Sometimes called sacred lotus, Chinese lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera) is a perennial species of aquatic plant grown for its fragrant, cup-shaped flowers and round foliage. It grows well within U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 to 10, where it is commonly added to water gardens and decorative ponds.
What causes puberty to begin? Puberty, that awkward phase when boys and girls are primed for their sexual reproductive years as men and women, appears to be triggered by the brain's own version of It takes two to tango, whereby a signal literally gets turned on by a molecule that is produced by a gene aptly named KiSS-1.
1 It's these sex hormones that cause the changes of puberty, like breast development in girls. 2  Peripheral precocious puberty or precocious pseudo-puberty is a different condition. 3  It's also rarer. These hormones in turn stimulate the testicles or ovaries to make other hormones, testosterone or estrogen. 2  It's these sex hormones that cause the changes of puberty, like breast development in girls. 3  Peripheral precocious puberty or precocious pseudo-puberty is a different condition. 4  It's also rarer.