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[9] Alcea rosea: Common hollyhock Believed to be an emollient and laxative. It is used to control inflammation, to stop bedwetting and as a mouthwash in cases of bleeding gums. [10] Alisma plantago-aquatica: Water-plantain Used for the urinary tract. [11] Allium sativum: Garlic: Purported use to lower blood cholesterol and high blood pressure ...
Plants used as herbs or spices; List of plants used in herbalism; List of culinary herbs and spices; List of herbs with known adverse effects; Medicinal plants. List of medicinal plants of the American West; List of textile fibres; List of woods; List of Indian timber trees; List of beneficial weeds; List of plants used for smoking; List of ...
culinary, medicinal, fragrance [9] flowers Juniper berry: Juniperus communis and related species: Cupressaceae: small tree or shrub: culinary, medicinal, fragrance: cones Kencur: Kaempferia galanga: Zingiberaceae: perennial herb [10] culinary, medicinal rhizome one of several plants known as galangal: Cǎoguǒ: Lanxangia tsaoko: Zingiberaceae ...
This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring . This list does not contain fictional plants such as aglaophotis , or recreational drugs such as tobacco .
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The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]
Botanical gardens in Philippines have collections consisting entirely of Philippines native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in many provinces, municipalities, and cities of Philippines, some administered by local governments and some are privately owned.
An herb is a plant grown for medicinal value or for flavoring food. There is some overlap between the milder leafy herbs and the more strongly-flavored leaf vegetables.This category does not include the much wider category of herbaceous plants which are also called herbs in some countries.