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The English common names are Indian berry, [6] fishberry, or Levant nut [10] (both referring to the dried fruit, and to the plant by synecdoche) and coca de Levante in Spanish; it is variously known as ligtang, aria , bayati , and variations thereof throughout its natural distribution (the Philippines, East India, Malaysia, and New Guinea).
Medinilla magnifica, the showy medinilla [1] or rose grape, [2] is a species of epiphytic flowering plant, of the family Melastomataceae, native to the Philippines.Various cultivars and hybrids of this species, genus and family are well-known and have grown to be popular with plant collectors; the species Medinilla speciosa is equally as popular.
The berries and leaves have traditionally been used to treat pain, swelling, infections, coughs, and skin conditions and, more recently, flu, common cold, fevers, constipation, and sinus infections. [135] Santalum album: Indian sandalwood
Berries, edible raw and used in jams [28] Elder: Sambucus nigra: Europe, North Africa, Central Asia and Anatolia: Flowers (June to July), edible raw, as a salad green, or pickled, or to make tea, or alcoholic beverages . Berries (August to October), edible when ripe (turning upside down) and cooked; raw berries are mildly poisonous [29 ...
Binukaw belongs to the genus Garcinia (the mangosteens) of the family Clusiaceae.The first description of the correct name of the species is attributed to the French botanist Jacques Denys Choisy in Description des guttifères de l'Inde (1849) based on the basionym Cambogia binucao from the Spanish friar and botanist Francisco Manuel Blanco in Flora de Filipinas in 1837.
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Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. While it is fatal to a variety of animals ...
Sapling. Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.