Find Me A Cure - Part 12

Helichrysum apiculatum

Botanical Name: Helichrysum apiculatum
Family: Asteraceae (daisy family)
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Asterales
Genus: Chrysocephalum
Species: C. apiculatum

Synonyms:
*Argyrocome apiculata Cass.
*Chrysocephalum canescens Turcz.
*Chrysocephalum flavissimum (Spreng.) Steetz
*Chrysocephalum glabratum Turcz.
*Chrysocephalum helichrysoides Walp.
*Chrysocephalum odorum (DC.) Walp.
*Chrysocephalum squarrulosum (DC.) Steetz

Common Names: Common everlasting flower and Yellow buttons flower

Habitat: Helichrysum apiculatum is native to all areas of Australia . It grows in better soils in grasslands and forests, on sandy soils and decomposed basalt in the montane zone.

Description:
Helichrysum apiculatum is a SHRUB growing to 0.6 m (2ft) high, with spreading horizontal stems that turn upwards as they get longer. The elongated silvery grey leaves clasp tightly to the stems and are covered in fine, silky hairs. The flower heads are yellow in color and spherical in shape, around 1 centimeter in diameter each, and often borne in clusters. The florets are minute. Like many daisies, it has seeds which are gradually dispersed on the wind. The seed germinates readily, but has a short viable life.
The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

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Cultivation:
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil
Plants tolerate temperatures down to about -7°c in Australian gardens, though this cannot be applied directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers that fail to fully ripen the wood and our longer, wetter winters. A very ornamental plant, it is closely related to H. semipapposum.

Medicinal Uses: The plant has many medicinal value. It is highly Anthelmintic.

Disclaimer : The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplement, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysocephalum_apiculatum
https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Helichrysum+apiculatum

Herbs & Plants

Hemerocallis bulbiferum

Botanical Name: Hemerocallis bulbiferum
Family: Liliaceae/Hemerocallidaceae
Genus: Lilium
Kingdom: Plantae
Species: L. bulbiferum

Common Names: Tawny Daylily, Common Daylily, Orange Daylily, Tiger Daylily, Ditch Lily, Tiger Lily, Eve’s thread, and Fulvious Daylily
Habitat: Hemerocallis bulbiferum is native to E. Asia. It grows in the woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Meadow; Cultivated Beds;

Description:
Hemerocallis bulbiferum is a perennial herbiculas plant. The stem is erect, the leaves are lanceolate, up to 10 centimeters long. The inflorescence has one to five short-haired flowers. They are hermaphroditic and scentless, have six upright tepals, the outer are slightly narrower than the inner ones.
The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.

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Cultivation:
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.
Succeeds in most soils , including dry ones, preferring a rich moist soil. Grows well in heavy clay soils. Succeeding in sun or shade, it produces more flowers in a sunny position though these flowers can be shorter-lived in very sunny positions. Succeeds in short grass if the soil is moist. Prefers a pH between 6 and 7. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. Individual flowers only live for one day]. Plants take a year or two to become established after being moved. Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. The plants are very susceptible to slug and snail damage, the young growth in spring is especially at risk.

Propagation:
Through seed – sow in the middle of spring in a greenhouse. Germination is usually fairly rapid and good. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle. Grow the plants on for their first winter in a greenhouse and plant out in late spring. Division in spring or after flowering in late summer or autumn. Division is very quick and easy, succeeding at almost any time of the year. Larger clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions, though it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the spring

Edible Uses:

Leaves and young shoots are edible – cooked & eaten. They must be consumed when very young or else they become fibrous. Flowers and flower buds are eaten – raw or cooked. The flower buds contain about 43mg vitamin C per 100g, 983 IU vitamin A and 3.1% protein.

Medicinal Uses:
The juice of the roots is an effective antidote in cases of arsenic poisoning. A tea made from the boiled roots is used as a diuretic.

Other Uses: The tough dried foliage is plaited into cord and used for making footwear.

Known Hazards : Large quantities of the leaves are said to be hallucinogenic. Blanching the leaves removes this hallucinatory component. (This report does not make clear what it means by blanching, it could be excluding light from the growing shoots or immersing in boiling wate.

Resources:
https://www.bing.com/search?q=description++of+Hemerocallis+bulbiferum+plant+&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=description+of+hemerocallis+bulbiferum+plant+&sc=10-45&sk=&cvid=25BD1E6B0A504FCB86F1701634AFDA42&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&ghpl=
https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hemerocallis+bulbiferum

Herbs & Plants

Hackelia uncinatum

Botanical Name: Hackelia uncinatum
Family: Boraginaceae
Order: Lamiales
Genus: Hackelia
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliids

Synonyms: Paracaryum glochidiatum (A. DC.) Benth.
Common names: Hooked Stickseed, Forget Me Not

Habitat: Hackelia uncinatum is native to E. Asia – Himalayas from Pakistan to China. It grows on wet slopes, forest understory, between grasslands at elevatins of 2700 – 4500 metres in the Himalayas.

Description:
Hooked Stickseed is a perennial herb which looks quite similar to Forget-Me-Not. Flowers are blue, up to 1.3 cm across, with rounded overlapping petals. The center of the flowers have a yellow ring of blunt scales. The flowers are borne in lax branched clusters. Leaves are broadly elliptic, narrow-pointed, with rounded or shallow heart-shaped base. Leaves are stalked. Forget-Me-Not has narrow lance-shaped leaves, and the flowers are smaller. Stems can grow 1-2 ft tall. Nutlets have long hooked bristles. Hooked Stickseed is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to SW China, at altitudes of 2700-4200 m. Flowering: June-August.

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Propagation: Through seeds.

