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Sapindus emarginatus leaves, India. The drupes (soapnuts) contain saponins, which have surfactant properties, having been used for washing by ancient Asian and American peoples. [5] [6] A number of other uses for Sapindus have also been reported such as making arrows from the wood and decorative objects from the seeds. [7]
Litsea garciae has many medicinal uses. The Iban use the lightly burned bark to treat caterpillar stings, and use a bark poultice to treat boils. The Selako use a poultice of the leaves or shoots along with shallot and fennel seeds to cure infections and skin diseases. It is also used to treat skin burns.
Ginataang langka, is a Filipino vegetable stew made from unripe jackfruit in coconut milk and spices. The dish includes a wide variety of secondary ingredients like seafood, meat, and other vegetables. The dish also commonly adds bagoong alamang (shrimp paste) and may be spiced with chilis or soured with vinegar.
culinary, medicinal leaves, buds Moringa: Moringa oleifera: Moringaceae: tree culinary, medicinal leaves, pods, seeds, root used as a nutritional supplement, also eaten as a vegetable: Curry leaf: Murraya koenigii: Rutaceae: small tree culinary, medicinal leaves fruit is also edible: Nutmeg (seed) and mace (seed coating) Myristica fragrans (and ...
The soapnut contains the compound of saponin, which has natural cleansing properties, and therefore the soapnut can be used as a cleanser for hair, skin, and clothing. These saponins are also useful as insecticides , for purposes such as removing head lice off the scalp.
Soda rosmarinus is a perennial-green desert species of saltwort in the Amaranthaceae family. [2] It is endemic to the lower Jordan Valley along the Dead Sea, in Israel and Jordan, and in the Syrian desert, [3] Central Iraq (near Najaf) and in the coastal regions of Saudi Arabia, the islands of Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran, commonly known in Arabic by the names ʾušnān (Arabic: أشنان) [4 ...
Quillaja saponaria, the soap bark tree or soapbark, is an evergreen tree in the family Quillajaceae, native to warm temperate central Chile. In Chile it occurs from 32 to 40° South Latitude approximately and at up to 2000 m (6500 ft) above sea level.
Another use is in moxibustion, a form of healing in which the herb is burned in cones or sticks or as a compressed ball set on the top of an inserted acupuncture needle. [8] Boiling water can be poured onto the ground up leaves and used in a decoction , alone or with other substances, and the fresh leaf can be crushed and blended and a juice ...