YLANG YLANG
Unlike species of the Annona genus (see soursop and cinnamon apple) which are native to South America, ylang-ylang or cananga tree, CANANGA ODORATA, ANNONACEAE, is a tree from the forests…
BREADFRUIT
Moraceae are essentially trees of hot regions, rarely herbs or shrubs; there are 60 genera and more than 1000 species.Almost all of these plants secrete a white or colorless, sometimes…
STEVIA
STEVIA, STEVIA REBAUDIANA, ASTERACEAE, is native to the tropical and warm temperate zone of South America: Paraguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil.It is a small perennial plant, herbaceous then shrub…
LINGZHI REISHI
The "shiny" Ganoderma, GANODERMA LUCIDUM, GANODERMATACEAE, is a basidiomycete (or "hat" fungus) which is part of a plant family with many species (about 80) that are found more in hot…
LIQUORICE LICORICE
LIQUORICE, LICORICE or cultivated licorice GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA, FABACEAE, is a perennial plant by its root which reaches 1m to 1m50, the flowers are grouped in erect clusters, of a more…
PURSLANE
The PORTULACACEAE are small herbaceous leaves usually fleshy sometimes succulent and whose fruit is a capsule that releases at maturity many very small seeds. COMMON PURSLANE,PORTULACA OLERACEA, is widespread and…
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,…
MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
Several plant from the APOCYNACEAE, provides many top - level drugs: reserpine, ajmaline, strophantine, vinblastine etc …Apocynaceae plants contain a lot of alkaloids ; all have not been studied if…
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:…
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…