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ID 351
Crop ID Garde Robe
Part Extract (oil)
Use Category Medicinal
Notes A. fragrantissima essential oil shows antimicrobial activity against gram-p... more
A. fragrantissima essential oil shows antimicrobial activity against gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis and Bacillus subtilis and gram-negative Escherichia coli.
Metadata ID 7,516
ID 352
Crop ID Glacier Wormwood
Part Whole
Use Category Beverages
Notes The herb is used as a flavouring in vermouth and liqueurs.
Metadata ID 7,535
ID 353
Crop ID Glacier Wormwood
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Glacier wormwood has similar medicinal properties to common wormwood, Artem... more
Glacier wormwood has similar medicinal properties to common wormwood, Artemisia absinthum. It is used locally where it grows wild. The whole plant is digestive, expectorant, sedative and stomachic. An infusion of the herb has a marked effect upon mountain sickness
Metadata ID 7,535
ID 354
Crop ID Glacier Wormwood
Part Whole
Use Category Ornamental
Notes The plant is grown as an ornamental in gardens.
Metadata ID 7,535
ID 355
Crop ID Wormwood
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Artemisia herba-alba is a popular herbal treatment in N. Africa, where it i... more
Artemisia herba-alba is a popular herbal treatment in N. Africa, where it is considered to be a remedy for all kinds of ailments. The plant is considered to be carminative, cholagogue, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, sedative, stomachic, tonic and vermifuge.
Metadata ID 7,543
ID 356
Crop ID Wormwood
Part Extract (oil)
Use Category Industrial
Notes The leaves and stem contain an esential oil with irregular monoterpene alco... more
The leaves and stem contain an esential oil with irregular monoterpene alcohols; the sesquiterpene lactone santolin; herbolides A, B and C; thymol.
Metadata ID 7,543
ID 357
Crop ID Wormwood
Part Whole
Use Category Oil (Fuel)
Notes Widely used as a fuel plant.
Metadata ID 7,543
ID 358
Crop ID African Lettuce
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes Yanrin leaves are eaten fresh as a salad or cooked in soups or sauces. Amon... more
Yanrin leaves are eaten fresh as a salad or cooked in soups or sauces. Amongst the Yoruba people in Nigeria soup made of yanrin leaves, called ‘efo yanrin’ is popular.
Metadata ID 7,544
ID 359
Crop ID African Lettuce
Part Forage (fresh)
Use Category Feed (Forage/Fodder)
Notes In northern Nigeria plants are fed to nursing cattle to increase milk produ... more
In northern Nigeria plants are fed to nursing cattle to increase milk production, and yanrin is given to livestock to induce multiple births.
Metadata ID 7,544
ID 360
Crop ID Beluntas
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes Leaves, young tops and inflorescences, either raw or cooked, are consumed i... more
Leaves, young tops and inflorescences, either raw or cooked, are consumed in Java as a side-dish to rice, or as a salad, and sometimes as components of a soup. In Thailand, the leaves are eaten as a flavouring.
Metadata ID 7,546
ID 361
Crop ID Beluntas
Part Leaf
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Indian sage is commonly used within its native range to treat a wide range ... more
Indian sage is commonly used within its native range to treat a wide range of disorders.
Metadata ID 7,546
ID 362
Crop ID Beluntas
Part Whole
Use Category Ornamental
Notes The plant also provides edible leaves, and is cultivated in gardens as a he... more
The plant also provides edible leaves, and is cultivated in gardens as a hedge.
Metadata ID 7,546
ID 363
Crop ID Bhringaraj
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The herb is an Ayurveda and Yunani medicine. According to Ayurveda philosop... more
The herb is an Ayurveda and Yunani medicine. According to Ayurveda philosophy Eclipta is bitter, hot fattening, alterative, anthelminticum, and alexipharmic. It is useful in inflammations, hernia, eye diseases, bronchitis, asthama, leucoderma, anaemia, heart and skin diseases, right blindness, syphilis etc. It is reported as beneficial for complexion, hair, eyes, and teeth.
Metadata ID 7,549
ID 364
Crop ID Black Salsify
Part Root
Use Category Food
Notes Scorzonera roots are used as a cooked vegetable. They are peeled before or ... more
Scorzonera roots are used as a cooked vegetable. They are peeled before or after boiling. In Europe, they are among the many canned and frozen commercial vegetables (‘salsifis’ in France).
Metadata ID 7,551
ID 365
Crop ID Black Salsify
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes Young leaves are used as a salad.
Metadata ID 7,551
ID 366
Crop ID Black Salsify
Part Root
Use Category Beverages
Notes The roots have been used, like chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), as a coffee ... more
The roots have been used, like chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), as a coffee substitute.
Metadata ID 7,551
ID 367
Crop ID Black Salsify
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Medicinal uses as a diuretic, sudorific and depurative are reported from Sp... more
Medicinal uses as a diuretic, sudorific and depurative are reported from Spain and Portugal. A mixture of latex and milk is used as a cure for colds.
Metadata ID 7,551
ID 368
Crop ID Common Sow-thistle
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes Throughout Africa, the primary use of Sonchus oleraceus is as a cooked leaf... more
Throughout Africa, the primary use of Sonchus oleraceus is as a cooked leafy vegetable, but it is also eaten raw. The tender leaves are eaten as a salad.
Metadata ID 7,554
ID 369
Crop ID Common Sow-thistle
Part Leaf
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The leaves are said to clear infections, are used as a sedative, stomachic,... more
The leaves are said to clear infections, are used as a sedative, stomachic, diuretic and to treat liver diseases, including hepatitis. Further medicinal uses are the treatment of eye problems (Burundi), gastritis, salmonella infection (Madagascar), kwashiorkor and anaemia (Burundi, Sudan, Uganda).
Metadata ID 7,554
ID 370
Crop ID Common Sow-thistle
Part Forage (dry)
Use Category Feed (Forage/Fodder)
Notes Sow-thistle is a favourite food for rabbits and poultry and it is also used... more
Sow-thistle is a favourite food for rabbits and poultry and it is also used as fodder for cattle.
Metadata ID 7,554

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