Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Chesapeake

Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM.

Its tolerance of cool summers and cold winters makes it highly valued by palm enthusiasts, landscape designers, and gardeners. The ashes from the silky hairs of the plant are haemostatic.

* 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...

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. It works by doubling the chromosome number.

* 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. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. * The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb .

Mature trees have reddish-scaled bark in the crown and fissured, dark gray bark near the ground. Needles (to 6” long) in bundles of two are an attractive dark green. In some older texts the name is spelled " Pinus tabulaeformis ".

1972, Qureshi & Chaudhri, l.c. (Fig. In the author's opinion a recognition above the rank of subspecies does not seem to be justified. Cimicifuga europaea N. As found in The Flora of Pakistan website: Cimicifuga foetida L., Syst.

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . * Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position.

* The Asian and European populations are widely disjunct, separated by over 5000 km. * Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. * Shrubs to 1.5 m tall. Leaves usually solitary at axils on current year's growth, clustered on older branchlets; leaf...

They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America .

* This species of bugbane is an upright perennial that features ferny, deeply-cut, deep green, 2-3 ternate leaves on branched stems which form a foliage clump typically growing to 3-4' tall.

* It is a deciduous tree growing to 20m in height. * The bark contains magnolol and honokiol, two polyphenolic compounds that have been demonstrated as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) agonists

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

Very resistant to atmospheric pollution. The leaf, stem bark and the seeds are all used as dressings for sores, boils etc. It is cultivated in China, along with C. The specific epithet honors the botanist Alexander Bunge, who collected the specimens that...

* The stems of most members ofthis genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of therespiratory system. The whole plant can be used at much lower concentrations than the isolated constituents...

Lanceolata has been found in western Norway from the Early Neolithic onwards. A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. The leaves contain mucilage, tannin and silic acid.

* Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens,...

* The leaves can be used as a very powerful mind-altering drug, they contain hyoscyamine and atropine. * Datura stramonium , known by the common names jimson weed , devil's trumpet , devil's weed , thorn apple , tolguacha , Jamestown weed , stinkweed...

* Cumin's distinctive flavor and strong, warm aroma are due to its essential oil content. * Cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family. It is an annual herbaceous plant, with a slender, glabrous, branched stem...

* The stems of most members ofthis genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of therespiratory system. The whole plant can be used at much lower concentrations than the isolated constituents...

* The bark and the leaves are mildly diuretic, expectorant and stimulant. The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate and bladder disorders.

* It was the favorite flower of John F. The dye gives a lovely colour to linen, but it is transient. * The flowers are often used in dried-flower arrangements because they retain their colour well.

* Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers.

* Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris. * It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers.

Flesh is juicy, acid, whitish and aromatic. * Annona muricata is a small, upright, evergreen that can grow to about 4 metres (13 ft) tall and cannot stand frost. The fruit is usually called soursop due to its slightly acidic taste when ripe.

* The Asian and European populations are widely disjunct, separated by over 5000 km. * Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. * Shrubs to 1.5 m tall. Leaves usually solitary at axils on current year's growth, clustered on older branchlets; leaf...