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,…
PLANTAIN
There are several hundred species of PLANTAIN, PLANTAGINACEAE, around the world. Plantains from temperate regions are common perennials but adaptable to tropical or subtropical climates, they are therefore found all…
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…
MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
Several plant from the APOCYNACEAE, provides many top - level drugs: reserpine, ajmaline, strophantine, vinblastine etc …Apocynaceae plants contain a lot of alkaloids ; all have not been studied if…
PARSLEY
APIACEAE = AMMIACEAE (formerly umbelliferous) are rare in tropical regions and in the southern hemisphere , they include among others carrot, celery, anise, coriander, fennel, chervil but also the dangerous…
OPIUM POPPY
OPIUM POPPY, PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM is the most important species in medicine among PAPAVERACEAE. It is a plant cousin of the poppy with a similar appearance but much larger. The wild…
MINT SPEARMINT PEPPERMINT
The botanical determination of mints (LABIATEAE=LAMIACEAE) is not simple because they hybridize easily, so we found sometimes mints that are difficult to classify, they are forms of transition between so-called…
SWEET CLOVER
The MELILOT OFFICINAL or SWEET CLOVER , MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS, FABACEAE,is an herbaceous plant of variable size (30 cm to more than a meter), with erect stems quite stiff, with leaves…
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…
KAVA AWA YAGONA
The inhabitants of the South Pacific, Melanesia and Polynesia, before their contact with the Europeans, knew only one intoxicating drink prepared from the roots of the inebriating pepper: PIPER METHYSTICUM…