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For my project and am going to start with the good plant I have researched. It belongs in the phylum Anthophyla. Its formal name is Aloe Vera, commonly known as Aloe. This plant is found through land that is subtropical and tropical areas as in South America, Latin America, and in the Caribbean’s. Some background info on Aloe Vera is that there is 250 species of aloe. They are all members of the lily family. Aloe contains 99% water. And has the consistency of gel. The reason Aloe is very popular is it contains Glycoproteins and Polysaccharides which help speed up the healing process by stopping pain and inflammation. Polysaccharide stimulates skin growth by 8% repair. You can get aloe in many different forms and it has many different uses like if you have a burns, wounds, skin irritations. you can just break off a leaf and use the gel found in side and apply it to the surface where the problem is. You can also get the gel in a bottle at the store but as we all know there’s nothing like the real thing. Aloe is also present in a capsule. The weird thing is you can use aloe for constipation. You can make a drink or just take the pill to help you. All though today oral use is not recommended, in the 18th century and 19th century it was the most prescribed medicine. But still remains the country’s most used herb.

For my bad plant, Its scientific name is Nepenthes Attenborough. But it is most commonly known as the pitcher plant. There is around 600 different species. This plant is only found in the Philippians. It was first found more then 5,000ft above sea level on Mount Victoria. Believe it or not this plant is a carnivore; and it is the largest known. It feeds on rats and insects. It contains a nectar like substance that lures its meals into a pool of enzymes and acid. Around the bowl the plant has sticky downward ribs that make it impossible for the victims to crawl out of the bowl. The plants bowl ring is 30 centimeter in diameter. It tends to grow in nitrogen deficient environment, it gets its energy from decaying victims. This plant has been described back in the times of Linnaeus. But then they only ate spiders and small insects. Its most common name was named after a famous naturalist and tv personality sir David Attenborough. This is a very neat plant. It is breaking barriers, plants are not suppose to be a carnivore.

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"Nepenthes, Pitcher Plant Growing." Botanique, Carnivorous Plants, Orchids, Wildflowers, Native Plants, Pitcher Plant, Flytrap. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. http://www.pitcherplant.com/care_sheets/nepenthes_care.html.

Hensely, Josh D. "Aloe Vera." Web.