Showing posts with label medicinal plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medicinal plants. Show all posts
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Bee Balm

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Scientific name: Monarda didyma Common names: Horsebalm, Bergamot, Wild Bergamot, Scarlet Monarda, Oswego Tea, Mountain Mint, Horseming...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Peppermint

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Scientific name: Mentha piperita also known as M. balsamea Willd Other names: corn mint, lamb mint, yerba buena, black peppermint, chines...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Black Cohosh

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Scientific name:  Actaea racemosa Common Names: black snakeroot, bugbane, bugwort, macrotys, rattleroot, rattleweed Description: Bl...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Taro (dasheen) Root

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Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta Description: Taro is a root crop cultivated in tropical and semi-tropical regions, in wetlands l...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Spinach

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Scientific name: Spinacia oleracea Description: It is an edible annual flowering plant native to central and southwestern Asia. It grow...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Cinnamon

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Scientific Name: Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Description: Cinnamon is the bark and twigs of a number of related plants that have cinna...

Coriander

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Scientific name: Coriandrum sativum Other name: Cilantro Description: Coriander aka cilantro is an annual, umbelliferous plant n...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Black Currant/Blackcurrant

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Other names: Cassis, quinsy berries Description: Black currant is a shrub with edible berries that can be found in Northern/Central Eu...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

BURDOCK

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Scientific name: Arctium lappa (Great Burdock); Arctium Minus (Lesser Burdock) Other names: Cocklebur, Gobo root, Clot bur, Burr Seed,  T...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

CHICKWEEDS

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Scientific names and their common names: Stellaria media (Common chickweed) Stellaria pubera (Star chickweed) Cerastium vulgatum (...
Friday, November 4, 2011

AGOHO

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Scientific name: Casuarina equisetlifolia L. Cauanrinaceae Description: A large evergreen tree, 20 m high, with a 65-cm diameter. The...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Blumea Camphor / Ngai Camphor Plant/ SAMBONG

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Description: It is a strongly aromatic herb that can reach up to 3 m tall. The stems are erect, coarse and half woody. The leaves are leath...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Spanish Needles

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Scientific name: Bidens pilosa Description:   A native in North America it is now considered weed as well as an edible plant in so...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Dandelion

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Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale Weber Description: Dandelion is a tap-rooted biennial or perennial herb native to Europe and...