QUASSIA AMARA
QUASSIA AMARA or bitterwood, quassia from Surinam, quassia from Guyana The South American quassia is part of the Simaroubaceae family. This plant family is mainly present in tropical regions with…
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…
TOBACCO
NICOTIANA TABACUM and NICOTIANA RUSTICA, SOLANACEAE, originate from the "new world", ie tropical and subtropical zones of North and South America. The use of tobacco leaves by the Amerindians was…
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,…
CLOVE
The myrtaceae family includes more than 1000 species of trees and shrubs from tropical and warm regions. The clove, EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS = SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM MYRTACEAE, is a small to medium-sized…
COMMON JUNIPER
JUNIPERS are part of a large family of conifers, cupressaceae, in some genera the trees have gigantic proportions or have an exceptional longevity (sequoia, redwood, cypress). For their part junipers…
SOURSOP SUGAR APPLE
Soursop, ANNONA MURICATA, and sugar apple ,ANNONA SQUAMOSA,are two representatives of an important botanical family, ANNONACEAE, not only by the number of species but also by their richness in compounds…