The early appearance of his flower is the dandelion is an important bee pasture, the development of colonies used in the spring, but also allows for larger deposits Frühtracht a honey crop. visit for 1 kg of honey bees must be a more than 100,000 people dandelion flowers.
Children in particular make use of the inflorescence stem, which at one end results in a gespleist Minitröte. Tear it into strips the peduncle and then places them into the water, formed by the difference in absorbency of the inner and outer wall spirals.
Food and beverages
The yellow flowers are suitable for making a tasty, honey-like syrup or jelly spread on toast. The young, slightly bitter-tasting leaves can be processed as a salad. With a bacon cream sauce will be considered a delicacy. From the dried root of the plant was in the postwar period produced a coffee substitute (Zichorienwurzelersatz).
Rubber Replacement
During the Second World War has been used in Russia and in the German Reich (here under the project Kok sagyz) as dandelion rubber substitute. Among other things, was established in 1942 in Auschwitz, a research station for plant rubber, were used in the 150 to 250 forced laborers from the camp.
Based on the research will be dandelion for some years back considered as potential raw material for rubber plant and researched in Europe and North America. The aim of the research is to gain from Russian dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz) recoverable dandelion rubber used today as an alternative to natural rubber from the latex of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) and synthetic rubber.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gew%C3%B6hnlicher_L%C3%B6wenzahn
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Senin, 28 Juni 2010
Jumat, 25 Juni 2010
The Scale Bar Plant
The scale bar (Centaurea calcitrapa) is an annual or biennial plant that belongs to the composite family (Compositae or Asteraceae). It is a plant of dry food and calcareous soil. The plant is native to Europe but has also spread in North-America. In the Netherlands, the plant in southern Limburg. The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and very much reduced.
The plant is 1915-1960 cm high and forms a rosette. The rising and twisting stems are almost bare, furrowed and branched shrub. The lower leaves are broken and some parts of the upper leaves are lanceolate or linear and have a prickly point. At flowering, the lower leaves have died.
Trip lime blooms from July to September, with pink or purple, sometimes white flowers. Inflorescence a head. The flower heads are 6-8 mm in diameter and 1.5 to 2 cm long. The carpels have a straight top, above the foot are slightly waisted and have above a prickly appendix. At the top of the outer carpels about a 1 to 2.5 cm long spine.
The fruit is 2.5 to 3.5 mm long, white or brown nut without gestreepd Pappus. On the fruit contains an ant sandwich.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalketrip
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The plant is 1915-1960 cm high and forms a rosette. The rising and twisting stems are almost bare, furrowed and branched shrub. The lower leaves are broken and some parts of the upper leaves are lanceolate or linear and have a prickly point. At flowering, the lower leaves have died.
Trip lime blooms from July to September, with pink or purple, sometimes white flowers. Inflorescence a head. The flower heads are 6-8 mm in diameter and 1.5 to 2 cm long. The carpels have a straight top, above the foot are slightly waisted and have above a prickly appendix. At the top of the outer carpels about a 1 to 2.5 cm long spine.
The fruit is 2.5 to 3.5 mm long, white or brown nut without gestreepd Pappus. On the fruit contains an ant sandwich.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalketrip
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Chestnut
Chestnut (Castanea sativa) is a deciduous tree from the napjesdragersfamilie (Fagaceae), native to the Mediterranean. The tree can reach a height of about 25-35 meters. Chestnut has a lifetime of about 500-1500 years. There is a famous chestnut who stands in the town of Sant'Alfio in Sicily (on the slopes of Mount Etna) and an estimated 2000-4000 years old.
In the Netherlands and Belgium, the feral tree and go on to old estates. He is here introduced by the Romans, who were fond of the fruit. Particularly in the southeast of Netherlands are pretty much older chestnuts to be found. Monumental copies are available at Beek-Ubbergen (in the Gnome Tree Kastanjedal), in Arnhem and in various locations in Limburg.
The fruit of the chestnut is a capsule (shell). The seeds (chestnuts) can, after the prickly husk is removed, roasted and eaten, in contrast to the toxic Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), which also in a completely different plant family, the soap tree family (Sapindaceae). Most chestnuts are found in October.
Easier than it is to roast the chestnuts to cook. It is difficult to hot, cooked chestnuts peel. In France people eat like chestnut purée (crème de marron). It is there canned sale.
The wood of the tree is excellent timber, it is similar in color and texture of oak. The specific gravity is slightly lower, but it has a high durability because much tannic acid in the (core) wood is. This will cause the wood in contact with iron. It is widely used for making fences.
His name has chestnut probably due to the Greek city Kastaneia in Pontus, a historical region on the coast of the Black Lake, where he was widely cultivated. The Romans changed its name to Castanea. The word means sativa cultivated, useful or satiating.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamme_kastanje
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In the Netherlands and Belgium, the feral tree and go on to old estates. He is here introduced by the Romans, who were fond of the fruit. Particularly in the southeast of Netherlands are pretty much older chestnuts to be found. Monumental copies are available at Beek-Ubbergen (in the Gnome Tree Kastanjedal), in Arnhem and in various locations in Limburg.
The fruit of the chestnut is a capsule (shell). The seeds (chestnuts) can, after the prickly husk is removed, roasted and eaten, in contrast to the toxic Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), which also in a completely different plant family, the soap tree family (Sapindaceae). Most chestnuts are found in October.
Easier than it is to roast the chestnuts to cook. It is difficult to hot, cooked chestnuts peel. In France people eat like chestnut purée (crème de marron). It is there canned sale.
The wood of the tree is excellent timber, it is similar in color and texture of oak. The specific gravity is slightly lower, but it has a high durability because much tannic acid in the (core) wood is. This will cause the wood in contact with iron. It is widely used for making fences.
His name has chestnut probably due to the Greek city Kastaneia in Pontus, a historical region on the coast of the Black Lake, where he was widely cultivated. The Romans changed its name to Castanea. The word means sativa cultivated, useful or satiating.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamme_kastanje
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Kamis, 24 Juni 2010
The Nordic Stripe Fern
The Nordic stripe fern (Asplenium Sept. trio regional) is a rare fern in the family line fern (Aspleniaceae). The plant is found in rocky, poor calcium and sunny places. In Belgium, the Netherlands and rare species that is very rare.
The Nordic stripe sailing is a perennial plant. The whole looks like a gray-green, tangled mass of narrow, forked leaves, stems and dark brown spores, which usually depend on the rocks and to a few decimetres long.
The dark green to gray-green leaves are fork-shaped branched into narrow, wedge-shaped lobes up to 20 cm long and only a few millimeters wide. The top of the panties could again toothed or deeply incised are. The stem is short and dark.
