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…
YELLOW GENTIAN GENTIANA LUTEA
The yellow gentian is part of a genus, gentianaceae, which according to botanists includes at least 400 species all over the world.They are generally small plants with blue flowers while…
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…
THYME
THYMES, LABIATEAE=LAMIACEAE, are small bushy plants, erect (common thyme) or more spreading and creeping (wild thyme), typical of the Mediterranean region where they grow naturally. Common Thyme, THYMUS VULGARIS, is…
LINGZHI REISHI
The "shiny" Ganoderma, GANODERMA LUCIDUM, GANODERMATACEAE, is a basidiomycete (or "hat" fungus) which is part of a plant family with many species (about 80) that are found more in hot…
BLACK PEPPER
BLACK PEPPER, PIPER NIGRUM, PIPERACEAE, is one of the oldest and most important spices;300 years BC, the Greeks were already using it. In the Middle Ages, only the very rich…
GOLDEN ROOT ROSE ROOT
RHODIOLA ROSEA or GOLDEN ROOT, ARCTIC ROOT, ROSE ROOT, CRASSULACEAE is found in the cold regions of the Northern Hemiphere, in sub-arctic areas or at higher altitudes in countries with…
KOLA NUT
KOLA trees , MALVACEAE,(formerly sterculiaceae) originate from the warm and humid regions of West Africa. Botanists distinguish at least 5 species that have edible and medicinal nuts (the botanical classification…
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…
NUTMEG
This small botanical family, MYRISTICACEAE, comprises few genera and 380 species of trees in tropical forests, especially in the Indo-Malay region, Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. They are trees…