Description: Alfalfa
is an age-old herb, cultivated since before the era of ancient Greeks and
Romans for use as livestock fodder. Once known to Arabians in the Middle East
as the “father of all herbs”, alfalfa is said to cont..
Description: Alfalfa is an age-old herb, cultivated since before the era of ancient Greeks and Romans for use as livestock fodder. Once known to Arabians in the Middle East as the “father of all herbs”, alfalfa is said to contain ..
Description: Some historical
societies praised Basil as “kingly” and even considered it a token of love for
the dead. It was cherished in India by those who practiced Ayurveda and was
often used in tonics and salves. Contrarily, in many cultu..
Description: Bay leaves were once
used by ancient Romans and Greeks to make crowns for royalty, nobles, heroes,
and Olympians. Today, the florally herbaceous flavour of bay leaves is used to
flavour soups, stews, meats, sauces and more.Botani..
Description: Here in North
America, blackberry bushes can be found growing naturally as an invasive weed.
The prickly part is covered in delicious berries that can be to prepare jams,
jellies, pies and more, while its leaves are typically enj..
Description: Blueberry leaves can be either deciduous or
evergreen, ovate to lanceolate, and 1–8 cm (0.39–3.15 in) long and 0.5–3.5 cm
(0.20–1.38 in) broad. The flowers are bell-shaped, white, pale pink or red,
sometimes tinged greenish. The ..
Description: Catnip
is famous for its drug-like effects on house cats, but it also has a variety of
other uses. The extracted ingredient, iridodial, is used as an attractant for
lacewing flies, which eat aphids and mites. Another ingredi..
Description: Larrea
tridentata is known as creosote bush and greasewood as a plant, chaparral as a
medicinal herb, and as gobernadora in Mexico, Spanish for
"governess", due to its ability to secure more water by inhibiting
the growth of nea..
Latin Name: Cinnamomum zeylaniciumBiological Definition: Cinnamomum zeylanicum Leaf Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the leaves of the Ceylon Cinnamon, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Lauraceae.Plant Part:&nb..
Latin Name: Eugenia caryophyllus
Biological Definition: Eugenia Carophyllus Leaf Oil is an essential oil steam-distilled from the leaves of the Clove, Eugenia caryophyllus, Myrtaceaae.
Plant Part: Leaf
Processing Method: Distilled
Appeara..
Description: The comfrey plant has a history of use in healing wounds and mending broken bones. In fact, in multiple languages, its name can be roughly translated to “grow together”. Farmers often used specially bred comfrey plants to activ..
Description: The comfrey plant has a history of use in healing wounds and mending broken bones. In fact, in multiple languages, its name can be roughly translated to “grow together”.Farmers often used specially bred comfrey plants to activa..
Description: Coriander is native to regions spanning
from southern Europe and northern Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft
plant growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly
lobed at the base of the plant, and sle..
Description: Damiana is a relatively small, woody shrub
that produces small, aromatic flowers. It blossoms in early to late summer and
is followed by fruits that taste similar to figs. The shrub is said to have a
strong spice-like odor somewh..
Description: It can be found growing in temperate
regions of the world, in lawns, on roadsides, on disturbed banks and shores of
water ways, and other areas with moist soils. T. officinale is considered a
weed, especially in lawns and along roadsi..
Description: Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs (including a distinct group with a multiple-stem mallee growth habit) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia, and include the ..
Description: Ginkgo biloba, also known as the ginkgo tree or the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct.It is found in fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is wide..
Description: Ginkgo biloba, also known as the ginkgo tree or the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct.It is found in fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is wide..
Description: Hawthorn Berries is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name "hawthorn" was originally applied to the species native..
Description: Henna is a tall shrub or
small tree, standing 1.8 to 7.6 m tall (6 to 25 ft). It is glabrous and
multi-branched, with spine-tipped branchlets. The leaves grow opposite each
other on the stem. They are glabrous, sub-sessile, ..
Description: Henna is a tall shrub or small tree, standing 1.8 to 7.6 m tall (6 to 25 ft). It is glabrous and multi-branched, with spine-tipped branchlets. The leaves grow opposite each other on the stem. They are glabrous, sub-sessile, elliptic..
Description: Henna is a tall shrub or small tree, standing 1.8 to 7.6 m tall (6 to 25 ft). It is glabrous and multi-branched, with spine-tipped branchlets. The leaves grow opposite each other on the stem. They are glabrous, sub-sessile, elliptic..
Description: Horehound, Marrubium vulgare (white horehound or common horehound) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern and central Asia. It is also widely naturalized in many..
Description: Lemon Verbena is a
species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native to western
South America. It was brought to Europe by the Spanish and the Portuguese in
the 17th century and cultivated for its oil. Lemon ve..
Description: Tilia ×
europaea, generally known as the common lime (British Isles) or common linden
(North America), is a naturally occurring hybrid between Tilia cordata
(small-leaved lime) and Tilia platyphyllos (large-leaved lime). It occur..
Description: Marjoram
(Origanum majorana, syn. Majorana hortensis Moench, Majorana majorana) is a
somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus
flavors. In some Middle Eastern countries, marjoram is synonymou..
Description: It is a
hairy biennial plant that can grow to 2 m tall or more. Its small, yellow
flowers are densely grouped on a tall stem, which grows from a large rosette of
leaves. It grows in a wide variety of habitats, but prefers well-lit, di..