POMEGRANATE
The POMEGRANATE tree, PUNICA GRANATUM, LYTHRACEAE , (PUNICACEAE) is often just a bushy shrub, it is native to the Mediterranean basin or the Middle East. It was already cultivated in…
PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
Unlike other members of the MYRTACEAE family, eucalyptus or cloves , guava is not very aromatic. This small tree, PSIDIUM GUAJAVA, of 3 to 10 m, with very hard wood,…
OKRA GOMBO PACIFIC CABBAGE
Plants of the genus ABELMOSCHUS are very close to HIBISCUS, MALVACEAE, they are native to Africa and Asia-Pacific. Some were still recently classified in the genus Hibiscus. The Abelmoschus are…
CLOVE
The myrtaceae family includes more than 1000 species of trees and shrubs from tropical and warm regions. The clove, EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS = SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM MYRTACEAE, is a small to medium-sized…
ASTHMA HERB
EUPHORBIA HIRTA = EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA = CHAMAESYCE HIRTA ou PILULIFERA EUPHORBIACEAE Plants of the genus euphorbia are a large plant family which includes numerous herbaceous plants, some with the appearance…
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,…
CEYLON CINNAMON
The LAURACEAE family is a large botanical family, mostly tropical and sub-tropical which includes almost exclusively trees and shrubs all having inclusions of aromatic essential oil distributed throughout the organs.…