iran (2008) and Korea (2010).
Depiction of the original sin by Jan Brueghel de Oude and Peter Paul Rubens. Forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. In the biblical story, Adam and Eve eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are exiled from Eden: And the Lord God commanded the ...
Thumbtack-like Tribulus terrestris burs are a hazard to bare feet and bicycle tires.. After the flower blooms, a fruit develops that easily falls apart into five burs. [3] The burs are hard and bear two to four sharp spines, [3] 10 mm (0.39 in) long and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) broad point-to-point.
The Tasmanian devil is the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial. It has a squat, thick build, with a large head and a tail which is about half its body length. Unusually for a marsupial, its forelegs are slightly longer than its hind legs, and devils can run up to 13 km/h (8.1 mph) for short distances.
Konjac (or konjak, English: / ˈkɒnjæk, ˈkɒndʒæk / KON-yak, KON-jak) and konnyaku are common names of Amorphophallus konjac, [2] a vegetable species native to Yunnan in southwest China which has an edible corm. It is also known as konjaku, konnyaku potato, devil's tongue, [2] voodoo lily, snake palm, or elephant yam (though this name is ...
Proboscidea louisianica is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae. Its true native range is unclear, but probably includes parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico in North America. [1] It occurs in other areas, including other regions in North America, [1] Europe, Australia, and South Africa, as an introduced species ...
Mutinus elegans. Mutinus elegans, commonly known as the elegant stinkhorn, [2] the dog stinkhorn, the headless stinkhorn, or the devil's dipstick, is a species of fungus in the Phallaceae (stinkhorn) family. The fruit body begins its development in an "egg" form, resembling somewhat a puffball partially submerged in the ground.