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Elizabeth Blackwell (born 23 April 1699 in Aberdeen [1] [2] [3] –1758) was a botanical illustrator best known as drawer and engraver of the plates for A Curious Herbal, published between 1737 and 1739. It illustrated medicinal plants in a reference work for the use of physicians and apothecaries.
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 ...
Rauvolfia serpentina, the Indian snakeroot, devil pepper, serpentine wood, Sarpagandha (as known locally) or Chandrika, [4] is a species of flower in the milkweed family Apocynaceae. [5] It is native to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia (from India to Indonesia ).
Floral diagram of Fritillaria flower. Fritillaria (fritillaries) is a genus of spring flowering herbaceous bulbous perennial plants in the lily family ().The type species, Fritillaria meleagris, was first described in Europe in 1571, while other species from the Middle East and Asia were also introduced to Europe at that time.
Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug mixture opium, which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug. It also produces ...
A weed, this plant is a ruderal species that often grows on disturbed land, [1] and in grasslands. [3] It has been described physically as: Softly hairy, half woody, strongly aromatic shrub, 1-4 meters (m) high. Simple, alternate, broadly elongated leaves, 7-20 cm long, with toothed margin and appendaged or divided base.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (giant crepe-myrtle, Queen's crepe-myrtle, banabá plant, or pride of India, or "Queen's Flower" or "Jarul" [2] [3]) is a species of Lagerstroemia native to tropical southern Asia. It is a deciduous tree with bright pink to light purple flowers.
Closeup of flowers. Prunella vulgaris grows 5–30 cm (2.0–11.8 in) high, [8] with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at the leaf axes. [9]The leaves are lance-shaped, serrated and reddish at the tip, about 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long and 1.5 cm (0.59 in) broad, and growing in opposite pairs down the square stem. [9]