DATURA STRAMONIUM
SOLANACEAE include more than 2500 species from tropical and temperate regions; many are native to South America (potato, tomato, pepper, tobacco) and the majority belongs to the genus Solanum. Important…
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…
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).…
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…
BACOPA-BRAHMI
The Bacopa genus includes about a hundred species of plants in warm regions, particularly in humid environment: rice fields, marshes, peat bogs, ponds. Some are decorative plants especially for their…
HAWTHORN
The botanical genus Crataegus or hawthorn is well represented in the temperate zones of Eurasia and North America. Hawthorns are bushy shrubs or small trees usually thorny, their foliage is…