DANDELION
A modest representative of the enormous ASTERACEAE family (formerly composeae, more than 20,000 species), the DANDELION, TARAXACUM OFFICINALE is a plant from the old world (Eurasia) with a temperate climate.…
BUTTERBUR
The hybrid BUTTERBUR or bog rhubarb, PETASITES HYBRIDUS = PETASITES OFFICINALIS, ASTERACEAE is a plant native to Eurasia but present in North America.Butterbur grows in damp and shady places: banks…
PARSLEY
APIACEAE = AMMIACEAE (formerly umbelliferous) are rare in tropical regions and in the southern hemisphere , they include among others carrot, celery, anise, coriander, fennel, chervil but also the dangerous…
PASSION FLOWER PASSION FRUIT
The PASSIFLORACEAE include a few hundred species, the majority of them (around 400) of the genus Passiflora. They are found in the wild mainly in the New World, very few…
PAPAYA PAPAW
PAPAYA tree, CARICA PAPAYA, CARICACEAE, belongs to a genus, "carica", which now has only one species, "papaya". Caricaceae belong to a plant family of African origin but whose ancestors have…
SAW PALMETTO
Palms are members of a large botanical family that has so far little known medicinal plants, despite the large number of genera and species and their distribution on all continents,…
COMMON NETTLE SMALL NETTLE
NETTLES, URTICACEAE,are common plants in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. They are remarkable plants because they are stinging !! The stems and leaves indeed have very fine, sharp and…
JAVA TEA ORTHOSIPHON
JAVA TEA, ORTHOSIPHON, ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS, LAMIACEAE, in an ornamental shrub native to South-East Asia cultivated in Indonesia, its local name: "kumis kutching" or "misai kucing" recalls its common European name:…
GOLDEN ROOT ROSE ROOT
RHODIOLA ROSEA or GOLDEN ROOT, ARCTIC ROOT, ROSE ROOT, CRASSULACEAE is found in the cold regions of the Northern Hemiphere, in sub-arctic areas or at higher altitudes in countries with…
BITTER ORANGE SWEET ORANGE
RUTACEAE include about 130 genera and more than 1500 species of trees or shrubs mainly from warm regions. The leaves of rutaceae are often punctuated with small vesicular inclusions containing…