Dye Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Warren

It was used as a face paint by the North American Indians. The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. * A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the...

* Annatto, obtained from the oily arils of the seeds is the world's second most important (after caramel) natural colorant (Mercadante and Pfander 1998), yielding yellow to red colors.

It is a common weed of cultivated land. Gold and brown dyes are obtained from the whole plant. Something that is considered to be an indicator of grazing in that area. * Considered to be an indicator of agriculture in pollen diagrams, P.

* A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. * Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula .

"Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory , and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species ; to distinguish C. Kennedy, Jr. at his wedding in tribute to his father. Extracts of the plant are added to hair shampoos and rinses.

The flowers are small, greenish-white, hermaphroditic , and insect pollinated, flowering in mid-June in New Hampshire. It is the source of a high quality charcoal that is used by artists.

It is sometimes used for furniture because it takes a high polish. An excellent fuel. The bark is used to ornament baskets and is also split into strips and used for making baskets that are watertight and resist decay.

It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems. * The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline, sitosterol,...

* 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.

A good black dye is obtained from the root if it is mixed with iron sulphate. Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag . The root is a source of tannin and has been used in making ink.

* The plant is under investigation as a potential stimulant of the immune system. Australis is an herbaceous perennial that reproduces both sexually and asexually by means of its spreading rhizomes .

The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria . Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating.

It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems. * The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline, sitosterol,...

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. 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...

* When Lewis and Clark reached St. Louis in 1804, they were so impressed by the versatile and durable Osage Orange tree that it was the first specimen that they sent east. In form they are very simple, a long oval terminating in a slender point.

After being dried they are cooked in water to make a sweet aromatic porridge that is called 'mazamorra' in S. Sweet and pleasantly flavoured. They can be slowly baked. * Maca (Peruvian Ginseng) seedlings usually emerge about one month after sowing with...

A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc. * Fresh petals are chopped and added to salads. An edible yellow dye is obtained from the petals. * When eaten they first of all impart a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating...

* Aristolochic acid can also be used in the treatment of acute and serious infections such as TB, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and infantile pneumonia. Last updated: 09-Mar-2004 * The fruit and its capsule are antiasthmatic, antiseptic, antitussive and...

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant...

Although it is clump forming rather than spreading it increases freely by self-sowing. * Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides in Eurasia.

* Their seeds have a thick and durable seed coat which allows them to survive lengthy periods of immersion in seawater. The seeds are sought after as pieces of jewelry and as good-luck charms.

The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States , as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the...

* Covered in beautiful white flowers! * The Forking Larkspur ( Consolida regalis syn. 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...

* Leaves and inner bark can be used as an insecticide and a dye. * The fruit is a dark purple to black berry 3–5 mm diameter, produced in drooping clusters in the fall. * Fruit is attractive to wildlife.

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). It makes part of the undergrowth of the Mississippi river valley, and is found most frequently on rocky...

It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as a treatment for non-malignant swollen glands and especially for mastitis. * The large leaves, up to 1 foot long, are interesting.

Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous. * Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape.