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The leaves are used as herbal medicine to alleviate cough and fever, pain, and general gastrointestinal disorders as well as to cure dermatologic disorders. Similarly, the fruit juice and oils can be used in the treatment of liver disease, gastrointestinal disorders, chronic wounds or other dermatological disorders. [86] Hoodia gordonii: Hoodia
tall perennial herb culinary leaves, fruit leaves and roots used as vegetables: Flax: Linum usitatissimum: Linaceae: annual herb medicinal seeds also used as an oilseed and fiber crop: Koseret: Lippia abyssinica: Verbenaceae: shrubby herb culinary, tea, medicinal leaves Mexican oregano: Lippia graveolens: Verbenaceae: shrub or small tree ...
Sorrel – or garden sorrel, often simply called sorrel, is a perennial herb that is cultivated as a garden herb or leaf vegetable. Tarragon – perennial herb in the family Asteraceae related to wormwood. Thyme – culinary and medicinal herb of the genus Thymus. Vietnamese coriander (rau răm) – Persicaria odorata, the Vietnamese coriander ...
Fruit (in November), edible after being bletted for a few weeks [14] Bog-myrtle, sweet willow, Dutch myrtle, sweetgale Myrica gale: Parts of the northern hemisphere, including Japan, North Korea, Russia, Europe and North America Leaves, dried as tea, or raw as roast chicken stuffing Nutlets and dried leaves, as a seasoning, including for beer
It is an annual herb or undershrub [4] that can reach heights of 15–60 cm (6–24 in). [2] Leaves; Opposite, subsessile or short petioled,linear or narrowly oblong- lanceolate,entire or distantly crenate, obtuse, narrowed at the base. [4] They can reach up to lengths of 8 cm (3.1 in), and be 1.25 cm (0.49 in) broad.
The flowers are arranged in racemes in leaf axils with bracts at the base. The flower has five egg-shaped green or yellowish sepals and five usually yellow, usually glabrous petals. There are usually ten stamens that are free from each other, the filaments of different lengths, and some are staminodes. The fruit is a leathery pod containing ...
Drying herbs are kept from exposure to the sun to prevent discoloration and oxidation. The drying process takes approximately six days in its entirety. Once dried, the leaves are removed and both components, leaves and flowers, are chopped finely. The final dried product weighs a third of the initial fresh weight and can be stored for up to 18 ...
Occasionally used as a salad leaf or herb in Europe. [347] Sedum rhodanthum: Rose crown [348] Sedum telephium: Livelong [349] Senna occidentalis: Digutiyara: Traditionally eaten in the Maldives in Mas huni. Leaves are finely chopped. [142] Senna siamea: Cassod Tree: Used in Thai cuisine in a curry named Kaeng khilek. Leaves are boiled and ...