The Common Dandelion (Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia) represents a group of very similar and closely related plant species in the genus dandelion (Taraxacum) of the family Asteraceae (Asteraceae) dar. Most of these plants are referred to simply as dandelions.
The dandelion is a perennial herbaceous plant, the plant height reaches 10-30 cm, and contains a white latex in all parts. He is up to 1 m (rarely to 2 m) long, fleshy tap root out dark brown to black. She goes into a short, strong swaged rung axis over where the leaves are dense in a basal rosette. After an injury to the growing point, the plant will regenerate from the root and is then usually several leaf rosettes. The 10-30 cm long leaves are ovate to eilanzettlich, irregularly lobed and deeply incised and heavily serrated. Notches and teeth are of the strong base to about two thirds of the length, on to the leaf tip often less pronounced.
The leaf axils arise usually several, up to 60 cm long peduncles. Everyone is a leafless, low-felted outside, hollow tube. At its upper end, there are densely distributed spirally 30-40 protruding bracts, which dry out soon. In a whorl of bracts at first a complete coverage forms around the inflorescence bud. The bracts open and close with protecting the inflorescence and remain up to fruit ripening green. The inflorescence is a fake flower in which many yellow ray florets are grouped into a plate-shaped basket of about 3-5 cm in diameter. In it, the single ring-shaped flowers open from the outside to the inside. In the several days-long flowering period, the inflorescence closes each night, rain or drought, and finally while fading. After several days, the bracts open the last time at fruit maturity and at first dismissed the dried flowers and shells cast off the ray florets. The fruits, slim barrel, with a hairy flight screens (Pappus) equipped achenes, are spread by the wind (screen plane). The head occupied with the fruits of the inflorescence, the famous "Dandelion" is.
In Central Europe is the main flowering period from April to May At a significantly lower number of flowers even appear until the autumn.
Because some features are very plastic, the individual plants can greatly customize the specific sites. Sun plants produce long in undisturbed sites, held obliquely erect leaves and up to 50 cm long, erect Blütenstandstiele. Crops on paths or committed other hand, have frequently mown meadows much shorter, dense leaves and the ground lying prostrate, sometimes only a few millimeters long Blütenstandstiele.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gew%C3%B6hnlicher_L%C3%B6wenzahn
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Senin, 28 Juni 2010
Jumat, 25 Juni 2010
The Hornbeam Plant
The hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), stone beech, jukbeuk wheel or a tree 15-25 m tall tree in the birch family (Betulaceae).
The hornbeam is monoecious: male and female flowers on a plant to come. The plant blooms in April and May The pollen is dispersed by the wind.
The shell of the fruit is three-slippig, with the center slip considerably longer than the other two. The fruit has a green to brown seeds of 65 mg.
The bare branches are grayish. The magazines are distributed this. The leaves are elliptical and have a double veernervig serrated edge and a heart shaped base and acuminate summit. All the veins of the first issue to the leaf margin undivided.
The tree is native to western, central, southern Europe and western Asia. Locally common in the hornbeam (Netherlands) Limburg (Zuid Limburg), parts of Ontario and parts of Ontario nl.de Kempen. The Southern Ontario has many natural beech hedge. Elsewhere they are much planted as avenue trees and sometimes in hedges.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haagbeuk
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The hornbeam is monoecious: male and female flowers on a plant to come. The plant blooms in April and May The pollen is dispersed by the wind.
The shell of the fruit is three-slippig, with the center slip considerably longer than the other two. The fruit has a green to brown seeds of 65 mg.
The bare branches are grayish. The magazines are distributed this. The leaves are elliptical and have a double veernervig serrated edge and a heart shaped base and acuminate summit. All the veins of the first issue to the leaf margin undivided.
