Name : Kumari Other Names :Barbados aloe, Curacao aloe, Kumari (Sanskrit name), Lu hui (Chinese name) Parts Used : Leaves Habitat : Found wild in East and South Africa and also cultivated in the West Indies and other tropical areas. It has been reported in the Zapata area of Texas. Description : The aloe is [...]
Kola Nuts Name : Kola Nuts Botanical : Kola vera Other Names :Cola acuminata. Sterculia acuminata. Kola Seeds. Gurru Nuts. Bissy Nuts. Cola Seeds. Guru Nut. Family : Sterculiaceae Parts Used : Seeds. Habitat : Sierra Leone, North Ashanti near the sources of the Nile; cultivated in tropical Western Africa, West Indies, Brazil, Java. Description [...]
Knotgrass Name : Knotgrass Botanical : Polyganum aviculare Other Names :Knotgrass. Centinode. Ninety-knot. Nine-joints. Allseed. Bird’s Tongue. Sparrow Tongue. Red Robin. Armstrong. Cowgrass. Hogweed. Pigweed. Pigrush. Swynel Grass. Swine’s Grass. Family : Polygonaceae Parts Used : Whole herb. Habitat : The entire globe. Description : The root is annual, branched and somewhat woody, taking strong [...]
Kinos Name : Kinos Botanical : Pterocarpus marsupium, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Butea frondosa Family : Leguminosae Description : Kino is the inspissated juice of the Bastard Teak (Pterocarpus marsupium) obtained from incisions made in the trunk. The term Kino is also applied to the juice of other plants inspissated without artificial heat. The varieties commonly distinguished [...]
Name : Kelpware Other Names :Black tany, Bladderwrack, Bladder fucus, Cutweed, Hai-ts’ao (Chinese name), Kelpware, Seaweed, Sea oak, Seawrack Parts Used : Whole plant Habitat : Thrives in the salty waters of the Atlantic Ocean along the rocky shores. Description : Seaweed: many species are used: Kombu (L. japonica), L. angusta, L. cichorioides, L. religiosa, [...]
Name : Kava Kava Botanical : Piper methysticum Other Names :Ava. Intoxicating Pepper. Ava Pepper. Family : Piperaceae Parts Used : The peeled, dried and divided rhizome. Habitat : Polynesia, Sandwich Islands, South Sea Islands. Official in the Australian Colonies. Description : An indigenous shrub several feet high, leaves cordate, acuminate, with very short axillary [...]
