Crocodile grass: In the mountainous area of northern Ethiopia, there is a vine called Crocodile grass, which has thorns on its stem and thorns under it, and can secrete a yellow pulp. If it sticks to animals, it will make their meat fester.
Measuring drunk grass: A strange "mimosa" grows in the Amazon basin of Brazil. Anyone who drinks too much will get close to it, and the strong smell of wine will make it droop and curl. So the local people often use this grass to test those who drink and drive.
Slimming grass: There is an incredible weed in India, and obese people will gradually lose weight after taking it, hence the name "Slimming grass". Indian traditional medicine has used this herb to treat obesity for 2000 years. Tarui Mian, honorary professor of Toho University School of Medicine in Japan, studied the efficacy of this kind of grass, and thought that "slimming grass" could make half of the sugar ingested by human body not be absorbed, thus reducing the speed of metabolism and achieving the purpose of losing weight. Nowadays, "slimming grass" has become a bodybuilding drug popular in Japan. Many people lose weight obviously after taking it. Some people have lost 7.6 kilograms in two months after taking this medicine, and the weight loss effect is very remarkable.
Stone grass: There is a kind of grass in the desert of America, which looks like pebbles in the desert. The locals call it "stone grass". Stripping the turf, it turns out that the boulder part is two opposite leaves. Because it grows in the desert, its leaves are full of water. This kind of grass is mixed with real stones, so people can't tell whether it is stone or grass.
There are many herbivores in the desert of the United States. This kind of grass escaped the disaster of being swallowed by its camouflage skills. Interestingly, from the small hole between the two leaves of "Stone Grass", beautiful flowers can be produced.
Thermometer grass: In southern Sweden, there is a kind of grass called "Tricolor Ghost", which is regarded as a natural "thermometer". Because this kind of grass is very sensitive to the change of atmospheric temperature. When the temperature is above 20℃, its branches and leaves extend obliquely upward; When the temperature drops to 10℃, the branches and leaves bend downward, and if the temperature rises, the branches and leaves will return to their original state; When the temperature drops to 5℃, the branches and leaves move downward until they are parallel to the ground.
Glowing grass: There is a glowing grassland in the forest of southwest Colombia. The grass growing on this grassland is short and symmetrical, with green and yellow leaves, soft as silk and dense. From a distance, the ground looks like a flat green carpet. At night, the grass is bright, just like the earth illuminated by the moon. So where did the light come from? Before the "shining grassland" was scientifically explained, people thought it was "divine light" and was released by God, which cast a mysterious color on the grassland.
Later, after research by scientists, it was found that light came from the petals of grass. Because this kind of grass can make a kind of fluorescein called "green pigment", and its grass petals can shine. Even the dried grass can glow in the dark for a long time before it gradually "goes out".
Xiancao: On Danxia Mountain, one of the four famous mountains in northern Guangdong, there is a magical and beautiful grass-Selaginella. This kind of grass grows in crevices and stones and is eighteen centimeters high. Flat and scattered branches and leaves are clustered at the top of the black stem, and four rows of tiny scales are arranged on each branch, which looks like Sabina vulgaris. Interestingly, during drought, its branches and leaves shrink, roll like fists, turn from green to yellow, as if they were dead; But as soon as it saw the rain and dew, it woke up like a ghost, green as ever, so it has the reputation of "returning grass after a narrow escape" and "fairy grass"