INSULIN PLANTS VEGETABLE INSULINS Costus Pictus Chamaecostus cuspidatus CHAMAECOSTUS CUSPIDATUS = COSTUS IGNEUS = COSTUS CUSPIDATUSCOSTUS PICTUS = COSTUS MEXICANUSCOSTACEAE Costaceae are plants that are most often tropical and quite…
The BLACK ELDERBERRY, SAMBUCUS NIGRA, CAPRIFOLIACEAE is a shrub very widespread in Europe (it tolerates the cold like the heat, the humidity like the drought), it can reach 4 to…
There are about 400 species of willows mainly present in the temperate and cold regions of the northern hemisphere.White willow is present throughout continental Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia,…
The MEADOWSWEET, QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE, FILIPENDULA ULMARIA = SPIRAEA ULMARIA, ROSACEAE is naturally present in the temperate regions of Europe and as far as Central Asia to Mongolia. It…
The large plant family of brassicales or BRASSICACEAE(formerly cruciferous) includes the genus raphanus (mainly the various radishes and wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) and other genera also interesting because they include…
JAVA TEA, ORTHOSIPHON, ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS, LAMIACEAE, in an ornamental shrub native to South-East Asia cultivated in Indonesia, its local name: "kumis kutching" or "misai kucing" recalls its common European name:…
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…
Two species of Chrysanthellum or chrisantellum and their subspecies are used in traditional medicine in Central America, South America and Africa : CHRYSANTHELLUM AMERICANUM, CHRYSANTHELLUM INDICUM SOUS ESPECE AFRO-AMERICANUM, ASTERACEAEThey…
Phyllanthus are numerous, more than 700 species, they are mostly tropical plants; for a long time they were classified as euphorbiaceae. Phyllanthus niruri and Phyllanthus amarus are probably the same…