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The dried flowers and flower buds are used as a substitute for tea in case of diabetes patients. The powdered seed is also applied to the eye, in case of chronic purulent conjunctivitis. [citation needed] Sesuvium portulacastrum: Shoreline purslane The plant extract showed antibacterial and anticandidal activities and moderate antifungal ...
Cantutas in Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, Peru.. Cantua buxifolia, (/ ˈ k æ n tj u ə b ʌ k s ɪ ˈ f oʊ l i ə /, Hispanicized spellings cantuta, cantu), known as qantu, qantus or qantuta (Quechua, [1]) is a flowering plant found in the high valleys of the Yungas of the Andes mountains in western South America.
Chromolaena odorata is a rapidly growing perennial herb. It is a multi-stemmed shrub which grows up to 2.5 m (100 inches) tall in open areas. It has soft stems but the base of the shrub is woody.
It is also known to be used after birth to expel the placenta and to increase the lactation, as well as for gastrointestinal issues, such as hemorrhages and diarrhea, for nausea, fevers and headaches. [citation needed] In the Levant seeds of Gossypium herbaceum were also used for food, feed or oil extraction. Cotton seeds, containing up to 20% ...
The flowers are greenish-white, white or amber, which produce small, three-part capsule fruits that appear on a thin spike that measures 30–50 cm. [4] [10] Both the smooth, mottled bark and viscous, red, latex-rich resin excreted from the wounded trunk of the tree are used medicinally. [9]
The upper leaves have no stalks and are ovate or lanceolate, hairy with toothed margins. The inflorescence is a one sided spike with a few slightly nodding flowers. Each flower has five sepals which are fused, erect and hairy, and the five violet (or occasionally white) petals are fused into a bell that is hairy inside.
Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...
Hibiscus trionum, commonly called flower-of-an-hour, [2] bladder hibiscus, bladder ketmia, [2] bladder weed, puarangi and venice mallow, [2] is an annual plant native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. It has spread throughout southern Europe both as a weed and cultivated as a garden plant. It has been introduced to the United States as ...