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…

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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…

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BLACK ELDERBERRY

The BLACK ELDERBERRY, SAMBUCUS NIGRA, CAPRIFOLIACEAE is a shrub very widespread in Europe (it tolerates the cold like the heat, the humidity like the drought), it can reach 4 to…

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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…

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RADISH

The large plant family of brassicales or BRASSICACEAE(formerly cruciferous) includes the genus raphanus (mainly the various radishes and wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) and other genera also interesting because they include…

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FIELD HORSETAIL

HORSETAILS (EQUISETACEAE) are the ultimate descendants of a group of plants that proliferated several hundred million years ago (in the primary era).They are mainly present in the temperate and cold…

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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…

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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:…

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