Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
251 Ngai Camphor Whole Medicinal B. balsamifera have been used in Chinese medicine since ancient times as carminative, mild stimulant, vermifuge and as topical application for septic ulcers. In South-East Asia it is one of the most common and widely used medicinal plants for a number of ailments, mainly as a stomachic, vermifuge, expectorant and sudorific. 7,370
252 Painted Daisy Whole Medicinal It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. 7,376
253 Painted Daisy Whole Industrial The dried flower heads are used as an insecticide. They are a source of the commercially available insecticide 'pyrethrum', which is non-toxic to mammals. 7,376
254 Schafgarbe Whole Ornamental It is cultivated, usually as an ornamental, in mountainous areas of some parts of Malesia . 7,377
255 Schafgarbe Whole Medicinal Yarrow is used internally for the treatment of gastro-intestinal complaints (inflammation, diarrhoea, flatulence, cramps, poor digestion), as a bitter aromatic (to counter loss of appetite), to stimulate the secretion of bile (choleretic activity) and to enhance the renal elimination function. 7,377
256 Schafgarbe Extract (oil) Industrial In the form of a bath, yarrow or its oil are applied to remove perspiration. 7,377
257 Silver Oak Bark Industrial The wood, commonly traded as ‘muhuhu’ is mainly used for construction, first-grade flooring, joinery, interior trim, furniture, fence posts, toys, novelties, boxes, crates, tool handles, carving and turnery. It is also suitable for bridges, hydraulic works, poles, piles, cabinet work and railway sleepers. It is considered an excellent firewood and is used for charcoal production. 7,378
258 Silver Oak Root Medicinal In traditional medicine, root decoctions are used to treat schistosomiasis and leaves to treat diabetes. 7,378
259 Silver Oak Bark Industrial The aromatic oil extracted from the wood is used for perfumery. 7,378
260 Silver Oak Whole Ornamental In Kenya Brachylaena huillensis is planted as ornamental and boundary tree around dwellings. 7,378
261 Southernwood Leaf Food The young shoots have a bitter, lemony flavour and are used in small quantities as a flavouring in cakes, salads and vinegars. 7,382
262 Southernwood Leaf Beverages A tea is made from the young bitter shoots. 7,382
263 Southernwood Leaf Medicinal The herb, and especially the young flowering shoots, is anthelmintic, antiseptic, cholagogue, deobstruent, emmenagogue, stomachic and tonic 7,382
264 Southernwood Leaves and petioles Industrial The leaves have a refreshing lemon-like fragrance and are used in pot-pourri. A yellow dye is obtained from the branches. 7,382
265 Southernwood Extract (oil) Industrial An essential oil from the leaves and flowering shoots is used in perfumery in order to add certain subtle tones. 7,382
266 Stemless Carline Thistle Flower Food Flowering head can be cooked. Used as a globe artichoke substitute 7,384
267 Stemless Carline Thistle Whole Medicinal It is occasionally used nowadays in the treatment of spasms of the digestive tract, gall bladder and liver disorders, dropsy, urine retention etc. 7,384
268 Tansy Flower Ornamental NULL 7,385
269 Tansy Leaf Industrial Leaf tips are still used today in the preparation of cosmetics and ointments. The essential oil is used in perfumery 7,385
270 Tansy Leaf Medicinal Medicinally, leaves and flowers of T. vulgare have stimulating and tonic properties. An oil obtained from the flowers is used primarily as an anthelmintic. The unguent made from the leaves is said to be a folk remedy for tumours in the tendons. 7,385