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Sarcococca hookeriana, [1] [2] [3] the Himalayan sweet box, is a species of flowering plant in the box family Buxaceae, native to China, Afghanistan, North East India, Bhutan and Nepal. [4] It is a low-growing evergreen shrub, usually growing to 12–24 in (30–61 cm) high. It produces aromatic white flowers throughout winter, followed by ...
[3] [4] The genus is predominantly native to Asia, with more than half of Sarcococca species native to China, [5] however one species (Sarcococca conzattii) is native to southern Mexico and Guatemala. [6] [7] The plants bear fragrant white flowers, often in winter. The fruit is a red or black drupe containing 1–3 seeds.
Grevillea hookeriana, commonly known as red toothbrushes or Hooker's grevillea, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub, usually with linear leaves or deeply divided leaves with linear lobes, and toothbrush-shaped groups of red, black or ...
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Grevillea 'Red Hooks' is a grevillea cultivar from Australia. [2] It is a shrub that grows to 3 metres in height and 4 to 5 metres in width and has pinnate leaves with narrow-linear lobes. [ 2 ] The inflorescences comprise greyish-green perianths and red styles which bend backwards.
Banksia hookeriana, commonly known as Hooker's banksia, is a species of shrub of the genus Banksia in the family Proteaceae. It is native to the southwest of Western Australia and can reach up to 4 m (13 ft) high and 3 m (9.8 ft) wide.
In 1993, a chemical study was carried out the rhizomes of Iris hookeriana, to extract 'Piceid', a stilbene glucoside. [16] In 2008, a study was carried out on the effectiveness of a decoction of Iris hookeriana rhizome, as an anthelmintic (drugs that expel parasitic worms) used on gastrointestinal nematodes (or Trichuris ovis worms) in sheep. [17]