Botanical Name: Artemisia dracunculus (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Compositae/Asteraceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Artemisia
Habitat : It is native to a wide area of the Northern Hemisphere from easternmost Europe across central and eastern Asia to western North America, and south to northern India and Mexico. The North American populations may however be naturalised [...]
Botanical Name:Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton (Zingiberaceae)
Family: Zingiberaceae
Syn : Cardamum officinale Salisb.; (non-Ammomum cardamum L. 1753); Alpinia cardamum Roxb.
English names: Cardomum, Lesser cardamum.
Sanskrit names: Ela, Trutih.
Vernacular names: Ben: Chhoto elach; Guj : Elachi; Hin : Chhoti elaichi; Kan :Mal: Yellaki; Cittelum, Elam; Mar: Elachi veldodi; Tam: Elam; Tel: Yelakkayalu.
Trade name: Chhoti elaichi.
Habitat: Elettaria [...]
Botanical Name: Myrica gale (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Myricaceae
Parts Used: Leaves, branches. Leaves, fresh or dried. Gale leaves are densely covered with oil glands; in the picture on the right side, the glands appear as a grainy surface texture, which is, however, an artefact produced by the scanner. To the eye, gale leaves appear shining brown.
Synonyms: [...]
Botanical Name : Citrus hystrix DC., Rutaceae),
Family: Rutaceae
Other Names:Kieffer lime, Thai lime, wild lime, makrut, or magrood,
Burmese: shauk-nu
Indonesian: jerk purut, jeruk sambal
Malay: duan limau purut
Philippino: swangi
Thai: makrut, som makrut
The leaves of this member of the citrus family are responsible for the distinctive lime-lemon aroma and flavour that are an indispensable part of Thai and, to [...]
The popular spice may help regulate blood-glucose levels
By Rachael Moeller Gorman, EatingWell.com
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With holiday favorites like pumpkin bread and spiced cider on the menu, recent research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provides welcome news: cinnamon may help you better regulate your blood-glucose levels. In a study of 14 healthy people, scientists at Malmö University [...]
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Pistacia
Other Names:
Lentisk
French: mastic
German: Mastix
Greek: masti(k)ha
Italian: lentischio, mastice
Spanish: lentisco, mastique
Arabic: aza
Species: Pistacia lentiscus
Bouquet: slightly piney. Mastic does not have a powerful bouquet, but purifies the breath.
Flavour: a cedar taste.
Hotness Scale: 0
Plant Description and Cultivation:
A Mediterranean shrub with dense twisted branches, 1-4m (3-l3ft) in height. The leaves are paripinnate with [...]
Family: Anacardiaceae
Common Names: Pistachio, Pistache.
Origin: The pistachio tree is native to western Asia and Asia Minor,from Syria to the Caucasus and Afghanistan. Archaeological evidence in Turkey indicate the nuts were being used for food as early as 7,000 B.C. The pistachio was introduced to Italy from Syria early in the first century A.D. Subsequently its [...]
Botanical Name:Curcuma zedoaria
Other Names: wild turmeric
French: zedoaire
German: Zitwer
Italian: zedoaria
Spanish: cedoaria
Indian: amb halad, garndhmul,amb ada(in Bengal),In Telugu called as kacoramu [ kacÅramu ] kachoramu.
Indonesian: kentjur
Genus: Curcuma
Species: C. zedoaria
Family :Zingiberaceae
Zedoary is an ancient spice, a close relative to turmeric and native to India and Indonesia. The Arabs introduced [...]
Other Names
Japanese Horseradish
French: Raifort du Japon
German: Bergstockrose, Japanischer Kren
Korean: Kochu-naengi, Gochu-naengi, Gyeoja-naengi, Kyoja-naengi, Wasabi
Thai: Wasabi
Chinese (Canonese): Saan kwai
Chinese (Mandarin): Shan kui
As one of the most prized crops from Japan, this pale green root is grown in cold mountain streams under some of the most closely guarded growing practices in agriculture. Many outside Japan have gone [...]
History/Region of Origin:
Paprika, as a member of the capsicum family, is indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. The pepper is grown widely and takes on a slightly different flavor depending on local soil and climatic conditions.
Geographical Sources:
The peppers used in Paprika are grown in Hungary, Spain, South America, and California.
General Description:
Paprika is a spice made from [...]
Botanical Name : Allium schoenoprasum (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Liliaceae
Synonyms: Cives.
