RE: Contest - week 5 - “Share and comment on your image.” Winner week 4
I would like to participate in this contest by showing and talking to you about this small thistle plant, which I commonly know as Holy Thistle. It is very common where I live, and it begins to appear when the rainy seasons begin. It is commonly the food of many birds, mainly wild pigeons.
This plant has a large number of thorns on its leaves, and if you try to touch it, it can prick you and is very painful. This plant is also medicinal, and in some countries, oil is even extracted from its seeds to make soap.
This plant is very curious; besides having very sharp thorns, if you manage to break its stem, it can exude a latex or sap that is yellow and sometimes even orange.
This plant is spectacular. I hope you enjoyed learning about its interesting features. See you very soon.
Here in Venezuela there is a plant that I don't know, but I have read that it can be used to make soap and wash clothes.
This thistle plant really catches my attention, as it has thorns, so people who use its soap or medicinal benefits must be very careful.
I loved learning something new today.
Best regards.
Hi, thank you so much for leaving such a lovely comment. Here in my country, we also have a plant with the same characteristics as the one you mentioned; it's called lye and it's also used for washing clothes and making soap. I'm so glad you learned something new; it's always a pleasure to share interesting things with others. Thank you so much, see you later!
To be honest, as I mentioned, I don't know the name of that plant here in Venezuela.
Recently, a friend told me that when she couldn't afford to buy soap, she would look for that plant to wash her clothes.
When I have time, I will look up the name and characteristics of the plant.
Best regards.
There is a large family of soap plants. For example the chestnust belongs to it. I used the chestnuts for a very long time. Unfortunately, the trees don't grow everywhere and the nuts are only available during a short period a year.
Hi, you've inspired me to research these plants further. I thought there were only a few soapy ones, but just knowing that the chestnut tree belongs to this family made me curious.
Thank you for your support and for sharing this information.
Blessings.
In my country we only talk about a single plant, there must be more but I think there is one that many people know here.
I think it's called, Soap or "Jaboncillo"
In my country we only talk about a single plant, there must be more but I think there is one that many people know here.
I think it's called, Soap or "Jaboncillo"
Okay friend, thanks for commenting, have a good day.
I have also read about a plant where they make soap. I even read that during the soap shortage we had, people turned to that plant again. I hope someone brings it to the contest.
It would be interesting to learn more about this plant here in Venezuela.
@napito once told me that she knows about it and I even think she has used it as soap.
Hopefully she will show up and give us more information.
She will be welcome. She are cordially invited to the contest, @napito.
It's not a plant I've seen before. I find it interesting that its stem oxidizes and changes colors when cut.
In your country, what action do they use it for?
Thank you. Although this plant is well-known in my country, it's not widely used, though some people do use it. For what? Well, they use its seeds to trap pigeons with a system of traps, using them as bait. Of course, this is what I know about this plant; it may have other uses in other parts of the country where I live. Thanks for asking. See you later.
Despite having several uses and the plant is not useful, it seems to me that it should not be highly valued; It serves as food for birds and also to extract soapy products.
Thorny plants, which contain latex in their sap, have always seemed to me to hold a hidden medicinal treasure, waiting to be discovered.
That's right, my friend, sometimes plants that go unnoticed hide many spectacular secrets.
Thank you so much, see you later, my friend.
Thank you for sharing the valuable insight...I'm not sure but maybe I have seen this in my local area too. But honestly, I didn’t know that it is a medicine plant. So, always tried to keep distance from it!
Thank you for such a lovely comment, I appreciate it and I'm glad you know her. Goodbye, have a good day.
Gracias, thank you.