The tree is native to western, central, southern Europe and western Asia. Locally common in the hornbeam (Netherlands) Limburg (Zuid Limburg), parts of Ontario and parts of Ontario nl.de Kempen. The Southern Ontario has many natural beech hedge. Elsewhere they are much planted as avenue trees and sometimes in hedges.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haagbeuk
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The Three Thistle
The three thistle (Carlina vulgaris) is a single Israeli carp, biennial plant that belongs to the Compositae family (Asteraceae). The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as relatively rare and moderately decreased. The genus Carlina, according to legend, Charlemagne alleging that the medicinal properties of the plant against plague was discovered. In reality it is probably just as Carduus name derived from the Latin word for thistle. The Dutch name three thistle, the plant due to the fact that plants often occur with three flower heads. The species is hemikryptofyt.
The plant in the Netherlands is 15-45 cm high and has a reddish, erect, felt-like stalk. Elsewhere, the plant can also be higher, the Flora of North America provides up to 80 cm. The leaves are lanceolate and curved endangered. The three thistle flowers in Netherlands in August and September with a few heads. A head is 2-5 inches wide and the thalamus with strong hairs. The inner omwindselbladen are straw yellow. The Pappus consists of a ring of feathery hairs. In wet weather the flower heads start to dry closed and reopened. They continue to do so after they have finished. The dead plant remains even after the fall often dried up stand up. The fruit is a nut with fruit fluff.
The plant in the Netherlands is 15-45 cm high and Has a reddish, Erect, felt-like stalking. Elsewhere, the plant Can Also be higher, the Flora of North America Provides up to 80 cm. The leaves are lanceolate and curved endangered. The three thistle flowers in Netherlands in August and September with a few heads. A head is 2-5 inches wide and the thalamus with strong hairs. The inner omwindselbladen are yellow straw. The Pappus consiste of a ring of feathery hairs. Law weather the flower heads start to dry closed and reopened. They continued to do so after They finished goods. The dead plant here Remains After the fall in loss or dried up stand up. The fruit is a nut with fruit fluff.
The three Thistle is sometimes used as an alternative to the artichoke.
The thistle is three to date occasionally used in herbal medicine. In the past the plant was extensively used as a medicine. She was also a salad with Valeriana at a ratio of 3:5 is used as an aphrodisiac.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driedistel
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The plant in the Netherlands is 15-45 cm high and has a reddish, erect, felt-like stalk. Elsewhere, the plant can also be higher, the Flora of North America provides up to 80 cm. The leaves are lanceolate and curved endangered. The three thistle flowers in Netherlands in August and September with a few heads. A head is 2-5 inches wide and the thalamus with strong hairs. The inner omwindselbladen are straw yellow. The Pappus consists of a ring of feathery hairs. In wet weather the flower heads start to dry closed and reopened. They continue to do so after they have finished. The dead plant remains even after the fall often dried up stand up. The fruit is a nut with fruit fluff.
The plant in the Netherlands is 15-45 cm high and Has a reddish, Erect, felt-like stalking. Elsewhere, the plant Can Also be higher, the Flora of North America Provides up to 80 cm. The leaves are lanceolate and curved endangered. The three thistle flowers in Netherlands in August and September with a few heads. A head is 2-5 inches wide and the thalamus with strong hairs. The inner omwindselbladen are yellow straw. The Pappus consiste of a ring of feathery hairs. Law weather the flower heads start to dry closed and reopened. They continued to do so after They finished goods. The dead plant here Remains After the fall in loss or dried up stand up. The fruit is a nut with fruit fluff.
The three Thistle is sometimes used as an alternative to the artichoke.
The thistle is three to date occasionally used in herbal medicine. In the past the plant was extensively used as a medicine. She was also a salad with Valeriana at a ratio of 3:5 is used as an aphrodisiac.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driedistel
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Kamis, 24 Juni 2010
The Tongue Fern
The tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium, synonym: Ceterach scolopendrium) is an exit from destreepvarenfamilie (Aspleniaceae). It grows on walls and in the dunes. The plant is quite rare in the Netherlands.
