TURMERIC CURCUMA
ZINGIBERACEAE are used on all continents, and mainly in tropico-equatorial regions, for their odoriferous, culinary (spices) and medicinal properties, which are shared to varying degrees by all species. The best…
SOURSOP SUGAR APPLE
Soursop, ANNONA MURICATA, and sugar apple ,ANNONA SQUAMOSA,are two representatives of an important botanical family, ANNONACEAE, not only by the number of species but also by their richness in compounds…
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…
COCONUT
COCONUT TREE, COCOS NUCIFERA, ARECACEAE,is the emblematic tree of the tropical shores, it is probably native to Southeast Asia but is now found in all tropico-equatorial countries. It has been…
BARBADOS CHERRY ACEROLA
The West Indian cherry or acerola ,MALPIGHIA EMARGINATA = MALPIGHIA PUNICIFOLIA = MALPIGHIA GLABRA, MALPIGHIACEAE, is native to the West Indian islands, the northern part of the South American continent…
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…
BANANA TREE BANANA
The musaceae are tall, shrub-like grasses with a pseudo-trunk or false-stem. MUSA ACUMINATA is the main cultivated species but there also, MUSA SAPIENTUM, MUSA PARADISIACA, MUSA TROGLODYTARUM The inflorescence is…
SEA BUCKTHORN
SEA BUCKTHORN, HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES, ELAEAGNACEAE, is part of a family of plants almost all native to temperate or cold regions. The genus Hippophae includes 7 species, and the genus Elaeagnus…