Dye Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Durham

They are also medicinal. The fragrant flower cones impart bitterness and flavor, and also have preservative qualities. Lupulus contains myrcene, humulene, xanthohumol, myrcenol, linalool, tannins, and resin.

* It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit . * Bees collect nectar from its flowers to make honey. * The plant bears pink flowers and bright red spiny fruits which contain red seeds.

A homeopathic remedy is made from the flowering plant. * The dried flower heads are used for carding wool and as a clothes brush for raising the nap on woollen cloth. * A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute.

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy;...

* Cultivated in China for the rutin contained in its leaves and ovaries. * Used to make the strong, springy curved "enju wood" handle used on the traditional Japanese woodworking adze, called the chouna.

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

* It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit . * Bees collect nectar from its flowers to make honey. * The plant bears pink flowers and bright red spiny fruits which contain red seeds.

It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. * Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and northern Asia , from the United Kingdom south...

Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western North America .

A dark grey to green dye can be obtained from the fruit. * A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. The bark can also be made into a string. It is sometimes used for furniture because it takes a high polish.

The bark is employed in astringent baths and poultices. * It is believed that D. * Dodonaea viscosa can be grown from seeds. * The fruit is a capsule 1.5 cm (0.59 in) broad, red ripening brown, with two to four wings.

Mixed with gum arabic and limewater, it makes a green pigment used in watercolour painting. Wood - hard, handsome with a marble-like grain. The colours are rich but fugitive. It has been used to colour paper and maps.

* 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.

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

It is an extremely useful medicine for those with weak and under-active digestion. * The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. * This is the main botanical ingredient in Absinthe, an alcoholic spirit that has a long and interesting history.

It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. * Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues...

* Fresh petals are chopped and added to salads. It is also used as a hair rinse, adding golden tints to brown or auburn hair. * When eaten they first of all impart a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste of a saline nature.

These last two compounds have been shown to have potent anti-retroviral activity without serious side effects and they are being researched in the treatment of AIDS. Perforatum is sometimes called Common St John's wort to differentiate it.

Wood - white, beautifully veined. * A dark red dye is obtained from the leaves. * Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot...

The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the insect.

It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory . The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring.

* It is a moderately long-lived tree, with ages of up to 258 years known. * The wood weighs about 36 lb per cubic foot and takes a beautiful polish. * The wood of P. * The valuable wood is used particularly for furniture, paneling, professional and scientific...

Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods. * Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have...

A vigorous plant, it can be grown through trees or shrubs or over tree stumps. * The root can be eaten cooked. Commonly inhabiting wooded areas and fences and often found growing with other species of Smilax.

* The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative. It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis...

Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western North America .