CASHEW
Anacardium occidentale, cashew (caju in Portuguese) is a small tree probably native to the arid and sandy northeast of South America but which is now present in the majority of…
VALERIAN
Several species of valerian, European, Asiatic, American are used for their hypnotic, calming, sedative, anxiolytic or anti-spasmodic properties.VALERIANA OFFICINALIS, VALERIANACEAE, valerian, is native to Eurasia but is now present on…
ROSEMARY
ROSEMARY, SALVIA ROSMARINUS = ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS, LABIATEAE=LAMIACEAE is a Mediterranean plant.It is a shrub, quite bushy, with small and narrow leaves with their upper surface convex a little shiny, the…
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…
BLACKBERRY RASPBERRY
The BLACKBERRY and related species, RASPBERRY,DEWBERRY,BRAMBLE, (ROSACEAE), are found on small bushy shrubs spread worldwide but most frequently encountered in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere including North…
LAVENDER
Lavenders(LABIATEAE), are typical shrubs of the Mediterranean region (hot and dry in summer, humid in winter ) and they develop well in limestone soils at medium and low altitude (0…
CHASTE TREE
Chaste tree or chaste berry, VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS, VERBENACEAE, is a bushy, deciduous shrub, probably native to the Mediterranean, but now also found in Asia and North America; it likes dry…
ASTHMA HERB
EUPHORBIA HIRTA = EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA = CHAMAESYCE HIRTA ou PILULIFERA EUPHORBIACEAE Plants of the genus euphorbia are a large plant family which includes numerous herbaceous plants, some with the appearance…
CANNABIS HEMP
CANNABIS SATIVA=CANNABIS INDICA, CANNABACEAE It is a very small botanical family that includes two genera:HUMULUS (hops) and CANNABIS (hemp). There is some confusion about the existence or not of several…
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…