Botanical Name: Cupressus sempervirens Family: Cupressaceae Other Names: Montezuma Cypress; Spanish: Ahuehuete, Sabino; Nahuatl: Ahuehuetl Parts Used: Cones, branches, essential oil Description: Indigenous to Turkey and cultivated throughout the Mediterranean region, the cypress is an evergreen tree, growing to 100 feet, having tiny dark green, feathery leaves and male and female cones. The herb is [...]
Botanical Name: Primula species Family: Primulaceae Other Names: Primrose (P. vulgaris), Cowslip (P. veris), Peagles, English Cowslip, True Cowslip, Butter Rose, Herb Peter Paigle Peggle, Key Flower, Key of Heaven, Fairy Caps, Petty Mulleins, Buckles, Crewel, Palsywort, Plumrocks, Mayflower, Password, Arthritica, Our Lady’s Keys, Keys of St. Peter, Oxlip, Primula, Primuli Parts Used: Flowers, root [...]
Botanical Name: Centaurea cyanus Family: Asteraceae Other Names: Centaurea, Batchelor’s Buttons, Bluebonnet, Bluebottle, Blue Centaury, Cyani, Bluebow, Hurtsickle, Blue Cap, Cyani-flowers Parts Used: Flowers, seeds, leaves Description: Native to the Near East, cornflower now grows wild in all temperate regions, often in cornfields. It is an annual, or biennial, growing to three feet producing multi-branched [...]
Botanical Name: Copaifera langsdorffi Family: Leguminosae Other Names: Copaiba Balsam, Copaiva Parts Used: Oleo-resin Description: Indigenous to the tropical regions of South America, mainly Peru, Brazil, Panama, and Venezuela, the tree also is found in South Africa. Copaiba is an evergreen tree, reaching up to 100 feet in height, producing compound leaves and small yellow [...]
Botanical Name: Marsdenia cundurango syn. Gonolobus condurango Family: Asclepiadaceae Common Name: Eagle Vine Parts Used: Bark, latex Description: Native to the deciduous forests of the Andes in Peru and Ecuador, the climbing vine grows to thirty feet. It has heart-shaped leaves and funnel-shaped, whitish green flowers. It is generally found growing at altitudes between 1,000 [...]
Botanical Name: Symphytum officinale Family: Boraginaceae Other Names: Ass Ear, Black Root, Blackwort, Boneset, Bruisewort, Consound, Gum Plant, Healing Herb, Knitback, Knitbone, Salsify, Slippery Root, Wallwort Parts Used: Aerial parts, root Description: Indigenous to Europe, comfrey now grows in all temperate regions of the world, including western Asia, North America, and Australia. The herb is [...]
Botanical Name: Tussilago farfara Family: Asteraceae Other Names: Colt’s Foot, British Tobacco, Bullsfoot, Butterbur, Coughwort, Cough Herb, Flower Velure, Foal’s Foot, Fool’s Foot, Horse-foot, Horsehoof, Hallfoot, Ass’s Foot, Foalswort, Fieldhove, Donnhove Parts Used: Aerial parts Description: Native to Europe and northern Asia, the plant has been naturalized in North America and has spread to northern [...]
Botanical Name: Galium aparine Family: Rubiaceae Other Names: Cleavers, Clivers, Goosegrass, Barweed, Hedgeheriff, Hayriffe, Eriffe, Grip Grass, Hayruff, Catchweed, Scratweed, Mutton Chops, Robin-run-in-the-Grass, Love-man, Goosebill, Everlasting Friendship, Bedstraw, Coachweed, Cleaverwort, Goose Grass, Gosling Weed, Hedge-burs, Stick-a-back, Sweethearts Parts Used: Aerial parts Description: Cleavers is a straggling annual, growing to about four feet in height. The [...]
Botanical Name: Cinnamomum aromaticum Family: Lauraceae Other Names: Chinese Cinnamon, Cassia, False Cinnamon, Bastard Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Cassia Bark, Cassia aromaticum, Canton Cassia Parts Used: Bark, twigs, essential oil Description: Native to Sri Lanka and India, cinnamon is now found growing in tropical forests worldwide to an altitude of 1,500 feet above sea level. It [...]
Botanical Name: Cinchona species Family: Rubiaceae Other Names: Quinine, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit’s Bark, Fever Tree Quina Roja, Quina Rojo, Chincona. Parts Used: Bark of the trunk, branches, and root Description: Native to the mountainous tropical regions of South America, especially Peru, it is now grown in India, Java, and parts of Africa, and extensively cultivated [...]