Medicinal Uses:
The flowers are used in Tibetan medicine, they are said to have a sweet and bitter taste with a neutral potency. Antitussive and expectorant, it heals wounds and destroys tumours]. It is used in the treatment of coughs, tumours in the womb, sores, wounds and swelling of the body.

Resources:

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000684https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hackelia+uncinatumhttp://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hooked%20Stickseed.html#:~:text=Hackelia%20uncinata%20%2D%20Hooked%20Stickseed

Herbs & Plants

Clappertonia ficifolia

Botanical Name: Clappertonia ficifolia
Family: Malvaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Malvales
Genus: Clappertonia

Synonyms: Honkenya ficifolia Willd.

Common Name : Bolo Bolo

Habitat:: Clappertonia ficifolia is native to tropical Africa – Senegal to Sudan, south to Angola and Mozambique. IIt grows on swampy grassland, marshy places, stream-banks, valleys, fallow rice fields; forest fringes, thickets on margins of damp depressions; at elevations of 1,100 – 1,200 metres.

Descriptiion:
Clappertonia ficifolia is an erect evergreen perennial shrub, growing 2.5 m (8ft) by 1.5 m (5ft) at a fast rate. The stem covered by stellate hairs of brown-orange colour and reddish young branches. The leaves, on a 0,5-1 cm long petiole covered by short reddish down, are alternate, very variable, oblong-ovate to 3-7-lobed, with rounded apex and toothed margins, 4-13 cm long and 1,5-10 cm broad, wrinkled aboven covered by short and dense tawny down below. Terminal inflorescences, about 15 cm long, bearing few bisexual flowers usually tetramerous, of 6-9 cm of diameter, with oblong-linear petaloid sepals, 3-4 cm long and 0,4-0,6 cm broad, of pink to purple red colour, unguiculate petals (petals with long narrow base similar to a stem) with obovate lamina, 3-4,5 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, of pink to bright blue mauve colour, rarely white, numerous fertile stamina and yellow or pink staminodes and superior ovary.
The fruits are oblong dehiscent capsules, 3-6 cm long and of 1,5-2,5 cm of diameter, covered by thick and hispid hairs surmounted by bristles, containing numerous globose seeds slightly flattened, of about 2 mm of diameter, greyish. It reproduces by seed, in organic loam with addition of sand or of agri-perlite per a 30% maintained constantly humid at the temperature of 24-26 °C, and by cutting.

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Cultivation:
Clappertonia ficifolia occurs from sea-level up to 1200 m altitude in swamps, riverine and swampy forest, forest fringes and thickets. In fallow land it can become dominant or even form an almost pure, dense stand and these populations are often exploited for fibre production. Clappertonia ficifolia is widespread and behaves as a weed in fallows. Hence, there do not seem to be threats of genetic erosion.

Propagation:
Propagation is possible by either root cuttings or seeds. Experiments in Nigeria just after the Second World War showed that an excellent fibre could be obtained when the stems of flowering plants were retted for about 28 days.

Medicinal Uses:
In traditional medicine in DR Congo the leaves are used as a cure for liver malfunction.

Other Uses:
The stems are a source of a valuable fibre that resembles jute (Corchorus spp.). The fibre is used for making rope, twine, cordage and mats, nets, hammocks, fish traps and paper pulp . Clappertonia ficifolia is one of the fibre-producing species within the mandate of the International Jute Study Group (formerly the International Jute Organization) together with jute (Corchorus spp.), kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.), roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) and Urena lobata L. Although most research attention is directed to Corchorus olitorius L., the prospects for natural fibres are such that attention should be given to Clappertonia spp. as well. Widely planted in gardens as an ornamental.

Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clappertonia
https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/clappertonia-ficifolia-2/?lang=en
https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Clappertonia+ficifolia#:~:text=Clappertonia%20ficifolia%20occurs%20from%20sea-level%20up%20to%201200,widespread%20and%20behaves%20as%20a%20weed%20in%20fallows.

Herbs & Plants

Bromus ramosus

Botanical Name: Bromus ramosus
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Poales
Genus: Bromus
Species: B. ramosus

Synonyms: Bromopsis ramosa (Huds.) Holub
Common Names:Hairy Brome
(The name Bromus comes from the term brome, meaning oats. Unlike most other bromes (Bromus sp.), it grows in shady sites under trees.)

Habitat: Bromus ramosus is native to most of Europe south from Scandanavia, including Britain, to N. Africa and temperate Asia. It grows in hedges and woods.

Description:
Bromus ramosus is a perennial herbaceous bunchgrass, typically reaching 1–2 metres (3–7 ft) tall. The leaves are long, usually drooping, 20–50 cm (8–20 in) long and 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide, and finely hairy. It is in flower from July to August. The flower spike is gracefully arched with pendulous spikelets on long slender stems in pairs on the main stem.

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Subspecies
Bromus ramosus subsp. benekenii (Lange) Schintz et Thell. – lesser hairy brome
Bromus ramosus subsp. ramosus.

Cultivation:
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers dry or moist soil. Succeeds in a sunny position in most well-drained soils.

Propagation:
Through Seed – sow spring or autumn in situ and only just cover. Germination should take place within 2 weeks. If seed is in short supply it can be surface sown in a cold frame in early spring. When large enough to handle, prick out the seedlings into individual pots and plant them out in early summer. Division in spring. Large clumps can be planted out direct into their permanent positions whilst it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are ready to be planted out.

Medicinal Uses:
The plant is used in Bach flower remedies – the keywords for prescribing it are ‘Uncertainty’, ‘Despondency’ and ‘Dissatisfaction.

Disclaimer : The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplement, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromus_ramosus
https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Bromus+ramosus