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…
HORSE-CHESTNUT
The HORSE-CHESTNUT tree, AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM, SAPINDACEAE=HIPPOCASTANACEAE, is native to the Balkans and northern Greece is a large tree, with a harmonious development and rich foliage which makes it appreciated as…
KUDZU KUZU
The KUDZU vine (or Kuzu in Japan) is a name that corresponds to several species or varieties of Pueraria(FABOIDEAE). The main medicinal species or "true" kudzu is PUERARIA MONTANA VAR…
INDIAN PENNYWORT
The APIACEAE (formerly umbellifera for the umbel shape of their inflorescence) are not very represented in tropical regions, on the other hand they are very widespread and constitute an important…
HIBISCUS ROSELLE SORREL
HIBISCUS, MALVACEAE, are herbaceous, bushy plants, small shrubs or true trees, mainly from tropical and subtropical regions. They are botanically very close to OKRAS (GOMBOS) and PACIFIC CABBAGE which are…
GINSENG ELEUTHEROCOCCUS
In ancient Chinese medicine books, ginseng, PANAX GINSENG, ARALIACEAE, was already a famous medicinal plant.It "regulated" the 5 viscera, balanced the vital energy, strengthening the spirit, making courageous and generous,…
GINKGO GINKYO
This elegant-looking tree , GINKGO BILOBA, GINKGOACEAE,is considered a "living fossil". Geology tells us that very similar plants lived in the primary (Permian) era, peaked in the Secondary (Jurassic) era,…
BUTCHER’S BROOM
RUSCUS ACULEATUS, LILIACEAE, butcher's broom, is part of the same botanical family as garlic, aloe or iris but presents itself in a completely different aspect. It is an evergreen shrub,…
CHRYSANTHELLUM
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…
BLACK CURRANT
This bushy shrub, RIBES NIGRUM, GROSSULARIACEAE, is native to Europe and eastern Eurasia. It is grown mainly in the rather cold temperate countries (Russia, Poland, England, France, and now New…