According to botanists there are different species of CAPSICUM (SOLANACEAE) domesticated by humans, but there are disagreements on their classification. CAPSICUM ANNUUM A distinction is usually made between CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS(chili…
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…
Important Botanical family in warmer regions, the Lauraceae are often aromatic, they are trees or evergreen shrubs. The noble laurel (bay tree) , LAURUS NOBILIS, LAURACEAE,is native to Asia Minor,…
The "GOJI" (Western name made from a Chinese name), LYCIUM BARBARUM, SOLANACEAE,is a bushy Euro-Asian plant (it grows spontaneously in France). LYCIUM CHINENSE or Chinese wolfberry is very close and…
This elegant-looking tree , GINKGO BILOBA, GINKGOACEAE,is considered a "living fossil". Geology tells us that very similar plants lived in the primary (Permian) era, peaked in the Secondary (Jurassic) era,…
Considered a spice or seasoning in France, ginger is medicinal in many European, English speaking countries and Asia.Ginger is a large perennial herb that resembles turmeric, the floral spike is…
ASH TREE, MANNA ASH TREE, WHITE OR AMERICAN ASH TREE, CHINESE OR KOREAN ASH TREE There are more than 50 species of ash (OLEACEAE) mainly in temperate or cold regions.…
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUSEUCALYPYUS RADIATAMELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIAMELALEUCA LEUCADENDRONMELALEUCA CAJEPUTIMELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIAMYRTUS COMMUNIS MYRTACEAE They are trees or shrubs with evergreen foliage and often with bark that exfoliates and falls to shreds. Endemic to Australia…
The CALIFORNIAN POPPY, whose complicated scientific name ( ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNICA,PAPAVERACEAE ) honors an illustrious Russian botanist, is native to the plains and coastal areas of California where it occurs on…
ROSACEAE are especially numerous in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. These are plants with varied port (herbaceous to the trees) which have given by selection or hybridization many…