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Used to keep away plant eating insects |
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The sap of the Bougainvillea can cause skin rashes similar to Toxicodendron species. |
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1600 |
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Introduced to Britain in 1699. Medicinal Uses: Goldenrod has also been used as part of a tincture to aid in cleansing of the kidney/bladder during a healing fast, in conjunction with Potassium broth and specific juices. A poultice is used for boils, burns, headache, toothache, wounds, and sores. Native Americans chewed the leaves to relieve sore throats and chewed the roots to relieve toothaches Other Uses: Inventor Thomas Edison experimented with goldenrod to produce rubber, which it contains |
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2550 |
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1377 |
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In earlier times, people exclusively ate the beet greens and not the roots. The ancient Romans were one of the first civilizations to cultivate beets to use their roots as food. The tribes that invaded Rome were responsible for spreading beets throughout northern Europe where they were first used for animal fodder and later for human consumption becoming more popular in the 16th century. Beets' value grew in the 19th century when it was discovered that they were a concentrated source of sugar, |
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This genus, Pittosporum, contains over 200 species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical regions of the world and most in the southern hemisphere. It was classified by Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, who was perhaps the most famous of all the early plant explorers and among the founders of the Horticultural Society of London. He named it from the Greek for pitch and seed referring to the sticky seed coat. Carl Thunberg of the Dutch East India Company identified but incorrectly classified this |
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Medicinal Uses: The Navajo and Ramah peoples have specified a related species (Heliomaris longiflolia) as a ‘life medicine’ Food Uses: Seed. The Gosiute Indians formerly used the seeds for food Cultivation: Plant it in lean, very well drained, alkaline soil in full to part shade although it does best here in full sun. In areas with clay soil, consider placing this shrub in a raised bed. It also does well in a deep pot and at the top of sloped areas. Propagation: Gather the achenes as they tur |
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In 1995, it could be found in almost all of the lower 48 states. Mayweed is an annual bushy, ill-scented herb; however, mayweed is highly attractive to ladybird beetles that feed on aphids. Medicinal Uses: Mayweed is closely related to chamomile, but is far less effective as a medicine. It has been used as an antispasmodic and to induce menstruation and was traditionally used to treat supposedly hysterical conditions related to the uterus. It is rarely used in contemporary herbal medicine. The w |
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1873 |
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In Ohio this plant is listed as Endangered Medicinal Uses: The leaves are antihemorrhoidal, diuretic, and laxative. They are applied externally in the treatment of hemorrhoids Cultivation: very drought resistant plant once established, it thrives in a poor gravelly soil. Nitrogen-rich soils produce excessive leaf growth at the expense of flowering Prefers a sunny position Propagation: Seed - sow spring in situ. An autumn sowing can also be made in areas with mild winters. This sowing will pro |
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Medicinal Uses: An infusion is taken internally in the treatment of a wide range of chest complaints and also to treat diarrhea and bleeding of the lungs and bowels. Great Mullein oil is a very medicinal and valuable destroyer of disease germs. An infusion of the flowers in olive oil is used as earache drops, or as a local application in the treatment of piles and other mucous membrane inflammations. This infusion is a strong antibacterial. The oil being used to treat gum and mouth ulcers is ver |
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a plant widely cultivated as a leaf vegetable, a root vegetable, and an oilseed. |
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1877 |
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It was cultivated as early as 1735 as a honey plant. A decoction of the inner bark was used by Native Americans as an emetic. The bark was also used as a substitute for quinine. The Choctaw and Seminole peoples used decoctions of buttonbush bark for treating several internal maladies including diarrhea and stomach aches. Medicinal Uses: Buttonbush was often employed medicinally by native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a range of ailments. It is little used in modern Herbalism. |
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Mwdicinal Uses: Used by the Navajo: Compound infusion of plants used as a wash for sore skin Used by Cherokee: Leaves boiled, fried, and often eaten with greens The Lakota Indians used the seeds as an aromatic. Although this plant has a reputation for being sedating, the Iroquois combined it with other herbs to counteract laziness. Roots were chewed and then the paste rubbed on the arms and legs of athletes to give them great strength. The Cherokee made a tea of this plant to drink for obesity, |
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It is an ingredient in the spirit absinthe, and also used for flavouring in some other spirits and wines, including bitters, vermouth and pelinkovac. It is also used medically as a tonic, stomachic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue, febrifuge and anthelmintic. In the Middle Ages it was used to spice mead. Therapeutic uses The leaves and flowering tops are gathered when the plant is in full bloom, and dried naturally or with artificial heat. Its active substances include silica |
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1754 |