The spore cases are in narrow elongated piles on the underside of the leaf segments. At full maturity, it seems the whole plant covered. The spores are ripe from July to October.
The Nordic stripe sail for what is his preferred habitat of the show in line with most other ferns. The plant prefers rocky limestone places silicaatrijke and poor (eg granite or schist) in full sunlight. The species is often found on old walls like vines, garden walls and quay walls.
The Nordic sail stripe occurs worldwide in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, North America through Europe to Central Asia. The plant is preferably in mountainous regions for.
In Belgium, the plant is rare or very rare in Wallonia and in several places in Flanders. In the Netherlands the species found only a few times, including in Rotterdam, Maastricht and Zwolle.
The northern line is unmistakably sail. Because of his unusual appearance and differential habitat selection, he is often not even recognized as a sail.
The Nordic stripe sailing on the Flemish Red List (plant) are listed as "endangered."
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordse_streepvaren
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The Nordic stripe sailing is a perennial plant. The whole looks like a gray-green, tangled mass of narrow, forked leaves, stems and dark brown spores, which usually depend on the rocks and to a few decimetres long.
The dark green to gray-green leaves are fork-shaped branched into narrow, wedge-shaped lobes up to 20 cm long and only a few millimeters wide. The top of the panties could again toothed or deeply incised are. The stem is short and dark.
The spore cases are in narrow elongated piles on the underside of the leaf segments. At full maturity, it seems the whole plant covered. The spores are ripe from July to October.
The Nordic stripe sail for what is his preferred habitat of the show in line with most other ferns. The plant prefers rocky limestone places silicaatrijke and poor (eg granite or schist) in full sunlight. The species is often found on old walls like vines, garden walls and quay walls.
The Nordic sail stripe occurs worldwide in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, North America through Europe to Central Asia. The plant is preferably in mountainous regions for.
In Belgium, the plant is rare or very rare in Wallonia and in several places in Flanders. In the Netherlands the species found only a few times, including in Rotterdam, Maastricht and Zwolle.
The northern line is unmistakably sail. Because of his unusual appearance and differential habitat selection, he is often not even recognized as a sail.
The Nordic stripe sailing on the Flemish Red List (plant) are listed as "endangered."
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordse_streepvaren
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Minggu, 20 Juni 2010
The Flat Trim Plant
The flat trim (Blysmus compressus, synononiemen: cariciformis and Scirpus Scirpus planifolius) is a perennial plant, which belongs to the cypergrassenfamilie (Cyperaceae). The species is on the Dutch Red List of rare plants and moderately decreased. The plant is native to Eurasia.
The plant is 10-45 cm tall and short forms, straw brown, a few millimeters thick rhizomes. The light to dark brown, erect or ascending stems are 0.5 to 1.5 mm thick. They are roundish cross section is compressed and the top triangular stump. The 3-4 mm wide, gray to green grass leaves are up to the middle of the stem and are at the bottom keeled. The leaf edge is rough. The leaf sheath is closed and netnervig. The tongue (ligule) is short and blunt.
The flat trim blooms from May to September. At the end of the flower stalk is a kafjesachtig bract that exceeds the inflorescence. The red-brown inflorescence is a spike 1-4 x 0.8-1.2 cm, which in two rows of five to twelve are spikelets. The reddish brown, pointed, about 4 mm long kafjes are oblong-lanceolate, have five to seven veins, a clear edge and a narrow green keel. The flower container is three to six rough brushes. Per flower, three stamens and two stamps.
The chestnut brown, flat-reverse-ovoid fruit is a nut, that without the long beak 2 mm long. At the base is the stem nut shaped narrowed.
The plant is found on wet, low fertilized meadows and dune valleys.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platte_bies
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The plant is 10-45 cm tall and short forms, straw brown, a few millimeters thick rhizomes. The light to dark brown, erect or ascending stems are 0.5 to 1.5 mm thick. They are roundish cross section is compressed and the top triangular stump. The 3-4 mm wide, gray to green grass leaves are up to the middle of the stem and are at the bottom keeled. The leaf edge is rough. The leaf sheath is closed and netnervig. The tongue (ligule) is short and blunt.
The flat trim blooms from May to September. At the end of the flower stalk is a kafjesachtig bract that exceeds the inflorescence. The red-brown inflorescence is a spike 1-4 x 0.8-1.2 cm, which in two rows of five to twelve are spikelets. The reddish brown, pointed, about 4 mm long kafjes are oblong-lanceolate, have five to seven veins, a clear edge and a narrow green keel. The flower container is three to six rough brushes. Per flower, three stamens and two stamps.
The chestnut brown, flat-reverse-ovoid fruit is a nut, that without the long beak 2 mm long. At the base is the stem nut shaped narrowed.
The plant is found on wet, low fertilized meadows and dune valleys.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platte_bies
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The Pennyroyal
The pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) is a toxic, perennial plant which belongs to the mint family (Labiatae or Lamiaceae). It is a plant of wet, winter flooded, nutrient-rich soil in floodplains, along lakes and grasslands. The plant is native to Eurasia. The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and very much reduced.
The plant is 15-30 cm high and is above-ground shoots. The soft, square stems root easily. The narrow-oval leaves are 5-10 mm wide and have a shallow jagged-toothed edge or an edge almost smooth edges.
The pennyroyal blooms in August and September with light purple flowers 4-6 mm long. The crown is within bare tube. The unequal vijftandige bowl is approximately bilabial in the throat with a ring of long white hairs, throat closing time in the fruit. The flowers appear in whorls. The top ring is less apparent and armbloemiger than sitting underneath, making the stem ends below in a small group of leaves.
The fruit is a four-part split fruit. The light brown, oval seeds are about 0.75 mm.
The plant is used in the ornamental garden.
Of the dried tea leaves can be drawn. In Spain this is a very common herb that is widely available.
The plant essential oil is extracted, which is colorless or light yellow color. The oil has a heavy mint smell and is mainly used in detergents and cheap perfume. It consists of pulegone plantengif that menstruation can also promote abortion can bring.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polei
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The plant is 15-30 cm high and is above-ground shoots. The soft, square stems root easily. The narrow-oval leaves are 5-10 mm wide and have a shallow jagged-toothed edge or an edge almost smooth edges.
The pennyroyal blooms in August and September with light purple flowers 4-6 mm long. The crown is within bare tube. The unequal vijftandige bowl is approximately bilabial in the throat with a ring of long white hairs, throat closing time in the fruit. The flowers appear in whorls. The top ring is less apparent and armbloemiger than sitting underneath, making the stem ends below in a small group of leaves.
