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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. It was used as a face paint by the North American Indians.

* It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit . * The species is also planted as an ornamental, particularly the varieties with bright pink pods.

* The fruit is a capsule 1.5 cm (0.59 in) broad, red ripening brown, with two to four wings. * Native Hawaiians made pou (house posts), laʻau melomelo (fishing lures), and ʻoʻo (digging sticks) from ʻaʻaliʻiwood and a red dye from the fruit.

It is also a nurse tree, providing cover and shade for the establishment of seedlings of the next generation of larger hardwoods. * This species is often called Fire Cherry because its seedlings come up after forest fires.

* The tree is capable of being grown in most temperate latitudes, though it benefits greatly from warm summers. Occidentalis; creamy bark; resistant to anthracnose. * The timber , often called lacewood , is figured and valuable for indoor furniture.

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 .

Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae . * A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the head and pubic hair.It is also effective against aphids and thrips.

Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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 chemotherapeutic agent against lymphoma.

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine . A bitter tasting pungent herb with an antiseptic effect, it is chiefly used to treat boils, carbuncles, mumps and infected neck glands.

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 .

There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer the plant), but recent research has demonstrated significant absorption...

The dried petals have a more concentrated flavour and are used as a seasoning in soups, cakes etc. A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc. * Fresh petals are chopped and added to salads.

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern...

Used for construction, cabinet making, cooperage. It is native to northwestern China and widely naturalised elsewhere in Asia east to Korea and Japan , south to northern India , and west to northern Iran .

It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. * A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems.

* Gardenia jasminoides is a shrub with greyish bark and dark green shiny evergreen leaves with prominent veins. * Gardenia jasminoides fructus (fruit) is used within Traditional Chinese Medicine to "drain fire" and thereby treat certain febrile conditions.

* Nettle leaves are steeped in a concentrated sugar solution to extract the flavour. Seed density should be 6 kg/ha with row spacing of 30 cm and 42–50 cm in autumn and spring, respectively.The disadvantage of direct sowing is that it usually leads...

* Succeeds in most soils in sun or semi-shade. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. It is native to central and eastern portions of the United States, where it is a common and conspicuous part of the forest vegetation.

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous...

The leaves have an aromatic apple scented adding to the tea flavor. Dried Chamomile flowers make a sedative and delicious tea that is calming to the stomach and improves digestion.

Inflorescence glandular-pubescent, a long branched, very rarely simple, many-flowered raceme, branches of inflorescence and pedicles sometimes grayish with short hairs. * The root is harvested in the autumn and used fresh or dried.

Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. Pallida is similar to E. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals.

Research conducted on mice has offered a degree of confirmation for this use—it was found that wild carrot disrupts the implantation process, which reinforces its reputation as a contraceptive.

Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. * It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California , mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges , but with an isolated disjunct population...

Last updated: 09-Mar-2004 * The fruit and its capsule are antiasthmatic, antiseptic, antitussive and expectorant. The root is used as a purgative in the treatment of rabies and also has sedative properties.

American Ginseng was formerly particularly widespread in the Appalachian and Ozark regions (and adjacent forested regions such as Pennsylvania and New York State), but due its popularity the wild plant has been over harvested, and is thus rare in most...