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Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor. [3] The Nicobarese people have attested to the medicinal properties found in G. calocarpum , saying that its bark and seed are most effective in curing abdominal disorders associated with amoebiasis .
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.
Helichrysum petiolare, the licorice-plant [2] or liquorice plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a subshrub native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa — where it is known as imphepho — and to Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [ 1 ]
Kampō (or Kanpō, 漢方) medicine is the Japanese study and adaptation of traditional Chinese medicine.In 1967, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved four kampo medicines for reimbursement under the National Health Insurance (NHI) program.
Lophophora (/ l ə ˈ f ɒ f ə r ə /) [citation needed] is a genus of spineless, button-like cacti.Its native range covers Texas through Mexico to southwestern Mexico. [1] The species are extremely slow growing, sometimes taking up to thirty years to reach flowering age (at the size of about a golf ball, excluding the root) in the wild.
The plant is erect and covered with wool-like hairs. [8] The ash-green leaves are alternate. The tiny monecious flowers are grouped in a raceme. The lower, female flowers lack petals and the upper male flowers have five small yellow petals. Pollination is by ants. [7] The fruits are conspicuous and consist of three dark green conjoined spheres.
Vanda caerulescens Lindl. is a similar separate species of dwarf form in plant and flowers. Vanda coerulea , commonly known as blue orchid , [ 1 ] blue vanda or autumn lady's tresses , is a species of orchid found in Northeast India with its range extending to China (southern Yunnan ).
Leontice leontopetalum is a perennial plant growing to a height of 15–60 cm. and bearing a profuse yellow inflorescence shaped like a ball or a pyramid. [3] Its flowers bloom between February and April, usually after the winter rains. The plant contains saponins in all its parts.