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Agave americana, century plant, was introduced into Europe about the middle of the 16th century and is now widely cultivated for its handsome appearance; in the variegated forms the leaf has a white or yellow marginal or central stripe from base to apex. As the leaves unfold from the center of the rosette the impression of the marginal spines is very conspicuous on the still erect younger leaves. The tequ plants are usually grown in tubs and put out in the summer months, but in the winter requir |
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1966 |
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This plant has a deep taproot (at least 30' long). Yuccas are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens. Many species of yucca also bear edible parts, including fruits, seeds, flowers, flowering stems, and more rarely roots. References to yucca root as food often stem from confusion with the similarly spelled but botanically unrelated yuca, also called cassava (Manihot esculenta). Roots of soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) are high in saponins and are used as a shampoo in Native American rituals. |
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2041 |
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The columbine is a contradiction. The blossom is considered both the flower of cuckoldry and a symbol of the doctrine of the holy dove. Its folk name is ‘granny’s bonnet.’ These attributes seem to have little in common The Indians used wild columbine to relieve heart troubles and fevers, as a sedative, and as a wash for poison ivy. Braves rubbed the ground seeds into their hands as a love potion and perfume. Europeans treated sore throats with the leaves and kidney stones with the roots. A mixt |
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1295 |
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Native Indian tribes in North America had several uses for common monkeyflower (a close cousin to this type of Monkeyflower). A decoction of the stems and leaves was used as a steam bath for soreness in the chest or back. Sacagawea’s Shoshone tribe used a poultice of crushed leaves for rope burns or wounds. Other tribes used the plant in tea form for stomachache. Indians and early white settlers also ate the leaves raw or cooked and it is said to have a slightly bitter taste Leaves and young sh |
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2097 |
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It has been cultivated for more than more than 300 years Leaves and roots are popular folk remedies. In herbal medicine, infusions of the leaves and other plant parts are used as an anti-inflammatory. A tonic and expectorant, and added to baths as an antirhumatic. Lantana extracts have also been shown to be a powerful febrifuge The leaves are used to relieve itching. Other uses are against flu, colds, coughs, fevers, yellow fever, dysentery and jaundice. The roots are used for gonorrhea Leaf |
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2206 |
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Sisyrinchium is native to sand plain prairies, one of the world's most imperiled ecotypes. Places like Cape Cod or the Jersey Pine Barrens are delicate ecosystems home to this and many other rare and endangered species. Amerindians used root tea for diarrhea (in children); plant tea for worms, stomachaches. Several species used as laxatives. (Foster & Duke) The root is astringent. An infusion is used to treat diarrhea in adults and children. The leaves are eaten as a cooked green to regulat |
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The Bush Lily (Clivia) was first discovered around 28 September 1813 at the mouth of the Great Fish River in the Eastern Cape by the English naturalist William J Burchell. Around 1823 a botanical collector named James Bowie sent plants that were found in the same area to England. It was however only in October 1828 that the Kew botanist, John Lindley, described the Clivia nobilis and named it after Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive, Baroness of Northumberland, because a plant bought from a Mr Tate |
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2096 |
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Oxeye daisy has moved around the world in a variety of ways. Seeds moved into Sweden with timber and into Ireland as a contaminant of ryegrass and timothy (Holm et al. 1997). It was introduced to the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800’s and spread primarily as a contaminant of forage grass and legume seed. By 1937, it had spread to cover half the counties in the region (Forcella 1985 cited in Holm et al. 1997). The plant continues to move around the region as an ornamental. Although sale/distrib |
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These bulb plants are Toxic, they cause dermatitis due to the calcium oxalate in the sap!An extract of the bulb, when applied to open wounds, has caused staggering, numbness of the whole nervous system and paralysis of the heart "Daffodil Itch" involves dryness, fissures, scaling, and erythema in the hands, often accompanied by subungual hyperkeratosis (thickening of the skin beneath the nails). A yellow to gold dye is obtained from the flowers. The bulbs, leaves, and flowers are as |
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Banaba has been used in Filipino folkloric herbal medicine for the treatment of diabetes for centuries. It is now gaining popularity and getting recognition as a herbal medicine not only in the Philippines but worldwide.Other effects observed with the use of Banaba leaf included lowering of blood cholesterol levels and the moderation of liver lipid levels. Banaba may reduce the appetite and craving for breads and sweets. Banaba contains high concentrations of dietary fiber and minerals such as z |
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In colonial America, dried leaves of butterfly weed and skunk cabbage were made into a tea to treat chest inflammations thus giving butterfly weed an alternative name: pleurisy root. Pleurisy root was listed in the American Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary until 1936. The seed pods are edible, cooked when young, harvest them before the seed floss forms. Harvest flowers in bloom, also edible cooked, said to taste like sweet peas. Leaves and new buds are edible cooked like spinach. Native |
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