Purvain Name : Purvain Other Names :Americanvervain, Falsevervain, Indianhyssop, Purvain, Simpler’sjoy, Traveler’sjoy, Vervain, Wildhyssop Parts Used : Roots, leaves, stems Habitat : Native to the northern United States and Canada, found also in England.Fields, thickets, waste places, in dry hard soils, along roadsides. Description : Blue vervain is a bristly, erect, perennial; the quadrangular stemreaches [...]
purging cassia This is a medium sized tree with 24 to 30 feet height. The bark is brownish or grey in color.Leaves are compound, 1 feet long and with 8 to 16 oblong leaflets. The leaflets are 2 to 7 inch long. Leaves fall in March to April. Thereafter new leaves and flowers appear. Then [...]
Botanical Name * Family Rutaceae * Zanthoxylum americanum Common Names * Toothache Tree, Yellow Wood/Yellowwood, Suterberry, Sootberry, False Hercules, False Hercules Club Cautions * An overdose can lead to salivation, increased cardiac function, and elevated blood pressure. * Do not use during pregnancy. * Do not take internally if suffering from inflammatory stomach conditions. Description [...]
Podina Name : Podina Other Names : Balm mint, Brandy mint, Curled mint, Lamb mint, Lammint, Phudina (Sanskrit name), Wu-pa-ho (Chinese name), Phudina. Parts Used : Leaves, oil, and flowering tops Habitat : Mostly cultivated but also found wild in moist soil in the eastern United States and in Europe. Description : A hybrid perennial [...]
Name : Pichi Botanical : Fabiana imbricata Other Names :Fabiana. Family : Solanaceae Parts Used : Dried leaf and twig. Habitat : Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentine Republic. Description : A neat half-hardy shrub, very like a heath in general appearance. Fastigiate habit, has small branches covered with scale-like imbricated leaves, colour bluish green, leaves [...]
Peppermint Name : Peppermint Botanical : Mentha piperita Other Names :Balm mint, Brandy mint, Curled mint, Lamb mint, Lammint, Phudina (Sanskrit name), Wu-pa-ho (Chinese name), Podina Family : Labiatae Parts Used : Leaves, oil, and flowering tops Habitat : Mostly cultivated but also found wild in moist soil in the eastern United States and in [...]
Pepper Name : Pepper Botanical : Piper nigrum Other Names :Black Pepper. Piper (United States Pharmacopceia). Family : Piperaceae Parts Used : Dried unripe fruit. Habitat : In South India wild, and in Cochin-China; also cultivated in East and West Indies, Malay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago, Siam, Malabar, etc. Description : The best Pepper of commerce [...]
Name : Peach Botanical : Prunus persica Other Names :Amygdalis Persica (Linn.). Persica vulgaris Null. Family : Rosaceae Parts Used : Bark, leaves. Description : The Peach is included by Hooker and other botanists in the genus prurnus, its resemblance to the plum being obvious. Others have classed it with the Almond as a distinct [...]
