May 15th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Mistletoe”, “5510″, 290, 55);
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Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Santalales
Families:
*Santalaceae (Viscaceae)
*Loranthaceae
*Misodendraceae
Synonyms: Birdlime Mistletoe. Herbe de la Croix. Mystyldene. Lignum Crucis.
Parts Used: Leaves and young twigs, berries.
Habitat:the only species native in Great Britain and much of Europe. Later it was extended to other related species, including Phoradendron serotinum (the Eastern [...]
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May 14th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Peppermint”, “5492″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Mentha piperita (SM.)
Family: N.O. Labiatae
Synonym: Brandy Mint.
Part Used: The Herb.
Habitat: The plant is found throughout Europe, in moist situations, along stream banks and in waste lands, and is not unfrequent In damp places in England, but is not a common native plant, and [...]
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May 13th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Mezereon”, “5437″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Daphne mezereum (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Thymelaeaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Genus: Daphne
Species: D. mezereum
Common Name: Mezereon.
Synonyms: Mezerei Cortex. Mezerei officinarum. Dwarf Bay. Flowering Spurge. Spurge Olive. Spurge Laurel. Laureole gentille. Camolea. Kellerhals. Wolt schjeluke.
Parts Used: The bark of root and stem, berries, roots.
Habitat: Europe, [...]
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May 12th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Spearmint”, “5445″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Mentha viridis (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Labiatae
Other common names.—Mint, brown mint, garden mint, lamb mint, mackerel mint, Our Lady’s mint, sage of Bethlehem,Silver Mint, Spear Mint
Synonyms: Garden Mint. Mentha Spicata. Mackerel Mint. Our Lady’s Mint. Green Mint. Spire Mint. Sage of Bethlehem. Fish Mint. Menthe de [...]
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May 9th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Melilot”, “5403″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Melilotus officinalis (LINN.), Melilotus alba (DESV.), Melilotus arvensis (LAMK.)
Family: N.O. Leguminosae/ Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Tribe: Trifolieae
Genus: Melilotus
Synonyms: Yellow Melilot. White Melilot. Corn Melilot. King’s Clover. Sweet Clover. Plaster Clover. Sweet Lucerne. Wild Laburnum. Hart’s Tree.
Part Used: Herb.
Habitat – It grows in waste [...]
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May 8th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Mayweed (Stinking Chamomile, Dogfennel)”, “5391″, 290, 55);
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Botanical: Anthemis cotula
Family: N.O. Compositae
Synonyms: Maroute. Maruta cotula. Cotula Maruta foetida. Manzanilla loca. Dog Chamomile. Wild Chamomile. Camomille puante. Foetid or Stinking Chamomile or Mayweed. Dog’s Fennel. Maithes. Maithen. Mathor.
Parts Used: Flowers, leaves.
Habitat:Habitat: dry roadsides and waste places. Most are very common [...]
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May 7th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Matico”, “5369″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Piper angustifolium (R. and P.)
Family: N.O. Piperaceae
Common Names: Matico, Matico Leaves.
Synonyms: Artanthe elongata. Stephensia elongata. Piper granulosum. Piper elongatum. Yerba soldado. Soldier’s Herb. Thoho-thoho. Moho-moho.
Part Used: The dried leaves.
Habitat: Peru.
Description:
The classical name for the genus came originally from the Sanscrit pippali. ‘Matico’ is [...]
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May 6th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Lupins”, “5354″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Lupinus albus (Linn.)
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked) Eurosids I
Order: Fabales
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Subtribe: Lupininae
Genus: Lupinus
Family: N.O. Leguminosae/Fabaceae
Other Names:lupine,
Synonyms:French) Lupin. (German) Wolfsbohne.
Parts Used: Seeds, herb.
Habitat:The Lupinus are a large genus of handsome plants, represented in Europe, Asia and [...]
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May 5th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Lungworts”, “5339″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Pulmonaria
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Pulmonaria
Synonyms: The scientific name Pulmonaria is derived from Latin pulmo (the lung). In the times of sympathetic magic, the spotted oval leaves of P. officinalis were thought to symbolize diseased, ulcerated lungs, and so were used to treat [...]
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May 4th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Lovage”, “5322″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Levisticum officinale (KOCH.)
Family: N.O. Umbelliferae
Synonyms: Ligusticum Levisticum (Linn.). Old English Lovage. Italian Lovage. Cornish Lovage.
Parts Used: Root, leaves, seeds, young stems.