The leaf springs may be 60 cm long and form bundles. The leaf steal his purple-black and have brown scales. The leaf is tongue shaped, oblong or lanceolate and slightly wavy edges gift. In the beginning, the light green leaf color, but later the darker the leaf shine. The spores (sora) are linear and perpendicular angles. First, each side is a dekvlies, but this is pushed to maturation. The spores are ripe between July and October.
Because there is the ideal location factors of this type yet relatively little is known of this species can not be discussed optimal location. It is known that the species especially in shady, damp locations grows. A certain preference for damp walls and place is remarkable. They can, however, especially in nitrogen-rich environments are found. Thus, they often dune thicket of undergrowth in the dunes, but essentially it can be a lover that she is moist, calcareous, stony ground beneath a good-sized bosdek.
The tongue is sailing all over Europe, except the northeast. There are also part areas to report in Japan and North America. In the Netherlands the species spread throughout the country. Experts believe that the species in recent years back in number is increasing.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongvaren
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The leaf springs may be 60 cm long and form bundles. The leaf steal his purple-black and have brown scales. The leaf is tongue shaped, oblong or lanceolate and slightly wavy edges gift. In the beginning, the light green leaf color, but later the darker the leaf shine. The spores (sora) are linear and perpendicular angles. First, each side is a dekvlies, but this is pushed to maturation. The spores are ripe between July and October.
Because there is the ideal location factors of this type yet relatively little is known of this species can not be discussed optimal location. It is known that the species especially in shady, damp locations grows. A certain preference for damp walls and place is remarkable. They can, however, especially in nitrogen-rich environments are found. Thus, they often dune thicket of undergrowth in the dunes, but essentially it can be a lover that she is moist, calcareous, stony ground beneath a good-sized bosdek.
The tongue is sailing all over Europe, except the northeast. There are also part areas to report in Japan and North America. In the Netherlands the species spread throughout the country. Experts believe that the species in recent years back in number is increasing.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongvaren
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Minggu, 20 Juni 2010
The Dolls Orchid
The dolls orchid (Orchis anthropophora, synonym: Aceras anthropophorum) is an orchid. The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and moderately decreased. The plant is legally protected and is in the Netherlands in South Limburg and Zeeland. The plant is found in Europe. DNA Research has shown that the dolls to the orchid genus Orchis be counted and not to the genus Aceras. The chromosome number is 2n = 42.
The plant is 10 to 40 cm high. The plant has 4-9 leaves and shiny oblong to lanceolate. At the base of the plant species they form a rosette and later on they stem comprehensive. The new leaves are formed in the fall suggesting the origin of the Mediterranean. The plant is relatively small, round to ovoid tubers.
Doll Orchid blooms in May and June with light green flowers with brown edge. Inflorescence a rich floral with up to 100 flowers, cylindrical spike. The flowers are 12-14 mm.
The fine seed germinates and food does not contain a reserve only if a root fungus (mycorrhiza) it penetrates.
The doll orchid occurs in moderately dry grasslands on calcareous soil. The flowers are pollinated by flies and beetles. The lack of a track to the flower, the beetles come to the nectar.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppenorchis
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The plant is 10 to 40 cm high. The plant has 4-9 leaves and shiny oblong to lanceolate. At the base of the plant species they form a rosette and later on they stem comprehensive. The new leaves are formed in the fall suggesting the origin of the Mediterranean. The plant is relatively small, round to ovoid tubers.
Doll Orchid blooms in May and June with light green flowers with brown edge. Inflorescence a rich floral with up to 100 flowers, cylindrical spike. The flowers are 12-14 mm.
The fine seed germinates and food does not contain a reserve only if a root fungus (mycorrhiza) it penetrates.
The doll orchid occurs in moderately dry grasslands on calcareous soil. The flowers are pollinated by flies and beetles. The lack of a track to the flower, the beetles come to the nectar.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppenorchis
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Bell Rapunzel of Bellflower
Bell also called Rapunzel Rapunzel (Campanula rapunculus) is a plant of the bellflower family (Campanulaceae). It grows on calcareous sandy soil, especially along major rivers. This plant is legally protected in the Netherlands and is on the red list.
The 30-50 cm tall plant has an angular and slightly hairy stem. The root is fleshy. The rosette leaves are ovate and toothed short. The clear bell-shaped flowers are 2-3 cm long, pedunculate. The bowl-shaped punch line to his lips. The flower color is light purple or occasionally white. At the base of the stem seem to grow two bracts.
Rapunzel The bell has been known since the Middle Ages a salad vegetable. Root and leaf vegetables are to eat raw in salads. The taste of the root resembles radish, but sweet and remarkably smooth. The foliage is fine and neutral flavor.
In the Middle Ages people took the vegetables from the field often. Doctors also used the fruit for medicinal purposes. From there it was rampion clock suitable for incorporation into a medicinal berm salad.
Cultivation: The plants sown in May Propagation is also possible through tears.
Note: the field bell (Campanula rapunculoides) is very similar to this plant.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzelklokje
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The 30-50 cm tall plant has an angular and slightly hairy stem. The root is fleshy. The rosette leaves are ovate and toothed short. The clear bell-shaped flowers are 2-3 cm long, pedunculate. The bowl-shaped punch line to his lips. The flower color is light purple or occasionally white. At the base of the stem seem to grow two bracts.
Rapunzel The bell has been known since the Middle Ages a salad vegetable. Root and leaf vegetables are to eat raw in salads. The taste of the root resembles radish, but sweet and remarkably smooth. The foliage is fine and neutral flavor.
In the Middle Ages people took the vegetables from the field often. Doctors also used the fruit for medicinal purposes. From there it was rampion clock suitable for incorporation into a medicinal berm salad.
Cultivation: The plants sown in May Propagation is also possible through tears.
Note: the field bell (Campanula rapunculoides) is very similar to this plant.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzelklokje
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The Caraway Elie Blooms
Caraway Elie (Selinum carvifolia) is a biennial plant that belongs to the floral display family (Apiaceae or Umbelliferae). The aroma of the plant is consistent with parsley. The plant resembles caraway. It is a plant of wet, moderately rich soil in deciduous forests and grasslands. The plant is native to Eurasia and was introduced in North America. She is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and greatly reduced. Also, the plant in the ornamental use.
The plant is 30-90 cm high and has an angular and winged stems. The lower and upper leaves are threefold bipinnate.
Caraway Elie blooms in July and August. The flowering displays consist of three p.m. to eight p.m. rays with many carpels. The omwindselbladen usually missing. The flowers are initially pink and later fade to white.
The fruit is a two-part split fruit. The fruits are 3-4 mm long seen around on the back. The back part of the fruits strongly flattened. The middle part of the fruit ribs are narrow and the broad lateral wings.
Caraway Elie has 2n = 22 chromosomes.
Caraway Elie is a host for the black spot Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) and leaf miner Phytomyza mylini.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karwijselie
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The plant is 30-90 cm high and has an angular and winged stems. The lower and upper leaves are threefold bipinnate.
Caraway Elie blooms in July and August. The flowering displays consist of three p.m. to eight p.m. rays with many carpels. The omwindselbladen usually missing. The flowers are initially pink and later fade to white.
The fruit is a two-part split fruit. The fruits are 3-4 mm long seen around on the back. The back part of the fruits strongly flattened. The middle part of the fruit ribs are narrow and the broad lateral wings.
Caraway Elie has 2n = 22 chromosomes.
Caraway Elie is a host for the black spot Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) and leaf miner Phytomyza mylini.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karwijselie
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Jumat, 18 Juni 2010
The Caraway Biennial Plant
Caraway (Carum carvi) is a biennial plant that belongs to the floral display family (Apiaceae or Umbelliferae). The plant in the wild in western Asia, Europe and North Africa, where he pastures, roadsides and embankments grows. The plant is also called real caraway.
The plant is 30-60 cm tall and thin, oblong-oval, bi-pinnate leaves. The plant is a taproot.
Caraway flowers in May and June. The umbels are compound screens that consist of five to sixteen rays, which groups small, white to pink flowers. On the screens are zero to three omwindselbladen and leaves. The fruit is a two-part split fruit.
The seeds are 3-4 mm long and egg-laying crescent-shaped and have a pleasant spicy flavor, especially from carvone and limonene. In the Netherlands, caraway seed produced, allegedly of very high quality. The bulk of production is exported to Germany and Austria.
Caraway is often confused with caraway, partly because of the great similarity in taste and looks, but also because of the names in many languages under consideration. Many (online) dictionaries translate the names, therefore, simply wrong, or both as the same. In the Netherlands, caraway seed, also called "wild cumin" mentioned.
Caraway is slightly curved, while cumin seeds straight. By the agreement in taste (hot, spicy, anise-like) are both herbs in dishes or as a substitute for another use, but the flavor of caraway is roughly twice as fast as cumin, and therefore caraway in about half the quantity of cumin applied. Aside from the strength of the taste is slightly sharper caraway, cumin while what is bitter.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echte_karwij
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The plant is 30-60 cm tall and thin, oblong-oval, bi-pinnate leaves. The plant is a taproot.
Caraway flowers in May and June. The umbels are compound screens that consist of five to sixteen rays, which groups small, white to pink flowers. On the screens are zero to three omwindselbladen and leaves. The fruit is a two-part split fruit.
The seeds are 3-4 mm long and egg-laying crescent-shaped and have a pleasant spicy flavor, especially from carvone and limonene. In the Netherlands, caraway seed produced, allegedly of very high quality. The bulk of production is exported to Germany and Austria.
Caraway is often confused with caraway, partly because of the great similarity in taste and looks, but also because of the names in many languages under consideration. Many (online) dictionaries translate the names, therefore, simply wrong, or both as the same. In the Netherlands, caraway seed, also called "wild cumin" mentioned.
Caraway is slightly curved, while cumin seeds straight. By the agreement in taste (hot, spicy, anise-like) are both herbs in dishes or as a substitute for another use, but the flavor of caraway is roughly twice as fast as cumin, and therefore caraway in about half the quantity of cumin applied. Aside from the strength of the taste is slightly sharper caraway, cumin while what is bitter.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echte_karwij
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Ornithogalum Arabicum
Ornithogalum arabicum a species from the family of asparagus plants (Asparagaceae is).
Ornithogalum arabicum a perennial, herbaceous bulbous plant, the plant height 30-80 cm is reached. The plant is vigorous. The onion developed many offshoots. The leaves on the ground have a shine width 10-30 mm, and have no white central stripe. The cluster is dense, cymes and 6-25-flowered. The lower flower stalks are 80-100 mm long. The petals are 15-32 mm tall, triangular green and have no markings. The ovary is blue violet. The capsules are slightly winged.
The flowering time ranges from April to May.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithogalum_arabicum
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Ornithogalum arabicum a perennial, herbaceous bulbous plant, the plant height 30-80 cm is reached. The plant is vigorous. The onion developed many offshoots. The leaves on the ground have a shine width 10-30 mm, and have no white central stripe. The cluster is dense, cymes and 6-25-flowered. The lower flower stalks are 80-100 mm long. The petals are 15-32 mm tall, triangular green and have no markings. The ovary is blue violet. The capsules are slightly winged.
The flowering time ranges from April to May.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithogalum_arabicum
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Rabu, 16 Juni 2010
Leonotis nepetifolia Uses
Recreational uses
L. nepetifolia is often smoked due entheogenic properties, or psychoactive. Some say the effects are similar to those of marijuana (cannabis). But those who hope to have all the effects of marijuana smoking are disappointed to L. nepetifolia. A common effect that many users report is a relaxation of muscles and a more gentle things.
