MANGOSTEEN
The CLUSIACEAE, formerly guttifers, are trees or shrubs of tropico-equatorial regions .The genus Garcinia is well represented in Southeast Asia and India, but Garcinia is also found in Africa and…
FUMITORY
Fumaria genus include about fifty species sometimes difficult to distinguish from each other. These are plants originating from Eurasia but which have been introduced in other countries with a temperate…
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);…
CALIFORNIAN POPPY
The CALIFORNIAN POPPY, whose complicated scientific name ( ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNICA,PAPAVERACEAE ) honors an illustrious Russian botanist, is native to the plains and coastal areas of California where it occurs on…
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…
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…
COCA
The coca tree, ERYTHROXYLUM COCA, ERYTHROXYLUM NOVAGRANATENSE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE, is a small tree native to the tropical regions of South America that can grow 5 to 6 m in the wild,…
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…