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  2. Abrus precatorius - Wikipedia

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    The leaves, when mixed with honey, are applied to swellings, and in Jamaica are used as a substitute for tea. Under the name of "Jequirity" the seeds have recently been employed in cases of ophthalmia, a use to which they have long been put in India and Brazil." [27] The plant is also used in Ayurveda [28] and is said to promote hair growth. It ...

  3. List of edible seeds - Wikipedia

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    An edible seed [n 1] is a seed that is suitable for human or animal consumption. Of the six major plant parts, [n 2] seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein. [1] A wide variety of plant species provide edible seeds; most are angiosperms, while a few are gymnosperms. As a global food source, the most important edible seeds by ...

  4. Plants used as herbs or spices - Wikipedia

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    This page is a sortable table of plants used as herbs and/or spices.This includes plants used as seasoning agents in foods or beverages (including teas), plants used for herbal medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components.

  5. Job's tears - Wikipedia

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    The plant was known as calandula in Spanish, and the hards seeds were strung together as beads or into rosaries in parts of New Spain, e.g., Puerto Rico. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] In both the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, the beads of Job's tears are called "corn beads" or "Cherokee corn beads" and have been used for ...

  6. Tea production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Finger Lakes Tea Company in upstate New York planted 55,000 tea plants in 2014, but most died during the 2015 winter season. [30] A company in Mount Vernon, Texas started cultivating and selling tea in. [ 31 ] An attempt by the same growers began in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in 2015 and expanded in 2016 with Nepalese and Sochi seed-stock. [ 32 ]

  7. Seed - Wikipedia

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    Many seeds have been used as beads in necklaces and rosaries including Job's tears, Chinaberry, rosary pea, and castor bean. However, the latter three are also poisonous. Other seed uses include: Seeds once used as weights for balances. Seeds used as toys by children, such as for the game Conkers. Resin from Clusia rosea seeds used to caulk ...

  8. Adenanthera pavonina - Wikipedia

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    The curved hanging pods, with a bulge opposite each seed, split open into two twisted halves to reveal the hard, scarlet seeds. This tree is used for making soap, [10] and a red dye can be obtained from the wood. The wood, which is extremely hard, is also used in boat-building, making furniture and for firewood.

  9. Senna obtusifolia - Wikipedia

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    As a folk remedy, the seeds are often roasted, then boiled in water to produce sicklepod tea. The plant's seeds are a commercial source of cassia gum, a food additive usually used as a thickener and named for the Chinese Senna's former placement in the genus Cassia. Roasted and ground, the seeds have also been used as a substitute for coffee.

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