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…
FENNEL
FENNEL,, FOENICULUM VULGARE=FOENICULUM OFFICINALE, APIACEAE,is part of the same plant family as dill, angelica, parsley, carrot or hemlock, which is characterized by its umbel inflorescence (hence the ancient umbelliferous name);…
EUCALYPT NIAOULI
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…
TURMERIC CURCUMA
ZINGIBERACEAE are used on all continents, and mainly in tropico-equatorial regions, for their odoriferous, culinary (spices) and medicinal properties, which are shared to varying degrees by all species. The best…
CORIANDER
Coriander in English, coriandre in French and cilandro in Spanish,CORIANDRUM SATIVUM = CORIANDRUM VULGARE, APIACEAE, is a small herbaceous plant, generally cultivated, probably native to the Middle East and also…
LEMONGRASS
The leaves of some large tropical herbs of the genus Cymbopogon contain essential oil.This very fragrant essential oil combined with a silica content that makes the leaves sharp protect them…
LEMON VERBENA CEDRON
Lemon verbena or lemon beebrush, ALOYSIA TRIPHYLLA = LIPPIA CITRIODORA = ALOYSIA CITRIODORA, VERBENACEAE, is a shrub native to temperate or subtropical areas of South America (Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay).…
CEYLON CINNAMON
The LAURACEAE family is a large botanical family, mostly tropical and sub-tropical which includes almost exclusively trees and shrubs all having inclusions of aromatic essential oil distributed throughout the organs.…
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…
BOLDO
BOLDO , PEUMUS BOLDUS=PEUMUS BOLDO, MONIMIACEAE, is a small tree native to Mediterranean climate regions in the southern part of South America (el cono sur).It is endemic in Chile and…