The leaves of the heliotrope plant follow the sun in the sky. Hence, some of its common names. The great…
Andres de Laguna, a Spanish humanist physician, pharmacologist, and botanist, said that drinking and smelling the juice of the ivy…
The wood of the spindle tree has an excellent ability to make various tools, among these the wool spindles formerly…
The calaguala plant is a fern native to America and was highly valued by the Mayan people long before the…
Ground cherry is a small plant that grows on roadsides in Mexico and most areas in America. Its fruits are…
A dye similar to the lacquer color is obtained from the pokeweed plant. This plant possesses minimal medicinal properties since…
The tiny flowers of the pansy plant, with their large peduncle and variegated colors, are genuinely exuberant. The combination of…
The name of the sanicle plant comes from the Latin word sanare (to heal) and references the many properties attributed…
The livelong plant belongs to the same family as the houseleek plant. Both plants have fleshy leaves and a hot-spicy…
The allgood plant should not be confused with the shepherd's purse, which belongs to the botanical family of Cruciferae. The…