Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Florida

* The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas. It works by doubling the chromosome number. * 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...

In Bhutan and Tibet, the tetraploid cytotype seems to r eplace the diploid one as described here. Bracts shorter than the pedicels. In the author's opinion a recognition above the rank of subspecies does not seem to be justified.

* honouring Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakestein (1637–1691). These include Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Malawi, Mozambique,...

It should be used with extreme caution and only under the supervision of a qualified practitioner since all parts of the plant are very poisonous and the difference between a medicinal dose and a toxic dose is very small.

* 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...

* Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot regions; native to Japan and China.

It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea...

The plant contains beta-carbolines, which (in doses high enough) act as a psychedelic drug . * An edible oil is extracted from the seed. * Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching stem; forms basal rosette of 20" leaves;...

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

It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory . A herb tea is made from the leaves. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring.

* The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. The seed usually germinates within 2 weeks. Side effects can include sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, rapid heartbeat, mental confusion, convulsions,...

* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour.

* In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands. * The seeds have been used in making cough syrups.

The dried roasted roots are ground into apowder and are used for making coffee. Carnation also exhibits this effect. Note that this effect is only visible on the "head" or flower of the plant.

The bark is pale greenish-grey and smooth on young trees with dark grey diamond-shaped lenticels , becoming dark grey and fissured on older trees. The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate...

Each has an elaiosome , which attracts ants to disperse the seeds ( myrmecochory ). * It is considered an aggressive invasive plant in natural areas (both woods and fields). * The plant self-sows freely and should not need much encouragement.

In Chinese ; pinyin : shao or bai shao ; bai meaning "white"), and common garden peony is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae , native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia...

It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea...

It is native to the western United States, where it is a member of varied scrub, woodland, and open habitats. The whole plant can be used at much lower concentrations than the isolated constituents - unlikeusing the isolated ephedrine, using the whole...

* Dalbergia hupeana is a TREE growing to 15 m (49ft 3in). It has a tropical appearance with exfoliating bark reminiscent of Eucalyptus. It is used to make oil presses, spokes, tool handles etc.

* Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru. The nutritional value of dried Maca root is high, resembling cereal grains such as maize, rice and wheat.

Branches glabrous, unarmed or with scattered recurved prickles, slightly flattened at base. Hu Genus: Eleutherococcus Family: Araliaceae subfamily: Aralioideae. * Trees, small, or shrubs, to 10 m tall.

* The flowers and the seed are astringent and haemostatic. * Trachycarpus fortunei is cultivated as an ornamental plant for use in gardens and parks. * The greatest reported cold tolerance is ?27.5 °C (?17.5 °F), survived by four specimens planted in...

* An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. * Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry, well-drained...

Leaves are notably gray-glaucous to whitish beneath. It is native to central and eastern portions of the United States, where it is a common and conspicuous part of the forest vegetation.

* The wood is reported to endure moisture indefinitely; it has been used for fence-posts, ties and shingles. Wood found buried in swamps for hundreds of years is perfectly sound and not water-logged.