COCOA CHOCOLATE
Botanists believe that the cocoa originates from the Andean slopes of the Amazon basin, but it is mainly in Central America (MEXICO) that it was improved by culture (and almost…
HEATHERS
Heathers, ERICACEAE, are usually small woody shrubs or sub-shrubs of temperate regions that develop on poor soils, siliceous or degraded, most often very acidic (heaths, peat bogs), sometimes in undergrowth…
BORAGE
Boraginaceae are widespread plants all over the world, they very often have a characteristic "scorpioid" inflorescence (scorpion-shaped). The genus Borago comprises 3 or 4 species in Eurasia. Borago officinalis is…
BOLDO
BOLDO , PEUMUS BOLDUS=PEUMUS BOLDO, MONIMIACEAE, is a small tree native to Mediterranean climate regions in the southern part of South America (el cono sur).It is endemic in Chile and…
BASIL
The common basil, OCIMUM BASILICUM, LAMIACEAE, originating from Asia, is widespread in all the hot regions as well as in countries with a Mediterranean climate. It is a perennial (but…
GREATER BURDOCK
Burdock or greater Burdock, ARCTIUM LAPPA = LAPPA MAJOR, ASTERACEAE, is a plant from the Euro-Asian region but has spread to other temperate regions of the world including North and…
AFRICAN BAOBAB
There are at least 8 species of baobab of the genus Adamsonia (Madagascar, Africa, Australia). The African baobab Adamsonia digitata , BOMBACEAE, is the best known because the most widespread,…
BANANA TREE BANANA
The musaceae are tall, shrub-like grasses with a pseudo-trunk or false-stem. MUSA ACUMINATA is the main cultivated species but there also, MUSA SAPIENTUM, MUSA PARADISIACA, MUSA TROGLODYTARUM The inflorescence is…
TROPICAL ALMOND TRIPHALA
Terminalia catappa or tropical almond tree (COMBRETACEAE) are generally large trees They grow in warm regions with deciduous leaves, and discrete earflowers.The fruits are drupes more or less fleshy whose…
BACOPA-BRAHMI
The Bacopa genus includes about a hundred species of plants in warm regions, particularly in humid environment: rice fields, marshes, peat bogs, ponds. Some are decorative plants especially for their…