(French) Ail civitte
(Old French) Petit poureau
Part Used: Herb.
Geographical Sources: California
Habitat: The Chive is the smallest, though one of the finest-flavoured of the Onion tribe, belonging to the botanical group of plants that goes under the name of Allium, which includes also the [...]
Botanical Name: Commiphora myrrha (HOLMES)
Common Name :MYRRH
Genus Species: Commiphora myrrha
Family : Buseraceae
Synonyms: Balsamodendron Myrrha. Commiphora Myrrha, var. Molmol. Mirra. Morr. Didin. Didthin. Bowl.
Part Used: The oleo-gum-resin from the stem.
Habitat: Arabia, Somaliland.Southern Arabia, Northeast Africa
100 g of Myrrh
Myrrh is a red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of the tree Commiphora myrrha, [...]
Juniperus communis
Fam: Cupressaceae
Other Names:Juniper Berry, Juniper Fruit
French: genièvre
German: Wacholder
Italian: ginepro
Spanish: enebro, junIpero, nebrina
Indian: dhup, shur (Indian Juniper)
Juniper is widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere and its birthplace is obscure. It is found in Europe, North Africa, North America and northern Asia. The main commercial producers are Hungary and southern Europe, especially Italy. The berries were [...]
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Botanical Name: Boswellia Thurifera
Family: N.O Burseraceae
Synonym: Olibanum.
Common Name: FRANKINCENSE
Genus Species: Boswellia thurifera
Part Used: The gum resin.
Habitat: Arabia, Somaliland.
Origin :Arabia, East Africa (particularly Oman, Socotra, Somalia)
Frankincense or olibanum (Arabic,لبٌان ,Lubban) is an aromatic resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, particularly Boswellia sacra (syn. B. carteri, B. thurifera) (Burseraceae). It is [...]
Botanical Name: Alpinia officinarum (HANCE.)
Family: N.O. Zingaberaceae or Scilaminae
Synonyms; Galanga. China Root. India Root. East India Catarrh Root. Lesser Galangal. Rhizoma Galangae. Gargaut. Colic
Root. Kaempferia Galanga.
Part Used: -Dried rhizome.
Habitat: China (Hainan Island), Java.
The word galangal, or its variant galanga is used as a common name for all members of the genus [...]
Plant Description and Cultivation
Kokum is a tropical evergreen tree, related to the mangosteens. A slender tree with sloping branches, it reaches heights of 15m (50 ft). The thin bark is lined and the leaves oblong. The dark purple fruit is round, about 4 cm (1 1/2 in) in diameter with 5 - 8 seeds. The [...]
Botanical Name: Bixa orellana (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Bixaceae
Synonyms:—Annotta Orellana Orleana.
Other Names:
Achiote, Anatta, Annato, Annotta, Aploppas, Arnotta, Arnotto, Orellana, Orlean, Orleana
French: rocou, roucou
German: Annatto
Italian: annatto
Spanish: achiote, achote
Argentine: urucu
Caribbean: bija, bijol, foucou
Indian: latkhan, sendri
Philipines: achuete, atsuwete
Part Used:—The dried pulp of the fruit.
Habitat:—Tropical America, East and West Indies. Widely [...]
Other names:
Java Pepper, Tailed Cubebs, Tailed Pepper
French: cubèbe
German: Kubebe
Italian: cubebe
Spanish: cubebe
Indonesian: tjabé djawa
India:Tailed pepper (Naja golmorich in Bengali)
Cubeb (Piper cubeba), or tailed pepper, is a plant in genus Piper, cultivated for its fruit and essential oil. It is mostly grown in Java and Sumatra, hence sometimes called Java pepper. The fruits are gathered before they [...]
Other Names:
carvies (Scottish), wild cumin, Roman cumin, Persian caraway
Description:
Caraway or Persian cumin (Carum carvi) is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and western Asia and Northern Africa, the Mediterranean and much of Europe. It falls into both categories of herb and spice, as it is the seeds that are used primarily, [...]
Other Names:
French: macis
German: Muskatlute
Italian: mace, macis
Spanish: macÃa
Indian: jaffatry, javatri, jawatrie
Mace is the aril (the bright red, lacy covering) of the nutmeg seed shell. The mace is removed from the shell and its broken parts are known as blades.
The history of mace is closely tied to the history of nutmeg for obvious reasons, though the two [...]