The fruit is a four-part split fruit. The light brown, oval seeds are about 0.75 mm.
The plant is used in the ornamental garden.
Of the dried tea leaves can be drawn. In Spain this is a very common herb that is widely available.
The plant essential oil is extracted, which is colorless or light yellow color. The oil has a heavy mint smell and is mainly used in detergents and cheap perfume. It consists of pulegone plantengif that menstruation can also promote abortion can bring.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polei
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The Carthusian Pink Flower
The Carthusian pink (Dianthus carthusianorum) is a plant belonging to the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and very much reduced. The plant is spread and is more common in Amsterdam. The plant is native to Central and Southeast Europe, especially on mountain slopes. The plant is found in monastery gardens and by the Carthusian monks used for soap because of saponins, but also against rheumatism.
The plant is 30-45 cm high. The narrow leaves are long and the leaf sheaths 1-2 cm long. The Carthusian pink blossoms from June to August with red, rarely white, flowers 2-2,5 cm wide. The petals are serrated and the membranous scales under the calyx are brown and suddenly a narrow 2-4 mm long section. Inflorescence with short-stemmed flowers, head-like flowers with four to fifteen. One gram of seeds contains about 1000 seeds.
The Carthusian pink is for the grass on sandy soils. It is a host for the moth Coleophora dianthi.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartuizer_anjer
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The plant is 30-45 cm high. The narrow leaves are long and the leaf sheaths 1-2 cm long. The Carthusian pink blossoms from June to August with red, rarely white, flowers 2-2,5 cm wide. The petals are serrated and the membranous scales under the calyx are brown and suddenly a narrow 2-4 mm long section. Inflorescence with short-stemmed flowers, head-like flowers with four to fifteen. One gram of seeds contains about 1000 seeds.
The Carthusian pink is for the grass on sandy soils. It is a host for the moth Coleophora dianthi.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartuizer_anjer
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Jumat, 18 Juni 2010
The Eenarig Wool Grass
Eenarig wool grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) was a poll-forming perennial, which belongs to the cypergrassenfamilie (Cyperaceae). The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as relatively rare and moderately decreased.
The plant is 30-60 cm high and has no rhizomes. Tillering is formed by a pin. The stem is filled to the top triangular stump. The oblong, triangular-shaped brush blade is V-shaped. The upper stem leaf blade and does not consist only of an inflated leaf sheath.
Eenarig wool grass blooms from March to May with a eindelingse up to 2 cm long, oblong-oval ear. The kafjes sit in a circle and are eennervig. The spike has numerous brushes (transformed bracts), which grow to 2.5 cm long, white hairs. It has the name of the plant due wool grass.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eenarig_wollegras
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The plant is 30-60 cm high and has no rhizomes. Tillering is formed by a pin. The stem is filled to the top triangular stump. The oblong, triangular-shaped brush blade is V-shaped. The upper stem leaf blade and does not consist only of an inflated leaf sheath.
Eenarig wool grass blooms from March to May with a eindelingse up to 2 cm long, oblong-oval ear. The kafjes sit in a circle and are eennervig. The spike has numerous brushes (transformed bracts), which grow to 2.5 cm long, white hairs. It has the name of the plant due wool grass.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eenarig_wollegras
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The Field-Dog Chamomile
The field-dog chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) is a plant of the family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
As sites are lands, wastelands and roadsides, particularly preferred to lime-free, acidic soils. This species is common throughout Europe.
The one-year herbaceous plant with branched, erect or spreading stems height reached 10-50 cm. The alternate leaves are pinnate and radiate when rubbed repeatedly no characteristic odor.
Körbchenförmige The inflorescence is composed of white tongue and yellow tubular flowers and has a diameter of about 2-3 centimeters. The flower head is in contrast to the genuine chamomile (Matricaria recutita) inside filled pithy. The bracts are up about margin entire or toothed.
The flowering period is from June to September (Germany / Austria).
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acker-Hundskamille
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As sites are lands, wastelands and roadsides, particularly preferred to lime-free, acidic soils. This species is common throughout Europe.
The one-year herbaceous plant with branched, erect or spreading stems height reached 10-50 cm. The alternate leaves are pinnate and radiate when rubbed repeatedly no characteristic odor.
Körbchenförmige The inflorescence is composed of white tongue and yellow tubular flowers and has a diameter of about 2-3 centimeters. The flower head is in contrast to the genuine chamomile (Matricaria recutita) inside filled pithy. The bracts are up about margin entire or toothed.
The flowering period is from June to September (Germany / Austria).
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acker-Hundskamille
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Rabu, 16 Juni 2010
Leonurus japonicus
Leonurus japonicus, commonly called Chinese motherwort, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Asia, including Korea and Japan, China to Cambodia. It has escaped cultivation and become naturalized in other parts of the world including South and North America, Europe and Africa. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yìmǔcǎo (Chinese: 益母草), literally "beneficial herb for mothers".
Plants are annual or biennial, growing from taproots. The stems are upright growing to a height of 30 to 120 cm. The flowers are sessile and produced in verticillasters. The calyx is tubular-campanulate shaped and 6-8 mm long with broad triangle shaped teeth. The corolla is white or reddish to purplish red in color. Plants bloom from June to September.
Health claims
Functions: Smooth menses; Regulate menses; Invigorate blood circulation; Move blood; Reduce masses; Promote urination; Reduce swelling; Disperse phlegm; Disperse edema.
Indication: Menstrual disorders, delayed or absent menses, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrha, endometriosis, infertility, PMS, lower abdominal pain, placenta leakage, dystocia, retained placenta, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood obstruction, postpartum pain and bleeding, hematuria, hypertension, nephritis, kidney stones, edema, dysuria, hematuria (blood in urine), lump in the breast, skin infections, skin eruptions.
The leaves are diuretic and are placed in bath water to relieve itching and painful shingles.
The dried flowers are emmenagogue and are also used in pregnancy and to help expel the placenta after giving birth.
The juice of the stems is vulnerary.
The fruit is antibacterial, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypotensive, ophthalmic and vasodilator. It is used in the treatment of abnormal menstruation, nebula and conjunctivitis.
The seed is aphrodisiac, diuretic, emmenagogue, ophthalmic and is also used in the treatment of various women's complaints. The plant was ranked number one in a survey of 250 potential antifertility plants in China. The seed is used in the treatment of conjunctivitis and night blindness.
The aerial parts of the plant are alterative, antibacterial, antifungal, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypotensive, vasodilator and vulnerary.
