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Today this tourmaline locality (type locality for dravite) at Dobrova (near Dravograd), is a part of the Republic of Slovenia. [9] Tschermak gave this tourmaline the name dravite, for the Drava river area, which is the district along the Drava River (in German: Drau, in Latin: Drave) in Austria and Slovenia.
Optical properties of common minerals Name Crystal system Indicatrix Optical sign Birefringence Color in plain polars Anorthite: Triclinic: Biaxial (-) 0.013
Syzygium cumini, commonly known as Malabar plum, [3] Java plum, [3] black plum, jamun, jaman, jambul, or jambolan, [4] [5] is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, and favored for its fruit, timber, and ornamental value. [5] It is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Plums may get overlooked for flashier summer fruits, but they provide benefits and healthy nutrients to aid your heart, gut and bones, dietitians say. Yes, plums help you poop. But they have other ...
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 ...
The plant has been used for centuries in the South Pacific to make a ceremonial drink with sedative and anesthetic properties, with potential for causing liver injury. [117] Piscidia erythrina / Piscidia piscipula: Jamaica dogwood: The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety, despite serious safety ...
Flacourtia indica (known commonly as ramontchi, governor's plum and Indian plum), is a species of flowering plant native to much of Africa and tropical and temperate parts of Asia. It has various uses, including folk medicine, fuel, animal food and human food.
Herbal tonics are believed to have healing properties ranging from relieving muscle and joint pain [3] and extend as far as inhibiting some cancers. [ 4 ] Herbal tonics can be dated as far back as 4,000 years ago [ 5 ] – as a practice thought to have originated under the sphere of traditional Chinese Medicine . [ 5 ]