Dye Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Cambridge

* A low, suckering shrub, member of the heath family; flowers white, resemble blueberry flowers; purple or black edible fruit; habit depends on growing conditions, scrambling up to some height in shade and rich soil, forming a low mat in full sun and...

The whole plant is antiasthmatic, antidandruff, astringent, depurative, diuretic, galactogogue, haemostatic, hypoglycaemic and a stimulating tonic. A yellow dye is obtained from the root when boiled with alum.

* Evidence of Gardenia jasminoides in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and double-flowered forms have been depicted in paintings, such as those of the Song Emperor Huizong, and the Tenth century artist Xu Xi

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

It can be drunk hot or cold. * 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...

The cherries are made into jelly and are also consumed by wildlife. Additionally it is very common in New England and the Lake States but not very common south of Pennsylvania , where it is found only sporadically in the Appalachian Mountains to northern...

An edible yellow dye is obtained from the petals. The dried petals have a more concentrated flavour and are used as a seasoning in soups, cakes etc. * Calendula officinalis ( Pot Marigold ) is a plant in the genus Calendula (marigolds), in the family...

* A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

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

* Evidence of Gardenia jasminoides in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and double-flowered forms have been depicted in paintings, such as those of the Song Emperor Huizong, and the Tenth century artist Xu Xi

It has been used to colour paper and maps. Yellow, orange and brownish dyes can also be obtained. * Rhamnus cathartica ( Buckthorn , Common Buckthorn or Purging Buckthorn ), is a species in the family Rhamnaceae , native to Europe , northwest Africa ,...

* The roots themselves are branched and deep, which helps the plant withstand periods of drought. Australis is an herbaceous perennial that reproduces both sexually and asexually by means of its spreading rhizomes .

There are also traces of scopolamine, a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen,which has been used to calm schizoid patients. It should be used with extreme caution and only under the supervision of a qualified practitioner since all parts of the plant...

* The flowering heads are also much prized by flower arrangers because they keep their colour almost indefinitely when dried. It is water soluble. However, some people who weave wool still prefer to use teasels for raising the nap, claiming that the result...

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

* A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea...

* Not only was the dye used anciently to color food, but also to dye cloth and paint the skin (which is still done today). * Annatto, obtained from the oily arils of the seeds is the world's second most important (after caramel) natural colorant (Mercadante...

* Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco, puke weed) is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada (Nova Scotia to southeast Ontario) south through the eastern United States to Alabama and west to Kansas.

* This species can be distinguished from the oneseed bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) by the six-lobed corolla and the lack of the clustered fruits that that plant bears. Succeeds in ordinary garden soil.

* Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry, well-drained soil; flowering in summer; native to southern Europe and Turkey.

* Aristolochia manshuriensis Komarov, Trudy Imp. Guan mu tong Hocquartia manshuriensis (Komarov) Nakai; Isotrema manshuriense (Komarov) H. S.-Peterburgsk.

* Not only was the dye used anciently to color food, but also to dye cloth and paint the skin (which is still done today). * Annatto, obtained from the oily arils of the seeds is the world's second most important (after caramel) natural colorant (Mercadante...

(Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have...

* The roots themselves are branched and deep, which helps the plant withstand periods of drought. Australis is an herbaceous perennial that reproduces both sexually and asexually by means of its spreading rhizomes .

* Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves in summer; flowers in full shade, although it gets sloppy and gangly if not tended to, at least in the U.S. North; does well in the South; native to central and...

Crispa, Mountain Alder). Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with the intended timber crop.

The whole plant is antiasthmatic, antidandruff, astringent, depurative, diuretic, galactogogue, haemostatic, hypoglycaemic and a stimulating tonic. A yellow dye is obtained from the root when boiled with alum.