RUE RUTA GRAVEOLENS
RUE RUTA GRAVEOLENS, MEDICINAL PLANT, MAGIC PLANT, TOXIC PLANT There are several hundred species of RUTA, RUTACEAE, in temperate and subtropical regions.RUTA GRAVEOLENS, rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, and RUTA…
WORMWOOD ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM
WORMWOOD, ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM, ASTERACEAE is a plant native to Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa but which has become acclimatized in North America and other countries with a similar climate.It…
BITTER LEAF VERNONIA
The ASTERACEAE, are an immense family of flowering plants which contains several hundred botanical genera including the genus Vernonia = Gymnanthenum which also includes hundreds of species in Asia ,…
PAPAYA PAPAW
PAPAYA tree, CARICA PAPAYA, CARICACEAE, belongs to a genus, "carica", which now has only one species, "papaya". Caricaceae belong to a plant family of African origin but whose ancestors have…
BETEL NUT
The areca palm, ARECA CATECHU, PALMAE, is an elegant palm tree of about fifteen meters high, native to the Malay Peninsular and Malay Peninsula, but also found in Papua New…