Afghanistan's Native Plants
By: Lesly Maria Cazares
Top 2 plants in Afghanistan
- Rhubarb- It is the most important plant food
- Mullein- It is cooked like a vegetable
- Anise- It is used for bad tasting medicine
- Caraway- It is used for to improve blood circulation and digestion
- Common Wormwood- Used toe treat malaria
- Garlic- It is used for scorpion stings and skin infections
- Santolin Yarrow- It is used for toothaches and headaches
- Figs- It's a fruit it looks like a pomegranate
- Maize- It is corn
- Millet- Is used as cereal
- Quince- It is a fruit
- Mulberries- It is a fruit
- Asparagus- Spring vegetable
Afghanistan's Native Animals
- Pest Rats-they are rats with bunny teeth. They have only 4 teeth.
- Red Deer- It's red with long horns and looks like a deer
- Gerbil- It's like a chubby hamster and a rat mixed together
- Ibex- They live in the Middle East. They have long curved horns. Some
- Jackal- It's like a fox but it has black with white spots on its fur
- Caracal- It is a cat but with long ears that stick up from its head
- Argali- It is a sheep with long curved horns.
- Lynx- They look like a tiger but they have more fur and their ears are longer
Sources
-Qazi, Abdulla. "Animals Found in Afghanistan." Afghanistan Online:. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2012. <http://www.afghan-web.com/fauna/animals.html>.
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