The whole plant is decocted, either on its own or with other herbs, as an ophthalmic. It is used in the treatment of abnormal menstruation, postpartum abdominal pain, tumours, uterine bleeding, oedema, eczema and purulent abscess. It is also used externally as a poultice for bruises.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonurus_japonicus
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Plants are annual or biennial, growing from taproots. The stems are upright growing to a height of 30 to 120 cm. The flowers are sessile and produced in verticillasters. The calyx is tubular-campanulate shaped and 6-8 mm long with broad triangle shaped teeth. The corolla is white or reddish to purplish red in color. Plants bloom from June to September.
Health claims
Functions: Smooth menses; Regulate menses; Invigorate blood circulation; Move blood; Reduce masses; Promote urination; Reduce swelling; Disperse phlegm; Disperse edema.
Indication: Menstrual disorders, delayed or absent menses, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrha, endometriosis, infertility, PMS, lower abdominal pain, placenta leakage, dystocia, retained placenta, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood obstruction, postpartum pain and bleeding, hematuria, hypertension, nephritis, kidney stones, edema, dysuria, hematuria (blood in urine), lump in the breast, skin infections, skin eruptions.
The leaves are diuretic and are placed in bath water to relieve itching and painful shingles.
The dried flowers are emmenagogue and are also used in pregnancy and to help expel the placenta after giving birth.
The juice of the stems is vulnerary.
The fruit is antibacterial, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypotensive, ophthalmic and vasodilator. It is used in the treatment of abnormal menstruation, nebula and conjunctivitis.
The seed is aphrodisiac, diuretic, emmenagogue, ophthalmic and is also used in the treatment of various women's complaints. The plant was ranked number one in a survey of 250 potential antifertility plants in China. The seed is used in the treatment of conjunctivitis and night blindness.
The aerial parts of the plant are alterative, antibacterial, antifungal, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypotensive, vasodilator and vulnerary.
The whole plant is decocted, either on its own or with other herbs, as an ophthalmic. It is used in the treatment of abnormal menstruation, postpartum abdominal pain, tumours, uterine bleeding, oedema, eczema and purulent abscess. It is also used externally as a poultice for bruises.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonurus_japonicus
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Lamium album Uses & Ingredients
As an expectorant (auswurfförderndes funds) in diseases of the respiratory system - ie phlegm - and against flatulence. Means covers the plants are boiled skin swelling treated bumps, varicose veins and gout nodes. The nettle has a weak diuretic - used as a blood cleanser. An anti-inflammatory (anti-inflammatory) effect has been demonstrated through animal studies. This effect is mainly used against inflammation of the mouth and throat.
As the main active ingredients are mainly Lamalbid iridoid glycosides, and the next Caryoptosid Albosiden A + B.
Formerly the young shoots of the white dead nettle were eaten like a vegetable.
Ingredients
The plant contains tannins and gums as well as choline, saponins and essential oils in small quantities.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Taubnessel
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As the main active ingredients are mainly Lamalbid iridoid glycosides, and the next Caryoptosid Albosiden A + B.
Formerly the young shoots of the white dead nettle were eaten like a vegetable.
Ingredients
The plant contains tannins and gums as well as choline, saponins and essential oils in small quantities.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Taubnessel
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Selasa, 15 Juni 2010
Jatropha Uses
A relevant usage is only at the physic nut (Jatropha curcas before). Because of their frugality they can even be grown in dry savanna areas. Despite the limited needs of the plant produces oil: Your seed has an oil content of more than 30%, which is on top with a cetane number of 60 (rape has only about 54) one of the most effective technically useful vegetable oils in the world. The cultivation is therefore especially rewarding, not only for the subsistence economy (oil production for own use), but also for resale on the international market.
Currently, the global area under cultivation is less than 1 million hectares, about 80% of this area accounts for attention to the Asian countries, especially India, China and Indonesia. But even in South America and Africa is the commercial jatropha cultivation is booming. New studies indicate that worldwide, there is a growing potential of about 30 million hectares.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha
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Currently, the global area under cultivation is less than 1 million hectares, about 80% of this area accounts for attention to the Asian countries, especially India, China and Indonesia. But even in South America and Africa is the commercial jatropha cultivation is booming. New studies indicate that worldwide, there is a growing potential of about 30 million hectares.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha
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Senin, 14 Juni 2010
Gymnema sylvestre
Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. is a herb native to the tropical forests of southern and central India where it has been used as a naturopathic treatment for diabetes for nearly two millennia.Sanskrit Name : Meshasringi, Madhinasini or madhoolika, Hindi: Gurmar, Tamil and Malayalam are Sirukurinchaan(சிறுகுரிஞ்சான்), Amudhapushpam, Chakkarakkolli.
Large climbers, rooting at nodes, leaves elliptic, acuminate, base acute to acuminate, glabrous above sparsely or densely tomentose beneath; Flowers small, in axillary and lateral umbel like cymes, pedicels long; Calyx-lobes long, ovate, obtuse, pubescent; Corolla pale yellow campanulate, valvate, corona single, with 5 fleshy scales. Scales adnate to throat of corolla tube between lobes; Anther connective produced into a membranous tip, pollinia 2, erect, carpels 2,unilocular; locules many ovuled; Follicle long, fusiform1
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnema_sylvestre
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Large climbers, rooting at nodes, leaves elliptic, acuminate, base acute to acuminate, glabrous above sparsely or densely tomentose beneath; Flowers small, in axillary and lateral umbel like cymes, pedicels long; Calyx-lobes long, ovate, obtuse, pubescent; Corolla pale yellow campanulate, valvate, corona single, with 5 fleshy scales. Scales adnate to throat of corolla tube between lobes; Anther connective produced into a membranous tip, pollinia 2, erect, carpels 2,unilocular; locules many ovuled; Follicle long, fusiform1
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnema_sylvestre
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Guarea
Guarea is a genus of evergreen trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. They are large trees 20-45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m trunk diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4-6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with 4-5 yellowish petals. The fruit is a four or five-valved capsule, containing several seeds, each surrounded by a yellow-orange fleshy aril; the seeds are dispersed by hornbills and monkeys which eat the fleshy aril.
Uses
The timber is important; the African species are known as Bossé, Guarea, or Pink Mahogany, and the South American species as Cramantee or American Muskwood. It is said to possibly cause hallucinations if ingested.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarea
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Uses
The timber is important; the African species are known as Bossé, Guarea, or Pink Mahogany, and the South American species as Cramantee or American Muskwood. It is said to possibly cause hallucinations if ingested.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarea
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Erythrina
Erythrina (pronounced /ˌɛrɨˈθraɪnə/) is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 130 species, which are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. They are trees, growing up to 30 m (98 ft) in height. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ερυθρóς (erythros), meaning "red," referring to the flower color of certain species.
