What plant is the most useful one??

What plant is most useful? What plant would we benefit from having the most of?

If we chould have only one plant on the earth, wich one should it be?

 

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Wheat?

 

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there are no plants which are the most and least useful. All plants are useful and all are part of an ecosystem.

However in terms of statistics...banana tree is the most abundant since bananas are the most used in the world product of biochemical photosynthetic organism (tree).

In terms of nutrients provided it is Acerola.

 

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In terms of beautiful high, as a portal to philosophical thought, inspirational tool for creative arts, potential for fuel, paper, essential fatty acids and animal feed...marijuana:m: It smells so damn' glorious as well.

 

actually in terms of resources...corn

used as food and fuel

 

According to the Greek beliefs, one of the three godesses wanting Paris to select her as the most beautiful (a golden apple was the prize also.), offered the bribe of the olive tree. Athena offered knowledge, and the third godess offered the world's most beautiful woman (Hellen of Troy, who was already in Greece and married to a king.). - You know what Paris's choice was, and about the war that resulted.

There is a lot to be said for the olive tree as answer to the thread's question:
(1)Certainly the answer should be a tree (for shade and fire wood) Mankind could not have existed or evolved any industry without trees.
(2)The leaves are not toxic. Infact, wrapped around some meat, are often eaten still today. Certainly olive leaves could be animal food as well.
(3)Olive oil is the best oil you can consume as food - high in monosaturates.
(4)Olive oil is an excellent light weight lubercant and an good diesel fuel.
(5)A diet of olives, a few oil leaves and meat is compete.

Corrrection to post 3: Banana is definitely not a tree. - Almost sure it is a grass, like bambo, sugar cane, and corn also are, I think.

 

LOL @ post #4, seeing as the answer is IMHO:

grass.

Wheat is grass.

 

Yes, but "grass" is not a plant. It is a clasification group* of many different plants. Pick a plant.
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*like "bird" is not any particular bird.

 

You are perhaps thinking of vine leaves. Olive leaves are used to make infusions but they are certainly never eaten.

 

Thanks -you are correct - I was confusing them. I bet that they could be eaten if they are used for infusions - ie. if not toxic.

 

Maize then. It employs C4 photosynthesis which is more efficient than C3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

 

Phytoplankton

 

c'mon everyone. That's easy:

:m:

 

The Northern conifer forests.

 

Not only do they taste bitter, they are hard and brittle and would probably shred your insides. The infusion is mixed with fruit juice to make it palateable and is only drunk by a few people as an alternative type medicine.

The most common use for olive leaves is to burn them in a special chalice, waft the smoke towards you and make the sign of the cross, as a blessing. If you want to rid your house of 'evil spirits', bad luck, 'evil eye' or merely just to bless it, it is normal to burn the leaves and waft the smoke all around the premises, if you want to be certain of the blessing, you invite a priest to do it (and pay him).

 

The flower between a girls legs.

 

You obviously know much more than me about this. What if you boiled them first? Do you live where you could try boiling some?

 

I could, but I wouldn't eat any

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That Ray Mears bushcraft guy higly regards coconut trees as versatile source of food, clothing, housing etc..

 

Most important plant for whom?
In terms of the bioshere, it's phytoplankton. Most oxygen comes from that, and it supports virtually all sea life.

In terms of most important for people; sedges and palms.