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Similarly, the fruit juice and oils can be used in the treatment of liver disease, gastrointestinal disorders, chronic wounds or other dermatological disorders. [86] Hoodia gordonii: Hoodia: The plant is traditionally used by Kalahari San (Bushmen) to reduce hunger and thirst. It is marketed as an appetite suppressant. [87] Hydrastis canadensis ...
The plants listed may be ornamental, medicinal, and/or edible. Several of them bear edible fruit. Plants are selectively bred for phenotypic traits (such as flower colour) and other hereditary traits. When developing a new variety, a plant breeder might value such characteristics as appearance, disease resistance, and hardiness.
Plants, including many now used as culinary herbs and spices, have been used as medicines, not necessarily effectively, from prehistoric times.Spices have been used partly to counter food spoilage bacteria, especially in hot climates, [6] [7] and especially in meat dishes that spoil more readily. [8]
This page is a sortable table of plants used as herbs and/or spices.This includes plants used as seasoning agents in foods or beverages (including teas), plants used for herbal medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components.
Begonia, for Michel Bégon (1638–1710), a French official and plant collector [27] [28] 2 genera, mainly throughout the tropics, extending into the subtropics [17] [29] Mostly perennial herbaceous succulents with unisexual flowers, with a few subshrubs and herbaceous plants up to 4 m (13 ft) tall. Some species grow on rocks, some on other plants.
List of lyrate plants; Lists of flowers. List of Asteraceae genera; ... List of wetland plants; List of plants with dehiscent fruits; By common name
These nine fruits—passion fruit, raspberries, guava, blackberries, avocado, persimmon, dragon fruit, pear and kiwi—each deliver distinctive nutrition and flavor profiles.
This article contains a list of useful plants, meaning a plant that has been or can be co-opted by humans to fulfill a particular need. Rather than listing all plants on one page, this page instead collects the lists and categories for the different ways in which a plant can be used; some plants may fall into several of the categories or lists ...