Particularly in horticulture, the name coral tree is used as a collective term for these plants. "Flame trees" is another vernacular name, but may refer to a number of unrelated plants as well. Many species of Erythrina have bright red flowers, and this may be the origin of the common name. However, the growth of the branches can resemble the shape of sea coral rather than the color of Corallium rubrum specifically, and this is an alternative source for the name. Other popular names, usually local and particular to distinct species, liken the flowers' red hues to those of a male chicken's wattles, and/or the flower shape to its leg spurs. Commonly seen Spanish names for any local species are bucaré, frejolillo or porotillo, and in Afrikaans some are called kaffirboom. Mullumurikku is a widespread name in Kerala.
Description and ecology
Not all species of Erythrina have bright red flowers; the Wiliwili (E. sandwicensis) has extraordinary variation in its flower colour, with orange, yellow, salmon, green and white all being found within natural populations. This striking color polymorphism is likely unique in the genus.
All species have bean-like seedpods, except the sterile hybrid E. × sykesii. The resilient buoyant seeds are often carried by the sea for large distances and are commonly found "sea beans".
Erythrina leaves are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the swift moth Endoclita damor and the woolly bears Hypercompe eridanus and Hypercompe icasia. The mite Tydeus munsteri is a pest on the Coastal Coral Tree (E. caffra).
Many birds visit the nectar-rich Erythrina flowers. In the Neotropics, these are usually larger hummingbirds, for example the Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) and the Black-throated (Anthracothorax nigricollis) and Green-breasted Mango (A. prevostii) – though they seem not to be especially fond of E. speciosa at least, which they visit rather opportunistically. In Southeast Asia, the Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) which usually does not eat nectar in quantity has been observed feeding on E. suberosa flowers, and mynas and of course more specialized nectar feeders also utilize coral tree flowers. Lorikeets such as the Collared Lory (Phigys solitarius) and the possibly extinct New Caledonian Lorikeet (Charmosyna diadema) are known to consume (or have consumed) large amounts of Erythrina nectar. The seeds are eaten by many birds, including the common Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrina
See Also: bunga, toko bunga, bunga papan
Particularly in horticulture, the name coral tree is used as a collective term for these plants. "Flame trees" is another vernacular name, but may refer to a number of unrelated plants as well. Many species of Erythrina have bright red flowers, and this may be the origin of the common name. However, the growth of the branches can resemble the shape of sea coral rather than the color of Corallium rubrum specifically, and this is an alternative source for the name. Other popular names, usually local and particular to distinct species, liken the flowers' red hues to those of a male chicken's wattles, and/or the flower shape to its leg spurs. Commonly seen Spanish names for any local species are bucaré, frejolillo or porotillo, and in Afrikaans some are called kaffirboom. Mullumurikku is a widespread name in Kerala.
Description and ecology
Not all species of Erythrina have bright red flowers; the Wiliwili (E. sandwicensis) has extraordinary variation in its flower colour, with orange, yellow, salmon, green and white all being found within natural populations. This striking color polymorphism is likely unique in the genus.
All species have bean-like seedpods, except the sterile hybrid E. × sykesii. The resilient buoyant seeds are often carried by the sea for large distances and are commonly found "sea beans".
Erythrina leaves are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the swift moth Endoclita damor and the woolly bears Hypercompe eridanus and Hypercompe icasia. The mite Tydeus munsteri is a pest on the Coastal Coral Tree (E. caffra).
Many birds visit the nectar-rich Erythrina flowers. In the Neotropics, these are usually larger hummingbirds, for example the Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) and the Black-throated (Anthracothorax nigricollis) and Green-breasted Mango (A. prevostii) – though they seem not to be especially fond of E. speciosa at least, which they visit rather opportunistically. In Southeast Asia, the Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) which usually does not eat nectar in quantity has been observed feeding on E. suberosa flowers, and mynas and of course more specialized nectar feeders also utilize coral tree flowers. Lorikeets such as the Collared Lory (Phigys solitarius) and the possibly extinct New Caledonian Lorikeet (Charmosyna diadema) are known to consume (or have consumed) large amounts of Erythrina nectar. The seeds are eaten by many birds, including the common Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrina
See Also: bunga, toko bunga, bunga papan
Traditional uses of False Daisy
Plant is bitter, hot, sharp, dry in taste and is used in ayurveda & "siddha" for the treatment of Kapha and Vata imbalances. In India, the plant is known as bhangra, "bhringaraj" or bhringraja. Another plant Widelia calendulacea is also known by the same name, but Eclipta has white flowers so called white bhangra and Widelia has yellow flower so it is called yellow Bhangra (Puri 2003).
The expressed leaf juice is applied along with honey is a popular remedy for catarrh in infants. A preparation obtained from the leaf juice boiled with sesame or coconut oil is used for anointing the head to render the hair black and luxuriant. An oil prepared with amla, bhringraj and sometimes with brahmi is well known in India as Amla Bhringraj oil, which is said to blacken the hair. Plant is rubbed on the gums in toothache and applied with a little oil for relieving headache and with sesame oil in elephantiasis. Roots of Eclipta alba are emetic and purgative.
In Ayurveda the plant is considered a rasayana for longevity and rejuvenation. Recent studies have shown that it has a profound antihepatotoxic activity. A cardiodepressant activity was also observed in it when used for hepatic congestion. A complete symptomatic relief in epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting in ulcer patients has also been observed (Puri 2003)
In Taiwan, entire plant is used as a remedy for the treatment of bleeding, haemoptysis, haematuria and itching, hepatitis, diphtheria and diarrhoea. In China, as a cooling and restorative herb, which supports the mind, nerves, liver and eyes. The leaf extract is considered to be powerful liver tonic, rejuvenative, and especially good for the hair. A black dye obtained from Eclipta alba is also for dyeing hair and tattooing. Eclipta alba also has traditional external uses, like athlete foot, eczema and dermatitis, on the scalp to address hair loss and the leaves have been used in the treatment of scorpion strings. It is used as anti-venom against snakebite in China and Brazil (Mors, 1991).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipta_alba
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The expressed leaf juice is applied along with honey is a popular remedy for catarrh in infants. A preparation obtained from the leaf juice boiled with sesame or coconut oil is used for anointing the head to render the hair black and luxuriant. An oil prepared with amla, bhringraj and sometimes with brahmi is well known in India as Amla Bhringraj oil, which is said to blacken the hair. Plant is rubbed on the gums in toothache and applied with a little oil for relieving headache and with sesame oil in elephantiasis. Roots of Eclipta alba are emetic and purgative.
