Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
1,354 Winged Bean Root Food Root - raw or cooked like potatoes. 8,436
1,355 Winged Bean Leaf Food Leaves and young shoots -raw or cooked. Young leaves can be used in salads, whilst older leaves are best cooked and used like spinach. 8,436
1,356 Winged Bean Flower Food Flowers and flower buds - raw or cooked. A sweet flavour, they make a nice addition to salads. They can also be added towards the end of cooking to soups, stews, curries etc. The light blue flowers are also used as a colouring in foods. 8,436
1,357 Winged Bean Whole Environmental A very good green manure with exceptional nitrogen-fixing properties, producing a greater weight of nodules per plant than any other member of the Fabaceae. It is used for soil improvement and restoration. 8,436
1,358 White Beech Wood Industrial The heartwood is light grey-brown, the grain somewhat interlocked and soft. The wood is very durable and resistant to termites. It is easy to work, somewhat oily and hence difficult to glue, tends to rust nails and is very slow drying. It is excellent for templates, pattern making, carving and turnery. Also used for indoor joinery, flooring, cabinet and carriage work, planking of boat hulls, and in making food processing equipment. 8,437
1,359 White Beech Whole Ornamental It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in parks and large gardens. 8,437
1,360 Betel Leaves Leaf Food A mixture of betel leaves and other ingredients is used as a masticatory, which acts as a gentle stimulant and is taken after meals to sweeten the breath. 8,438
1,361 Betel Leaves Leaf Medicinal Leaf preparations and the leaf sap are applied to wounds, ulcers, boils and bruises. Heated leaves are applied as a poultice on the chest against cough and asthma, on the breasts to stop milk secretion, and on the abdomen to relieve constipation. The leaves are also used to treat nosebleed, ulcerated noses, gums and mucous membranes while the extract from the leaves is applied for wounds in the ears and as an infusion for the eye. The essential oil obtained from the leaves has been used to treat affections of the mucous membrane of nose, throat and respiratory organs. 8,438
1,362 Bird's Eye Chilli Fruit Food Fruit - raw or cooked. Very hot and normally used as a flavouring. The fruit can be dried and ground into a powder for use as a flavouring. 8,439
1,363 Bird's Eye Chilli Seed Food Seed - dried, ground and used as a pepper. 8,439
1,364 Bird's Eye Chilli Fruit Medicinal Used externally, the fruit is a strong rubefacient stimulating the circulation, aiding the removal of waste products and increasing the flow of nutrients to the tissues. It is applied as a cataplasm or liniment. It has also been powdered and placed inside socks as a traditional remedy for those prone to cold feet. A weak infusion can be used as a gargle to treat throat complaints. 8,439
1,365 White Dead-nettle Leaf Food They can be added to salads or mixed with other leaves and cooked as a potherb. They can also be dried for later use. The leaves are a good source of vitamin A. 8,440
1,366 White Dead-nettle Flower Beverages A pleasant herb tea is made from the flowers. 8,440
1,367 White Dead-nettle Whole Medicinal White dead nettle is an astringent and demulcent herb that is chiefly used as a uterine tonic, to arrest inter-menstrual bleeding and to reduce excessive menstrual flow. It is a traditional treatment for abnormal vaginal discharge and is sometimes taken to relieve painful periods. A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. It is used in the treatment of bladder and kidney disorders and amenorrhoea. 8,440
1,368 Wild Mint Whole Medicinal Horsemint, like many other members of this genus, is often used as a domestic herbal remedy, being valued especially for its antiseptic properties and its beneficial effect on the digestion. Like other members of the genus, it is best not used by pregnant women because large doses can cause an abortion. The leaves and flowering stems are antiasthmatic, antispasmodic, carminative and stimulant. 8,441
1,369 Wild Mint Leaf Food The leaves has peppermint-scented, they are used as a flavouring in salads, chutneys and cooked foods. An essential oil obtained from the leaves and flowering tops is used as a food flavouring in sweets etc. A peppermint-like taste. The leaves contain about 0.57% essential oil. It is sometimes used as a substitute for peppermint oil in confectionery. 8,441
1,370 Bitter Bean Seed Food Fresh seeds, young or ripe, are eaten raw, cooked or roasted as a side-dish with rice. 8,442
1,371 Bitter Bean Leaf Food Young leaves and the pear-shaped receptacle of the inflorescence can also be consumed raw as lalab, but they are not used to a great extent. 8,442
1,372 Bitter Bean Seed Medicinal The seeds are also considered beneficial in treating liver disease (hepatalgia), oedema, inflammation of the kidneys (nephritis), diabetes, and as anthelmintic. 8,442
1,373 Bitter Bean Leaf Medicinal The leaves are used against jaundice. 8,442