Zeodary Name : Zeodary Botanical : Curcuma zedoaria Other Names :Turmeric. Zitterwurzel. Family : Zingiberaceae Parts Used : Dried rhizome. Habitat : East Indies and Cochin-China. Description : There are two kinds of Zedoary, the long and the round, distinguished by the names of radix zedoaria longae (Curcuma Zerumbet, the Long Zedoary of the shops) [...]
Corn, Indian Name : Corn, Indian Botanical : Zea Mays Other Names :Maize. Family : Graminaceae Parts Used : Seeds. Habitat : South America; also cultivated in other parts of America, in the West Indian Islands, Australia, Africa, India, etc., and now in France. Description : A monoecious plant. Male flowers in terminal racemes; spikelets, [...]
Zanzibar Pepper Name : Zanzibar Pepper Other Names :Africapepper, Africanred pepper, Americanpepper, Americanred pepper, Birdpepper, Capsicum, Chilipepper, Chilies, Cockspurpepper, Gardenpepper, Goat’spepper, Podpepper, Redpepper, Spanishpepper, Zanzibarpepper Parts Used : Fruits Habitat : From the Greek kapto, ‘I bite’, capsicum is a biting plant. The bestcomes from Africa, Asia, and South America. It is produced in goodquality [...]