Habitat: It is not considered to be indigenous to Great Britain, and when occasionally found growing apparently wild, it is probably a garden [...]
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May 3rd, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Lobelia”, “5318″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Lobelia inflata (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Lobeliaceae
Synonyms: Rapuntium inflatum. Indian-Tobacco. Pukeweed. Asthma Weed. Gagroot. Vomitwort. Bladderpod. Eyebright.
Scientific and common names: Lobelia inflata, cardinal flower, red lobelia, scarlet lobelia, puke weed, indian tobacco, eye-bright, asthma weed, pulseweed, bladderpod, gag root, vomit wort, wild tobacco
Parts [...]
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May 2nd, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Labrador Tea”, “5305″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Ledum latifolium (JACQ.)
Family: N.O. Ericaceae
Other Names: Bush tea,” Muskeg tea and Medicine tea,
Synonyms: St. James’s Tea. Ledum Groenlandicum.
Parts Used: Leaves and tops.
Habitat: Greenland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Hudson’s Bay. Labrador Tea plants are often found in boggy areas and in [...]
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May 1st, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Kousso”, “5282″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Hagenia Abyssinica (WILLD.), Brayera anthelmintica (KUNTH.)
Family: N.O. Rosaceae
Synonyms: Banksia Abyssinica. Kooso. Kusso. Kosso. Cossoo. Cusso. African redwood, brayera, cusso, hagenia, or kousso and in Swahili as mdobore or mlozilozi
Parts Used: Herb, unripe fruit, and the dried panicles of the pistillate flowers.
Habitat: North-Eastern [...]
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April 30th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Knotgrass”, “5250″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Polyganum aviculare (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Knotgrass. Centinode. Ninety-knot. Nine-joints. Allseed. Bird’s Tongue. Sparrow Tongue. Red Robin. Armstrong. Cowgrass. Hogweed. Pigweed. Pigrush. Swynel Grass. Swine’s Grass.Polygonum aviculare
Part Used: Whole herb.
Habitat: The entire globe.The Knotgrass is abundant everywhere, a common weed in arable land, on waste [...]
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April 29th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “The Miracle Berry”, “5243″, 290, 55);
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Imagine an extract from a berry that would make sour things taste sweet and help you lose weight. Then imagine not being allowed to take it.
The berry makes sour things taste sweet
The world is getting fatter. One billion people are overweight, and 300 [...]
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April 28th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Jasmines”, “5225″, 290, 55);
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Jasminum
Habitat: The COMMON WHITE JASMINE (Jasminum officinale), one of the best known and most highly esteemed of British hardy ligneous climbers, is a native of Northern India and Persia, introduced about the middle of the sixteenth century. In the [...]
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April 27th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Jaborandi”, “5204″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Pilocarpus Jaborandi (HOLMES.)
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Pilocarpus
Species: jaborandi, microphyllus, pennatifolius
Synonyms: Pilocarpus cearensis, P. officinalis,Arruda do Mato. Arruda brava. Jamguarandi. Juarandi.
Common Names: Jaborandi, indian hemp, jaborandi-do-norte, catai-guacu, ibiratai, pimenta-de-cachorro, arruda do mato, arruda brava, jamguarandi, juarandi
Part Used: Dried leaflets, roots
Habitat: Brazil.
Description:
The names of Jaborandi, Iaborandi, and Jamborandi [...]
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April 26th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Irises”, “5184″, 290, 55);
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Habitat: The plant is a native of Southern Europe, very frequent in Italy, apart from its cultivation there, and is also cultivated in Morocco. In England, this German Flag or Flag Iris is by far the commonest of the family [...]
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April 25th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Ipecacuanha”, “5150″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Psychotria Ipecacuanha (STOKES)
Family: N.O. Rubiaceae
Synonym: Cephaelis Ipecacuanha.The plant had been assigned different names by various botanists; several scientific names including Cephaelis acuminata, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, Psychotria ipecacuanha, and Uragoga ipecacuanha were used.
Part Used: Root.
Habitat: The root used in medicine under this name is that of [...]
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April 24th, 2008
showOdiogoReadNowButton (”56747″, “Indigo”, “5141″, 290, 55);
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Botanical Name: Indigofera tinctoria
Family: N.O. Leguminosae/Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Tribe: Indigofereae
Genus: Indigofera
Synonyms: Pigmentum Indicum
Part Used: The plant.
Habitat: India; cultivated in sub-tropical countries. They occur throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with a few species reaching the temperate [...]
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