AVOCADO
Avocado, PERSEA AMERICANA, LAURACEAE, is native to Mexico and tropical America; it was quickly spread throughout the tropical and sub-tropical world. A botanical particularity is the virtual necessity of cross-fertilization…
HAWTHORN
The botanical genus Crataegus or hawthorn is well represented in the temperate zones of Eurasia and North America. Hawthorns are bushy shrubs or small trees usually thorny, their foliage is…
ASTRAGALUS ROOT
The genus Astragalus comprises between 2500 and 3000 species, it is one of the botanical genus of flowering plants that has the most species in the world. Many astragalus grow…
ARTICHOKE
The majority of asteraceae are herbaceous plants or exceptionally tree shrubs.Many are found in temperate regions; they are less numerous in tropical regions.It is a large family of over 20,000…
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…
ARGAN TREE
Sapotaceae are, in general, plants from the tropical regions.Some are useful species : Sapote and sapodilla (genus Pouteria and Sapota (or Achras)), two fruits typical of tropical America and the…
ANDROGRAPHIS
Andrographis paniculata (= Justicia paniculata) or "king of bitters" is an acanthaceae, native to the Indo-Malayan region, where it is considered a medicinal plant of primary importance. Acanthaceae are quite…
PINEAPPLE
Pineapple, ANANAS COMOSUS =ANANAS SATIVUS, native to tropical America, is now widespread and cultivated in all tropical regions of the world. It is a terrestrial BROMELIACEAE, whereas many plants of…
ALOE VERA
Aloe (between 100 and 200 species) are liliaceae without bulb and sometimes looking like a tree. Aloe vera or common aloe or Barbados aloe or true aloe, is a succulent…
GARLIC
Liliaceae are monocotyledonous, cosmopolitan, comprising several thousand species.Most species are perennials often with a rhizome or a bulb, especially in temperate countries (eg tulip, hyacinth, lily of the valley, onion,…