In Ayurveda the plant is considered a rasayana for longevity and rejuvenation. Recent studies have shown that it has a profound antihepatotoxic activity. A cardiodepressant activity was also observed in it when used for hepatic congestion. A complete symptomatic relief in epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting in ulcer patients has also been observed (Puri 2003)
In Taiwan, entire plant is used as a remedy for the treatment of bleeding, haemoptysis, haematuria and itching, hepatitis, diphtheria and diarrhoea. In China, as a cooling and restorative herb, which supports the mind, nerves, liver and eyes. The leaf extract is considered to be powerful liver tonic, rejuvenative, and especially good for the hair. A black dye obtained from Eclipta alba is also for dyeing hair and tattooing. Eclipta alba also has traditional external uses, like athlete foot, eczema and dermatitis, on the scalp to address hair loss and the leaves have been used in the treatment of scorpion strings. It is used as anti-venom against snakebite in China and Brazil (Mors, 1991).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipta_alba
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Kamis, 10 Juni 2010
Catharanthus roseus
Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle) is a species of Catharanthus native and endemic to Madagascar. Synonyms include Vinca rosea (the basionym), Ammocallis rosea, and Lochnera rosea; other English names occasionally used include Cape Periwinkle, Rose Periwinkle, Rosy Periwinkle, and "Old-maid".
In the wild, it is an endangered plant; the main cause of decline is habitat destruction by slash and burn agriculture. It is also however widely cultivated and is naturalised in subtropical and tropical areas of the world.
It is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm long; they are arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are white to dark pink with a darker red centre, with a basal tube 2.5-3 cm long and a corolla 2–5 cm diameter with five petal-like lobes. The fruit is a pair of follicles 2–4 cm long and 3 mm broad
Cultivation and uses
The species has long been cultivated for herbal medicine and as an ornamental plant. In traditional Chinese medicine, extracts from it have been used to treat numerous diseases, including diabetes, malaria, and Hodgkin's disease. The substances vinblastine and vincristine extracted from the plant are used in the treatment of leukemia.
This conflict between historical indigenous use, and recent patents on C.roseus-derived drugs by western pharmaceutical companies, without compensation, has led to accusations of biopiracy.
It can be dangerous if consumed orally. It can be hallucinogenic, and is cited (under its synonym Vinca rosea) in Louisiana State Act 159.
As an ornamental plant, it is appreciated for its hardiness in dry and nutritionally deficient conditions, popular in subtropical gardens where temperatures never fall below 5 °C to 7 °C, and as a warm-season bedding plant in temperate gardens. It is noted for its long flowering period, throughout the year in tropical conditions, and from spring to late autumn in warm temperate climates. Full sun and well-drained soil are preferred. Numerous cultivars have been selected, for variation in flower colour (white, mauve, peach, scarlet and reddish-orange), and also for tolerance of cooler growing conditions in temperate regions. Notable cultivars include 'Albus' (white flowers), 'Grape Cooler' (rose-pink; cool-tolerant), the Ocellatus Group (various colours), and 'Peppermint Cooler' (white with a red centre; cool-tolerant).
C. roseus is used in plant pathology as an experimental host for phytoplasmas. This is because it is easy to infect with a large majority of phytoplasmas, and also often has very distinctive symptoms such as phyllody and significantly reduced leaf size.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharanthus_roseus
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In the wild, it is an endangered plant; the main cause of decline is habitat destruction by slash and burn agriculture. It is also however widely cultivated and is naturalised in subtropical and tropical areas of the world.
It is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm long; they are arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are white to dark pink with a darker red centre, with a basal tube 2.5-3 cm long and a corolla 2–5 cm diameter with five petal-like lobes. The fruit is a pair of follicles 2–4 cm long and 3 mm broad
Cultivation and uses
The species has long been cultivated for herbal medicine and as an ornamental plant. In traditional Chinese medicine, extracts from it have been used to treat numerous diseases, including diabetes, malaria, and Hodgkin's disease. The substances vinblastine and vincristine extracted from the plant are used in the treatment of leukemia.
This conflict between historical indigenous use, and recent patents on C.roseus-derived drugs by western pharmaceutical companies, without compensation, has led to accusations of biopiracy.
It can be dangerous if consumed orally. It can be hallucinogenic, and is cited (under its synonym Vinca rosea) in Louisiana State Act 159.
As an ornamental plant, it is appreciated for its hardiness in dry and nutritionally deficient conditions, popular in subtropical gardens where temperatures never fall below 5 °C to 7 °C, and as a warm-season bedding plant in temperate gardens. It is noted for its long flowering period, throughout the year in tropical conditions, and from spring to late autumn in warm temperate climates. Full sun and well-drained soil are preferred. Numerous cultivars have been selected, for variation in flower colour (white, mauve, peach, scarlet and reddish-orange), and also for tolerance of cooler growing conditions in temperate regions. Notable cultivars include 'Albus' (white flowers), 'Grape Cooler' (rose-pink; cool-tolerant), the Ocellatus Group (various colours), and 'Peppermint Cooler' (white with a red centre; cool-tolerant).
C. roseus is used in plant pathology as an experimental host for phytoplasmas. This is because it is easy to infect with a large majority of phytoplasmas, and also often has very distinctive symptoms such as phyllody and significantly reduced leaf size.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharanthus_roseus
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Rabu, 09 Juni 2010
Cultivation and uses of Quince
Quince is resistant to frost and requires a cold period below 7 °C to flower properly. The tree is self fertile, however yield can benefit from cross fertilization. The fruit can be left on the tree to ripen further which softens the fruit to the point where it can be eaten raw in warmer climates, but should be picked before the first frosts.
Most varieties of quince are too hard, astringent and sour to eat raw unless 'bletted' (softened by frost and subsequent decay). They are used to make jam, jelly and quince pudding, or they may be peeled, then roasted, baked or stewed. The flesh of the fruit turns red after a long cooking time. The very strong perfume means they can be added in small quantities to apple pies and jam to enhance the flavour. Adding a diced quince to apple sauce will enhance the taste of the applesauce with the chunks of relatively firm, tart quince. The term "marmalade", originally meaning a quince jam, derives from "marmelo," the Portuguese word for this fruit. The fruit, like so many others, can be used to make a type of wine.
In Iran and other parts of the Middle East, the dried pits of the fruit are used to treat sore throat and to relieve cough. The pits are soaked in water; the viscous product is then drunk like cough medicine. It is commonly used for children, as it is alcohol free and 100% natural. A variety of quince which is grown in the Middle East, does not require cooking and is often eaten raw.
