Showing posts with label anti-cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anti-cancer. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Purple Yam

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Scientific Name:  Dioscorea alata Other name:   Ube or greater yam Description: Purple yam is a tuberous root vegetable known for its strik...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Goji Berries

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Scientific name: Lycium barbarum Common names: Goji, goji berry or wolfberry Description: Goji berries grow on an evergreen shr...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Asparagus

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Scientific name: Asparagus officinalis Description: Asparagus is a herbaceous, spring vegetable and flowering perennial plant with st...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Chokeberry

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 Scientific name: Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry), Aronia arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry) Other names: Aronia, bitter-berry, or Virgi...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Sage

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Scientific Name: Salvia officinalis, Salviae folium Common Names:   Common Sage, Garden Sage, Kitchen Sage, Spanish sage, Dalmatian Sage...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Camptotheca aka Cancer Tree

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Scientific name: Camptotheca acuminate Other names: Xi Shu, Cancer Tree, Tree of Joy, Happy Tree, Tree of Life Description: Campto...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Apricot

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Scientific name: prunus armeniaca Description: Apricots are small deciduous tree originally cultivated in Persia and Armenia and ...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Dragonfruit

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Scientific names: Red Dragonfruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) White Dragonfruit (Hylocereus undatus) Yellow Dragonfruit (Selenicereus megalan...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Mangosteen

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Scientific name: Garcinia mangostana Description: The plant of a mangosteen is a tropical, evergreen tree that reaches to 20-60 ft ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Soursop aka Guyabano

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Scientific name: Annona muricata var. subonica Other names: guanábana, guanavana, guyabano, graviola,  custard apple, Brazilian pawpaw,...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Watermelon

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Scientific name: Citrullus lanatus Description: Watermelon is a succulent fruit made of about 93% water and is subtly crunchy. It c...