Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Angelica Species: A. Sinensis Binomial name: Angelica Sinensis Dong Quai herb is a species of the Apiaceae family, which is native to China. Its botanical name is Angelica (female ginseng). It is mainly found in…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Anethum Species: A. Graveolens Binomial name: Anethum Graveolens Dill (Anethum graveolens) is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum. Its origin is still unknown but…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Pedaliaceae Genus: Harpagophytum Harpagophytum is known by the names: wood spider, and grapple plant, but is generally called devil’s claw. It belongs to the sesame group of plants, indigenous to the southern province of Africa. It is because of…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Passifloraceae Genus: Turnera Species: T. Diffusa Binomial name: Turnera Diffusa Taraxacum is a big species of flowering plants coming from the family of Asteraceae. They inhabit Eurasia plus North and South America. Two of its species, T….
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Passifloraceae Genus: Turnera Species: T. Diffusa Binomial name: Turnera Diffusa Damiana is a kind of shrub found in Central America, South America, Mexico, and also in the southwest part of Texas. It is a flowering herbaceous plant…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaeae Genus: Raphanus Species: Sativus Binomial name: Raphanus Sativus Radish comes from the mustard family. Its botanical name Raphanus, a genus of the Brassicaceae family, is reportedly derived from an expression meaning ‘easily reared,’ which is…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Cuminum Species: C. Cyminum Binomial name: Cuminum Cyminum Cumin, also spelled as cummin is a flower-bearing plant from the Apiaceae family. Its other name is zeera and it is native to countries from the east…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Ericaceae Genus: Vaccinium Species: V. Macrocarpon Binomial name: Vaccinium Macrocarpon Cranberries belong to the class dwarf shrubs that are evergreen or to the sprawling vines of the subordinate species of the Oxycoccus comprising of the main group…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Coriandrum Species: C. Sativum Binomial name: Coriandrum Sativum Coriander has its botanical name Coriandrum sativum, the other names are then or Chinese parsley. These are all seasonal herbs of the Apiaceae family. Coriander is indigenous…
Scientific Classification The cocoa bean, otherwise known as cacao bean or just cocoa or merely cacao is the completely fermented and dried fatty seed of the Theobroma Cacao. It is from this that cocoa butter and cocoa solids are extracted. This is the base from which chocolate is made and also the base of several…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Family: Myrtales Genus: Syzygium Species: S. Aromaticum Binomial name: Syzygium Aromaticum The Myrtaceae family, botanically known as Syzygium Aromaticum, is a tree comprising of aromatic flower buds called Cloves. These herbs are indigenous to the Maluku Islands situated in Indonesia. The…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Vitales Family: Vitaceae Genus: Cissus Species: C. Quadrangularis Binomial name: Cissus Quadrangularis This perennial plant Cissus Quadrangularis belongs to the grape family. Its general names are Veldt Grape, Asthisamharaka, Devil’s Backbone, and Hadjod. History Even though there is a…