In Europe, quinces are commonly grown in central and southern areas where the summers are sufficiently hot for the fruit to fully ripen. They are not grown in large amounts; typically one or two quince trees are grown in a mixed orchard with several apples and other fruit trees. Charlemagne directed that quinces be planted in well-stocked orchards. Quinces are mentioned for the first time in an English text in the later 13th century, though cultivation in England is not very successful due to inadequate summer heat to ripen the fruit fully. Instead Chaenomeles bushes are grown - their fruit is regarded as a good substitute for quinces and they are known commonly as quinces. Quince juice, Quittensaft, is a common drink in Germany, which is also where the saying "A quince for you, a quince for me, quinces we shall eat" is believed to have originated. In the Balkans and elsewhere quince brandy is made.
In Slavonia, Croatia when a baby is born, quince tree gets planted as a symbol of fertility, love and life.
In Malta, a jam is made from the fruit (ġamm ta' l-isfarġel). According to local tradition, a teaspoon of the jam dissolved in a cup of boiling water relieves intestinal discomfort. In Lebanon, it is called sfarjel and also used to make jam. In Syria, quince is cooked in pomegranate paste (dibs rouman) with shank meat and kibbeh (a middle eastern meat pie with burghul and mince meat) and is called kibbeh safarjalieh. In Iran, quince is called beh (ﺑﻪ) and is used raw or in stews and jam, and the seeds are used as a remedy for pneumonia and lung disease. In parts of Afghanistan, the quince seeds are collected and boiled and then ingested to combat pneumonia. In Pakistan quinces are stewed together with sugar until they turn bright red. The resulting stewed quince, called Muraba is then preserved in jars and eaten like jam.
Quince was also introduced to the New World, but has become rare in North America due to its susceptibility to fireblight disease caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. They are still widely grown in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Almost all of the quinces in North American specialty markets come from Argentina. In Latin America the gel-like, somewhat adhesive substance surrounding the seeds was used to shape and style hair.
In Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela the membrillo, as the quince is called in Spanish, is cooked into a reddish jelly-like block or firm reddish paste known as dulce de membrillo. It is then eaten in sandwiches and with cheese, traditionally manchego cheese, or accompanying fresh curds. In Portugal, a similar sweet is called marmelada. It is also produced and consumed in Hungary where it is called "quince cheese". The sweet and floral notes of carne de membrillo (quince meat) contrast nicely with the tanginess of the cheese. Boiled quince is also popular in desserts such as the murta con membrillo that combines ugni molinae with quince. Similar dish exists in Dalmatia, Croatia.
Used as a rootstock for grafted plants, quince has the property of dwarfing the growth of pears, of forcing them to produce more precociously, and relatively more fruit-bearing branches, instead of vegetative growth, and of accelerating the maturity of the fruit.
In the Canary Islands and some places in South America a quince is used to play an informal beach toss-and-swim game, usually among young teens. When mixed with salt water a mature quince will turn its sour taste to sweet. The game is played by throwing a quince into the sea. All players race to catch the quince and whoever catches it, takes one bite and tosses the quince again, then the whole process gets repeated until the quince is fully eaten.
In the Alsace region of France and the Valais region of Switzerland liqueur de coing is made from quince and used as a digestif.
Quince can also be used as a tea additive to mainly green tea, giving it a rather sweetish taste and scent.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince
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Most varieties of quince are too hard, astringent and sour to eat raw unless 'bletted' (softened by frost and subsequent decay). They are used to make jam, jelly and quince pudding, or they may be peeled, then roasted, baked or stewed. The flesh of the fruit turns red after a long cooking time. The very strong perfume means they can be added in small quantities to apple pies and jam to enhance the flavour. Adding a diced quince to apple sauce will enhance the taste of the applesauce with the chunks of relatively firm, tart quince. The term "marmalade", originally meaning a quince jam, derives from "marmelo," the Portuguese word for this fruit. The fruit, like so many others, can be used to make a type of wine.
In Iran and other parts of the Middle East, the dried pits of the fruit are used to treat sore throat and to relieve cough. The pits are soaked in water; the viscous product is then drunk like cough medicine. It is commonly used for children, as it is alcohol free and 100% natural. A variety of quince which is grown in the Middle East, does not require cooking and is often eaten raw.
In Europe, quinces are commonly grown in central and southern areas where the summers are sufficiently hot for the fruit to fully ripen. They are not grown in large amounts; typically one or two quince trees are grown in a mixed orchard with several apples and other fruit trees. Charlemagne directed that quinces be planted in well-stocked orchards. Quinces are mentioned for the first time in an English text in the later 13th century, though cultivation in England is not very successful due to inadequate summer heat to ripen the fruit fully. Instead Chaenomeles bushes are grown - their fruit is regarded as a good substitute for quinces and they are known commonly as quinces. Quince juice, Quittensaft, is a common drink in Germany, which is also where the saying "A quince for you, a quince for me, quinces we shall eat" is believed to have originated. In the Balkans and elsewhere quince brandy is made.
In Slavonia, Croatia when a baby is born, quince tree gets planted as a symbol of fertility, love and life.
In Malta, a jam is made from the fruit (ġamm ta' l-isfarġel). According to local tradition, a teaspoon of the jam dissolved in a cup of boiling water relieves intestinal discomfort. In Lebanon, it is called sfarjel and also used to make jam. In Syria, quince is cooked in pomegranate paste (dibs rouman) with shank meat and kibbeh (a middle eastern meat pie with burghul and mince meat) and is called kibbeh safarjalieh. In Iran, quince is called beh (ﺑﻪ) and is used raw or in stews and jam, and the seeds are used as a remedy for pneumonia and lung disease. In parts of Afghanistan, the quince seeds are collected and boiled and then ingested to combat pneumonia. In Pakistan quinces are stewed together with sugar until they turn bright red. The resulting stewed quince, called Muraba is then preserved in jars and eaten like jam.
Quince was also introduced to the New World, but has become rare in North America due to its susceptibility to fireblight disease caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. They are still widely grown in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Almost all of the quinces in North American specialty markets come from Argentina. In Latin America the gel-like, somewhat adhesive substance surrounding the seeds was used to shape and style hair.
In Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela the membrillo, as the quince is called in Spanish, is cooked into a reddish jelly-like block or firm reddish paste known as dulce de membrillo. It is then eaten in sandwiches and with cheese, traditionally manchego cheese, or accompanying fresh curds. In Portugal, a similar sweet is called marmelada. It is also produced and consumed in Hungary where it is called "quince cheese". The sweet and floral notes of carne de membrillo (quince meat) contrast nicely with the tanginess of the cheese. Boiled quince is also popular in desserts such as the murta con membrillo that combines ugni molinae with quince. Similar dish exists in Dalmatia, Croatia.
Used as a rootstock for grafted plants, quince has the property of dwarfing the growth of pears, of forcing them to produce more precociously, and relatively more fruit-bearing branches, instead of vegetative growth, and of accelerating the maturity of the fruit.
In the Canary Islands and some places in South America a quince is used to play an informal beach toss-and-swim game, usually among young teens. When mixed with salt water a mature quince will turn its sour taste to sweet. The game is played by throwing a quince into the sea. All players race to catch the quince and whoever catches it, takes one bite and tosses the quince again, then the whole process gets repeated until the quince is fully eaten.
In the Alsace region of France and the Valais region of Switzerland liqueur de coing is made from quince and used as a digestif.
Quince can also be used as a tea additive to mainly green tea, giving it a rather sweetish taste and scent.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince
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Morinda tinctoria
Morinda tinctoria, commonly known as Aal or Indian Mulberry (though these common names also refer to Morinda citrifolia), is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to southern Asia.
It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 5-10 m tall. The leaves are 15-25 cm long, oblong to lanceolate. The flowers are tubular, white, scented, about 2 cm long. The fruit is a green syncarp, 2-2.5 cm diameter.
The plant is extensively cultivated in India in order to make the morindone dye sold under the trade name "Suranji". Morindone is used for the dyeing of cotton, silk and wool in shades of red, chocolate or purple. The colouring matter is found principally in the root bark and is collected when the plants reach three to four years of age. If the trees are allowed to mature then hardly any colouring substance remains. The small roots yield the most dye and those above about 1 cm diameter are discarded. The active substance is extracted as the glucoside known as morindin that upon hydrolysis produces the dye. Morindone is a mordant dye giving a yellowish-red colour with an aluminium mordant, chocolate with a chromium mordant, and dull purple to black with an iron mordant.
Morindin is also present in Morinda umbellata but not in Morinda longiflora, a native of West Africa. Although imported into Britain and applied to wool and cotton, the dye did not find commercial success.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinda_tinctoria
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It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 5-10 m tall. The leaves are 15-25 cm long, oblong to lanceolate. The flowers are tubular, white, scented, about 2 cm long. The fruit is a green syncarp, 2-2.5 cm diameter.
The plant is extensively cultivated in India in order to make the morindone dye sold under the trade name "Suranji". Morindone is used for the dyeing of cotton, silk and wool in shades of red, chocolate or purple. The colouring matter is found principally in the root bark and is collected when the plants reach three to four years of age. If the trees are allowed to mature then hardly any colouring substance remains. The small roots yield the most dye and those above about 1 cm diameter are discarded. The active substance is extracted as the glucoside known as morindin that upon hydrolysis produces the dye. Morindone is a mordant dye giving a yellowish-red colour with an aluminium mordant, chocolate with a chromium mordant, and dull purple to black with an iron mordant.
Morindin is also present in Morinda umbellata but not in Morinda longiflora, a native of West Africa. Although imported into Britain and applied to wool and cotton, the dye did not find commercial success.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinda_tinctoria
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Uses of Mammee apple
Medical uses
The tree has limited medical potential. Nevertheless antibiotic principles have been reported to be found in mammee apples. Besides, under-ripe fruits are rich in pectin and the tree bark in tannin.
In traditional medicines of Central and Southern America, powdered mammey seeds are used against parasitic skin diseases. Ground seeds are stirred into hot water to obtain an anthelmintic infusion.
In Trinidad & Tobago the grated seeds of the Mammy Apple are mixed with rum or coconut oil to treat head lice and chiggers.
Culinary interest
Though edible, this fruit has received little attention worldwide.
However the raw flesh can be served in fruit salads, or with wine, sugar or cream, especially in Jamaica. In the Bahamas, the flesh is first put in salted water in order to remove its bitterness, before cooking it with much sugar to make a sort of jam. The flesh can also be consumed stewed.
In the French West Indies, an aromatic liqueur, of the name of Eau de Créole, or Crème de Créole, is distilled from the mammee flowers. This liqueur is believed to be tonic or digestive.
In El Salvador, a mamey-flavoured carbonated drink called Kolashanpan is considered by most the national soda.
Other
Various parts of the tree contain insecticidal substances, especially the seed kernel. In Puerto Rico, mammee leaves are wrapped up around young tomato plants in order to keep mole crickets and cutworms away. In a similar way, the bark gum is melted with fat in Jamaica and Mexico, then applied to feet to fight against chiggers or to get rid of fleas on animals. The same effect is also obtained from infusions of half-ripe fruits.
In the Virgin Islands, the tannin from the bark is used to treat leather. The mammee timber is heavy and hard, yet easy to work. However, it has received only limited interest.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammee_Apple
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The tree has limited medical potential. Nevertheless antibiotic principles have been reported to be found in mammee apples. Besides, under-ripe fruits are rich in pectin and the tree bark in tannin.
In traditional medicines of Central and Southern America, powdered mammey seeds are used against parasitic skin diseases. Ground seeds are stirred into hot water to obtain an anthelmintic infusion.
In Trinidad & Tobago the grated seeds of the Mammy Apple are mixed with rum or coconut oil to treat head lice and chiggers.
Culinary interest
Though edible, this fruit has received little attention worldwide.
However the raw flesh can be served in fruit salads, or with wine, sugar or cream, especially in Jamaica. In the Bahamas, the flesh is first put in salted water in order to remove its bitterness, before cooking it with much sugar to make a sort of jam. The flesh can also be consumed stewed.
In the French West Indies, an aromatic liqueur, of the name of Eau de Créole, or Crème de Créole, is distilled from the mammee flowers. This liqueur is believed to be tonic or digestive.
In El Salvador, a mamey-flavoured carbonated drink called Kolashanpan is considered by most the national soda.
Other
Various parts of the tree contain insecticidal substances, especially the seed kernel. In Puerto Rico, mammee leaves are wrapped up around young tomato plants in order to keep mole crickets and cutworms away. In a similar way, the bark gum is melted with fat in Jamaica and Mexico, then applied to feet to fight against chiggers or to get rid of fleas on animals. The same effect is also obtained from infusions of half-ripe fruits.
In the Virgin Islands, the tannin from the bark is used to treat leather. The mammee timber is heavy and hard, yet easy to work. However, it has received only limited interest.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammee_Apple
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