Dye Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Lansing

It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.

* 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 regions; native to Japan and China.

* A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. The bark can also be made into a string. The bark is both strong and flexible as well as being ornamental. Wood - close-grained, soft, brittle.

Often grown as an informal hedge, it is also amenable to trimming. * A green dye is obtained from the immature fruit. Yellow, orange and brownish dyes can also be obtained. The colours are rich but fugitive.

It was used as a face paint by the North American Indians. * Bloodroot is one of many plants whose seeds are spread by ants, a process called myrmecochory. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their...

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green,...

* The roots grow into the soil up to a depth of 50 centimetres (20 in), so the plant can survive long periods of drought. * Covered in beautiful white flowers! * The Forking Larkspur ( Consolida regalis syn.

* A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. A good black dye is obtained from the root if it is mixed with iron sulphate. A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus.

* A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. The bark can also be made into a string. The bark is both strong and flexible as well as being ornamental. Wood - close-grained, soft, brittle.

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

Its massive trunk comes from the contribution of clusters of aerial roots that emerge from the bases of lowest branches and grow down to the soil. Dragon's blood has a number of traditional medical uses, although dragon's blood obtained from Dracaena...

Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating. The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native...

It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. * Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae...

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

Each has an elaiosome , which attracts ants to disperse the seeds ( myrmecochory ). * It is considered an aggressive invasive plant in natural areas (both woods and fields). The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each...

* A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems. * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye. It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma.

In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu". * Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe .

A warm compress has been used to ease sprains and strained muscles. It is an extremely useful medicine for those with weak and under-active digestion. * Wormwood is a very bitter plant with a long history of use as a medicinal herb.

* Native to coniferous and mixed forests, thickets, deforested rocks, open slopes; 100-3500 m (but usually at lower elevations than var. S Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, N Guangdong, N Guangxi, Guizhou, W Henan, W Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan,...

Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating. The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native...

* It differs from the wild type in having stouter, somewhat recurved spines on the seed heads. * By the 20th century, teasels had been largely replaced by metal cards, which can be made uniformly and do not require constant replacement as the teasel heads...

A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc. * They are very rich in vitamins and minerals and are similar to Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) in nutritional value.

It can be found from Newfoundland and southern Labrador , crossing Canada to the west and reaching British Columbia and the southern Northwest Territories . The plants grow rapidly and can be used for fuel and pulpwood.

* The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. * Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage emerges in spring, fades in early summer;...

Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi).

The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. * Native American Californians used the hard wood for arrows, digging, spearing fish, and digging. Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves.

In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu". * Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe .