ID 1,234
Crop ID Pot Marjoram
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and leg... more
The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes and are best added in the final stages of cooking. A strong thyme-like aroma, the leaves are used as a substitute for oregano or marjoram, but they are inferior in flavour.
Metadata ID 8,411
ID 1,235
Crop ID Pot Marjoram
Part Leaf
Use Category Beverages
Notes A herb tea is made from the leaves.
Metadata ID 8,411
ID 1,236
Crop ID Leucaena
Part Leaf
Use Category Feed (Forage/Fodder)
Notes Foliage is fed to ruminant animals as browse or by cut-and-carry methods an... more
Foliage is fed to ruminant animals as browse or by cut-and-carry methods and mixed with other green fodders; it is milled as a supplement for poultry feed and pelleted for export.
Metadata ID 8,410
ID 1,237
Crop ID Pot Marjoram
Part Leaf
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The leaves and flowering stems are antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, ... more
The leaves and flowering stems are antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic and mildly tonic.
Metadata ID 8,411
ID 1,238
Crop ID Leucaena
Part Leaf
Use Category Industrial
Notes Wood is harvested used in industries such as ceramics. Increasing use is ma... more
Wood is harvested used in industries such as ceramics. Increasing use is made of the wood for posts and props, in chipboard and plywood manufacture, for paper pulp, and for furniture and parquet flooring.
Metadata ID 8,410
ID 1,239
Crop ID Pot Marjoram
Part Extract (oil)
Use Category Food
Notes An essential oil from the leaves is used as a food flavouring and in perfum... more
An essential oil from the leaves is used as a food flavouring and in perfumery.
Metadata ID 8,411
ID 1,240
Crop ID Leucaena
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes In Asia people eat the young green shoots before the leaflets unfold.
Metadata ID 8,410
ID 1,241
Crop ID Leucaena
Part Seed
Use Category Food
Notes In the Americas, the green seeds are eaten. In Indonesia the mature seeds a... more
In the Americas, the green seeds are eaten. In Indonesia the mature seeds are eaten, either raw, cooked or mixed with other ingredients, sometimes after fermentation as a substitute for soyabean, or added to coffee after roasting.
Metadata ID 8,410
ID 1,242
Crop ID Leucaena
Part Pod
Use Category Food
Notes Young pods are eaten raw or cooked.
Metadata ID 8,410
ID 1,243
Crop ID Leucaena
Part Seed
Use Category Ornamental
Notes The dried seeds are widely used for ornamentation.
Metadata ID 8,410
ID 1,244
Crop ID Pot Marjoram
Part Leaf
Use Category Industrial
Notes The leaves and flowering stems are added to pot-pourri and scented articles... more
The leaves and flowering stems are added to pot-pourri and scented articles.
Metadata ID 8,411
ID 1,245
Crop ID Rosemary
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes The fresh or dried leaves are excellent flavouring agents in vegetables, me... more
The fresh or dried leaves are excellent flavouring agents in vegetables, meat (particularly lamb, veal and roasted chicken), sauces, stews, herbal butters, cream soups, fruit salads, jams, biscuits and bread.
Metadata ID 8,413
ID 1,246
Crop ID Rosemary
Part Extract (oil)
Use Category Food
Notes Rosemary oil, distilled from the flowering tops and leaves, is used to seas... more
Rosemary oil, distilled from the flowering tops and leaves, is used to season processed foods.
Metadata ID 8,413
ID 1,247
Crop ID Rosemary
Part Extract (oil)
Use Category Industrial
Notes Rosemary oil, distilled from the flowering tops and leaves, is used to seas... more
Rosemary oil, distilled from the flowering tops and leaves, is used to season processed foods, but for the most part it is employed in perfumes, in scenting soaps, detergents, household sprays and other related technical products. It finds application in denaturing alcohol and is popular in aromatherapy.
Metadata ID 8,413
ID 1,248
Crop ID Rosemary
Part Whole
Use Category Ornamental
Notes Rosemary is very popular as an ornamental plant used as a ground cover, hed... more
Rosemary is very popular as an ornamental plant used as a ground cover, hedge or shrub and is even transformed by hobbyists into bonsai or planted in hanging baskets. The leaves and flowers can be carefully dried and sold in elegant sachets and potpourris. For the last 1000 years in Europe, rosemary has been a symbol of happiness, fidelity and love, and a wedding and funeral flower.
Metadata ID 8,413
ID 1,249
Crop ID Rosemary
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes Flowering tops and leaves are considered carminative, diaphoretic, diureti... more
Flowering tops and leaves are considered carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, aperient, emmenagogue, stimulant, stomachic and astringent. Rosemary also serves as a household remedy for headaches, bruises, colds, nervous tension, asthma, baldness and sore throat. In the Philippines, an infusion of the leaves is used as an eyewash for slight catarrhal conjunctivitis, as vapour baths for rheumatism, paralysis and incipient catarrhs, and to bathe women in puerperal state.
Metadata ID 8,413
ID 1,250
Crop ID Moringa
Part Leaf
Use Category Food
Notes Young leaves and shoots - raw or cooked. Added to salads, cooked as a pothe... more
Young leaves and shoots - raw or cooked. Added to salads, cooked as a potherb and added to soups and curries.
Metadata ID 8,414
ID 1,251
Crop ID Moringa
Part Flower
Use Category Food
Notes Flowers - raw or cooked. Added to salads, cooked as a potherb and added to ... more
Flowers - raw or cooked. Added to salads, cooked as a potherb and added to soups and curries. They can also be used to make a tea.
Metadata ID 8,414
ID 1,252
Crop ID Moringa
Part Pod
Use Category Food
Notes The long, bean-like pods are used in soups and curries, or made into pickle... more
The long, bean-like pods are used in soups and curries, or made into pickles. The young pods are said to have a taste reminiscent of asparagus and can be eaten raw.
Metadata ID 8,414
ID 1,253
Crop ID Moringa
Part Seed
Use Category Food
Notes The immature seeds are eaten like peas. A sweet flavour. Mature seeds, when... more
The immature seeds are eaten like peas. A sweet flavour. Mature seeds, when roasted or fried, are said to resemble peanuts in flavour.
Metadata ID 8,414