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Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. [2] It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in) tall. [ 2 ] It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, [ 3 ] with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.
Chamaecrista nictitans, the sensitive cassia, [2] sensitive partridge pea, [3] small partridge pea [4] or wild sensitive plant, [4] is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas. [5] It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. [6]
Contains ingenol mebutate (Picato) which is used to treat skin cancer [9] Maytenus ovatus. Trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) is an antibody conjugated to a synthetic derivative of the cytotoxic principle of the Ethiopian plant Maytenus ovatus. It used to treat breast cancer. [10] Mappia foetida
Flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea (or the leaves as a salad) for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract. [18] Berberis vulgaris: Barberry: Long history of medicinal use, dating back to the Middle Ages particularly among Native Americans.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the use of medicinal plants dates back to the Paleolithic age, approximately 60,000 years ago. Written evidence of herbal remedies dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumerians, who compiled lists of plants. Some ancient cultures wrote about plants and their medical uses in books called herbals.
Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including defense and protection against insects , fungi , diseases , against parasites [ 2 ] and herbivorous mammals .
Mitchella repens (commonly partridge berry or squaw vine) is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family ( Rubiaceae ).
Chamaecrista rotundifolia, the round-leaf cassia, [1] also known as pasto rastiero, roundleaf sensitive pea, [2] and Wynn cassia, [3] is a short-lived perennial or self-generating annual plant [2] in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the family Fabaceae. [4]