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* The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate.

* Bees collect nectar from its flowers to make honey. The fruits dry and harden to brown capsules. * It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit .

Used for small turnery. Yellow, orange and brownish dyes can also be obtained. Wood - hard, handsome with a marble-like grain. Mixed with gum arabic and limewater, it makes a green pigment used in watercolour painting.

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. Plants will generally selfsow and come back from year to year.

Lanceolata contains phenylethanoids such as acteoside (verbascoside), cistanoside F, lavandulifolioside, plantamajoside and isoacteoside. It is a common weed of cultivated land. It also contain the iridoid glycosides aucubin and catalpol.

* An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M. Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth.

* Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. * Used to make the strong, springy curved "enju wood" handle used on the traditional Japanese woodworking adze, called the chouna.

* The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate.

* A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter. The dried petals have a more concentrated flavour and are used as a seasoning in soups, cakes etc.

* A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall.

* The seed is used in the treatment of coughs, dysentery, fever, jaundice, malaria and rheumatism. Gallic acid (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid),isolated from Rhus chinensis, induces apoptosis in human monocytic lymphoma cell line U937 and may be a potential...

It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles. * An oil is extracted from the seeds.

A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus. * A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag .

It is commonly called the Chinese yew, though this term also refers to Taxus celebica or Taxus sumatrana. The tree is up to 14 m (46 ft) tall and wide and bushy when cultivated. * Taxus chinensis is a species of yew.

Nettles are a very valuable addition to the diet, they are a very nutritious food that is easily digested and is high in minerals (especially iron) and vitamins (especially A and C).

Additionally it is very common in New England and the Lake States but not very common south of Pennsylvania , where it is found only sporadically in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee .

* A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches.

S.-Peterburgsk. Guan mu tong Hocquartia manshuriensis (Komarov) Nakai; Isotrema manshuriense (Komarov) H. * Aristolochia manshuriensis Komarov, Trudy Imp.

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Grows well in heavy clay soils. * The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range...

* A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter. The dried petals have a more concentrated flavour and are used as a seasoning in soups, cakes etc.

Mixed with boiling water they are used in the treatment of haemopytsis, nose bleeds, haematemesis, blood in stools, metrorrhagia, gonorrhoea and other venereal diseases. It does not however grow well in hot climates.

They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some protection from the strongest sunlight. * In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of...

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* This species contains the gallotannin 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, a compound that may be used in radioprotection. The oil from the seeds may be processed into soap or lubricants.

The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema. * Purple or blue solitary flowers; native to northwest U.S. and Canada. A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles.

* A quick-growing, not to say rampant vine; can be pruned as a shrub; usually grown on a trellis for commercial production of the hops used in beer making; hops are produced on female plants; native to Eurasia, has escaped in the U.S.

* The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.