Medicinal Uses
In Trinidad the leaves of L. nepetifolia are prepared as a tea for fever, cough, and malaria.
Source: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonotis_nepetifolia
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L. nepetifolia is often smoked due entheogenic properties, or psychoactive. Some say the effects are similar to those of marijuana (cannabis). But those who hope to have all the effects of marijuana smoking are disappointed to L. nepetifolia. A common effect that many users report is a relaxation of muscles and a more gentle things.
Medicinal Uses
In Trinidad the leaves of L. nepetifolia are prepared as a tea for fever, cough, and malaria.
Source: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonotis_nepetifolia
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The white dead nettle
The white dead nettle (Lamium album) belongs to the family of the mint family (Lamiaceae). It has, in contrast to no nettle stinging hairs and is not directly related to her. The similarity of leaf shape to the nettle, however, the genus name of the German part of "nettle" introduced.
The white dead nettle is a perennial, herbaceous plant, 20-70 centimeters in height achieved. On the square stem kreuzgegenständig are sawn and stalked leaves.
The white dead nettle flowers from April to October. The white flowers have two lips, the upper lip is covered with hair. As with all Lamiaceae is the lower petal of an ideal landing place for pollinating insects dar. in the corolla tube, you can see a hair ring, which protects the nectar.
Distribution and habitat
The White Dead Nettle is distributed throughout Europe and North Asia. The hardy nettles growing on the road and meadow edge and in ditches, hedges and dumps. It grows especially on stickstoffreichem ground.
After Ellen Berg is the way a Halblichtpflanze, a Frischezeiger, increasing to over nitrogen-rich sites and a Velcro Verbandscharakterart the corridors (Arction lappa).
Like the Red Dead Nettle, Spotted Dead Nettle, and the gold basin, the White Dead Nettle is considered an important nectar and pollen for honey bees. The pollination takes place, but mainly by bumblebees, which take better account of their long proboscis to the low-lying nectar of the flower.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Taubnessel
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The white dead nettle is a perennial, herbaceous plant, 20-70 centimeters in height achieved. On the square stem kreuzgegenständig are sawn and stalked leaves.
The white dead nettle flowers from April to October. The white flowers have two lips, the upper lip is covered with hair. As with all Lamiaceae is the lower petal of an ideal landing place for pollinating insects dar. in the corolla tube, you can see a hair ring, which protects the nectar.
Distribution and habitat
The White Dead Nettle is distributed throughout Europe and North Asia. The hardy nettles growing on the road and meadow edge and in ditches, hedges and dumps. It grows especially on stickstoffreichem ground.
After Ellen Berg is the way a Halblichtpflanze, a Frischezeiger, increasing to over nitrogen-rich sites and a Velcro Verbandscharakterart the corridors (Arction lappa).
Like the Red Dead Nettle, Spotted Dead Nettle, and the gold basin, the White Dead Nettle is considered an important nectar and pollen for honey bees. The pollination takes place, but mainly by bumblebees, which take better account of their long proboscis to the low-lying nectar of the flower.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Taubnessel
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Selasa, 15 Juni 2010
Jatropha
Jatropha is a genus in the family of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Your points from the Greek words for doctor (iatros) and nutrition (trophies) derived botanical name on the medical use of seeds of some species and to the edible tubers of the previously submitted to this genre cassava (Manihot esculenta out).
Jatropha species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs or perennial herbaceous plants, often with thick, tuberous roots. One third to one half of the approximately 175 species is native or wurzelsukkulent, a large proportion of other species is at least xerophytic. When the tribes often tree-like species are softwood and swollen at the base. Herbaceous species are geophytes with only short-lived, however often branches. In almost all types of branches and leaves are hairy, but the hair is never burning. They contain a milky sap, which is reddish in many species.
