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* German camomile is a well known herbal remedy and is much used in the West. The leaves have an aromatic apple scented adding to the tea flavor. Synonyms are: Chamomilla chamomilla , Chamomilla recutita (correct name according to the Flora Europaea ),...

Let stand 30 minutes before drinking. * This species is an annual or biennial plant of the Asteraceae family. The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled and buttered.

* Other common names include coixseed, tear grass and Yi Yi. Job's tears are also commonly sold as Chinese pearl barley in Asian supermarkets, although C. * Besides the use for ornamental purposes, Job's tears grains are useful as a source of food (cereals)...

* Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried.

It has deep lobed green leaves that are very sweet and tender. It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. It is ready to harvest in about 60 days from sowing and does well in cool weather in the...

* Cumin is an aromatic, astringent herb that benefits the digestive system and acts as a stimulant to the sexual organs. * A popular drink in southern India such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu is calld jira water, made by boiling cumin seeds in water.

* This variety is over 100 years old. Perhaps the best-known Turkish eggplant dishes are ?mam bay?ld? Eggplants can also be battered before deep-frying and served with a sauce made of tahini and tamarind.

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land.

Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown for its fruit.

Thin out to 8 to 12 inches apart. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory , and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species ; to distinguish C. * A good plant for bees, butterflies and moths.

* The seed remains viable for several years. Mirabilis jalapa is said to have been exported from the Peruvian Andes in 1540. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa is a town in Mexico .

It was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times, and was so valued that it was given as an annual tribute by the people to the rulers. The seed is a good source of protein and easily digested fats.

In Vietnam, it is called "hoa m??i gi?" meaning "ten o'clock flower", because the flower is usually in full bloom at 10:00 in the morning. * It is widely grown in temperate climates as an ornamental plant for annual bedding or as a container plant.

It is probably native to southern Europe though its long history of cultivation makes its precise origin unknown, and may possibly be of garden origin. * A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter.

* It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long. * It is loaded with nutrients and antioxidants so is often recommended as a nutraceutical supplement. * This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter when yellow and fully...

* Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to...

* Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion.

* It is commonly used in teas, soups, and curries. * Lemongrass oil is used as a pesticide and a preservative. It has a subtle citrus flavor and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh.

* Lian Qiao has been used in Chinese herbalism for over 4,000 years and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. A bitter tasting pungent herb with an antiseptic effect, it is chiefly used to treat boils, carbuncles, mumps and infected neck...

The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida. It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney...

S Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, N Guangdong, N Guangxi, Guizhou, W Henan, W Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, E Yunnan, Zhejiang [N India, ?Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam] * This is a very important medicinal species from Southern China.

* The triangular seeds have some history of use as a psychedelic; they, like Ipomoea tricolor contain LSA. Grow them on fast in the greenhouse and plant them out into their permanent positions after the last expected frosts.

Carnation also exhibits this effect. The aromatic seed is used as a flavouring in stews etc. * The flower clusters can be french-fried to produce a carrot-flavoured gourmet's delight.

* Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped flowers in summer.

* Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T. They include western goat's beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard, meadow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, or salsify.

* An essential oil distilled from the plant is used in perfumery and lipsticks. Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates. * Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple.

* Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia . Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits.