{"id":5380,"date":"2026-06-22T05:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:54:59","slug":"a-tour-of-some-wild-plants-and-some-not-so-wild-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/a-tour-of-some-wild-plants-and-some-not-so-wild-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"A tour of some wild plants and some not so wild ones!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-IEQ2Ac5zVo?si=D5q6XcDaC9jRZhhb\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solanum torvum or pea eggplant, is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Leaves resembles those of brinjal (eggplant).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mimosa diplotricha, also known as giant sensitive plant. It shares similar characteristics with Mimosa pudica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mucuna pruriens Velvet bean. The plant is notorious for the extreme itchiness it produces on contact, particularly with the young foliage and the seed pods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cyclea peltata, commonly known as Indian Moonseed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dioscorea bulbifera, commonly known as the air potato or aerial yam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solanum torvum or pea eggplant, is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Leaves resembles those of brinjal (eggplant). Mimosa diplotricha, also known as giant sensitive plant. It shares similar characteristics with Mimosa pudica. Mucuna pruriens Velvet bean. 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