ARNICA
ARNICA MONTANA, WOLF'S BANE, MOUNTAIN ARNICA Arnica montana is the most widely used arnica in herbal medicine. It is a mainly European plant from the ASTERACEAE family.It is currently found…
AIBIKA ABELMOSCUS MANIHOT
AIBIKA ABELMOSCUS MANIHOT OR HIBISCUS MANIHOT food and dietary plant with its edible leaves and medicinal plant easy to cultivate Pacific cabbage or aibika, bele or pele in the South…
CASHEW
Anacardium occidentale, cashew (caju in Portuguese) is a small tree probably native to the arid and sandy northeast of South America but which is now present in the majority of…
VALERIAN
Several species of valerian, European, Asiatic, American are used for their hypnotic, calming, sedative, anxiolytic or anti-spasmodic properties.VALERIANA OFFICINALIS, VALERIANACEAE, valerian, is native to Eurasia but is now present on…
THYME
THYMES, LABIATEAE=LAMIACEAE, are small bushy plants, erect (common thyme) or more spreading and creeping (wild thyme), typical of the Mediterranean region where they grow naturally. Common Thyme, THYMUS VULGARIS, is…
TEA TREE
The TEA TREE, MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA, MYRTACEAE is endemic to areas of eastern Australia (north of New South Wales to Queensland).It has been introduced in countries with a similar climate (USA,…
TAMANU TEMANU
Tropical-equatorial plants, CLUSIASEAE are essentially trees or shrubs, sometimes epiphytes, "strangling" their support and developing aerial roots (genus Clusia). Most often large trees in the rainforest, swampy coasts or along…
WHITE WILLOW
There are about 400 species of willows mainly present in the temperate and cold regions of the northern hemisphere.White willow is present throughout continental Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia,…
MEADOWSWEET
The MEADOWSWEET, QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE, FILIPENDULA ULMARIA = SPIRAEA ULMARIA, ROSACEAE is naturally present in the temperate regions of Europe and as far as Central Asia to Mongolia. It…
PEPPER TREE
Trees or shrubs of the SCHINUS genus (ANACARDIACEAE) are native to the temperate regions of South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay) and the Andean regions of South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,…