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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…