BARBADOS CHERRY ACEROLA
The West Indian cherry or acerola ,MALPIGHIA EMARGINATA = MALPIGHIA PUNICIFOLIA = MALPIGHIA GLABRA, MALPIGHIACEAE, is native to the West Indian islands, the northern part of the South American continent…
LEMON VERBENA CEDRON
Lemon verbena or lemon beebrush, ALOYSIA TRIPHYLLA = LIPPIA CITRIODORA = ALOYSIA CITRIODORA, VERBENACEAE, is a shrub native to temperate or subtropical areas of South America (Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay).…
KHAT or QAT
The cath or khat or qat, CATHA EDULIS, CELESTRACEAE, is a small tree native to eastern (Horn of Africa) and southern Africa.It reaches about ten meters in tropical zones with…
BLACK CURRANT
This bushy shrub, RIBES NIGRUM, GROSSULARIACEAE, is native to Europe and eastern Eurasia. It is grown mainly in the rather cold temperate countries (Russia, Poland, England, France, and now New…
CASSIA SENNA EGYPTIAN SENNA
CASSIA FISTULACASSIA OCCIDENTALIS = SENNA OCCIDENTALISCASSIA ALATA = SENNA ALATACASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA = SENNA ALEXANDRINACASSIA SENNA GOLDEN RAIN TREECOFFEE SENNACANDLE BUSHEGYPTIAN SENNA There are more than 600 species in the Cassia…
CARAPA ANDIROBA TOULOUCOUNA
MELIACEAE are trees or shrubs from tropico-equatorial regions. Many have a desirable wood and have been overexploited such as African mahogany (Kaya), the Caribbean mahogany (Swietenia), or mahogany "female" or…
CEYLON CINNAMON
The LAURACEAE family is a large botanical family, mostly tropical and sub-tropical which includes almost exclusively trees and shrubs all having inclusions of aromatic essential oil distributed throughout the organs.…
CANNABIS HEMP
CANNABIS SATIVA=CANNABIS INDICA, CANNABACEAE It is a very small botanical family that includes two genera:HUMULUS (hops) and CANNABIS (hemp). There is some confusion about the existence or not of several…
GERMAN CAMOMILE
The German chamomile, MATRICARIA RECUTITA = MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA, ASTERACEAE, is part of a group of plants that are sometimes difficult to differentiate from each other. Here is frequent confusion between…
POT MARIGOLD
POT MARIGOLD (CALENDULA OFFICINALIS), FIELD MARIGOLD (CALENDULA ARVENSIS),COMMON DAISY (BELLIS PERENNIS),ASTERACEAE These three plants are very common in Europe. POT MARIGOLD or COMMON MARIGOLD, widely cultivated, is annual or perennial…