The alternate and spirally arranged or zweilig leaves are evergreen, lobed simple and ordinary. The leaf margins are smooth. The almost always present Stipules are usually shared, often with succulent species drüsenhaarig, sometimes thorny.
Jatropha species are mostly monoecious (monoecious), rarely dioecious (dioecious), unisexual plants. The terminal or axillary inflorescences are branched dichotomously and have a special arrangement of flowers: is terminally in the middle of an inflorescence a female flower (sometimes even a few female flowers), which is surrounded by the subject on the ramifications male flowers. All flowers are equipped with five Kron and sepals. The nectar glands at the base of the flower can stand freely or be merged into a ring-shaped disc. Male flowers, six to ten stamens in two circles. In the female flowers are usually two or three (or five) carpels fused to a oberständigen ovary usually with three free pencils, each with a bilobed stigma. Pollination is mostly by insects (entomophily).
It is developing three-lobed fruit capsules, which burst open when ripe and the seeds hurl several meters wide. The oily seeds are approximately oval and marked with an appendage called caruncle.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha
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Jatropha species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs or perennial herbaceous plants, often with thick, tuberous roots. One third to one half of the approximately 175 species is native or wurzelsukkulent, a large proportion of other species is at least xerophytic. When the tribes often tree-like species are softwood and swollen at the base. Herbaceous species are geophytes with only short-lived, however often branches. In almost all types of branches and leaves are hairy, but the hair is never burning. They contain a milky sap, which is reddish in many species.
The alternate and spirally arranged or zweilig leaves are evergreen, lobed simple and ordinary. The leaf margins are smooth. The almost always present Stipules are usually shared, often with succulent species drüsenhaarig, sometimes thorny.
Jatropha species are mostly monoecious (monoecious), rarely dioecious (dioecious), unisexual plants. The terminal or axillary inflorescences are branched dichotomously and have a special arrangement of flowers: is terminally in the middle of an inflorescence a female flower (sometimes even a few female flowers), which is surrounded by the subject on the ramifications male flowers. All flowers are equipped with five Kron and sepals. The nectar glands at the base of the flower can stand freely or be merged into a ring-shaped disc. Male flowers, six to ten stamens in two circles. In the female flowers are usually two or three (or five) carpels fused to a oberständigen ovary usually with three free pencils, each with a bilobed stigma. Pollination is mostly by insects (entomophily).
It is developing three-lobed fruit capsules, which burst open when ripe and the seeds hurl several meters wide. The oily seeds are approximately oval and marked with an appendage called caruncle.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha
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Senin, 14 Juni 2010
Guaiacum Uses
The genus is famous as the supplier of Lignum vitae, which is the heartwood of several species in the genus. It is the hardest wood that is measured using the Janka hardness test, requiring a force of 4,500 lbf (20,000 N) to embed a steel ball 0.444 in (1.13 cm) in diameter a distance half of that into the wood.
Among many other applications, gum from the wood was once used to treat syphilis. For example, Benvenuto Cellini records this use of it in his memoirs. See also the quote by Nashe in the article Honorificabilitudinitatibus (there spelled 'guiacum'). Guaiacum resin has been used to treat a variety of medicinal conditions from coughs to arthritis. Wood chips can also be used to brew a tea.
The artist Jan van der Straet (also known as Johannes Stradanus) painted a scene of a wealthy man receiving treatment of syphilis with Guaiacum wood sometime around 1580. The title of the work is "Preparation and Use of Guayaco for Treating Syphilis." Epidemic syphilis had been raging through Europe for nearly a century at the time of the painting, and hopes were high that this plant from the New World would provide a cure. The richly colored and detailed work depicts four servants preparing the concoction while a physician looks on, hiding something behind his back while the hapless patient drinks.
A phenolic compound derived from the resin of Guaiacum trees is used in a common test for blood in human stool samples. The presence of haem in the blood causes the formation of a coloured product in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The effect of peroxidases in horseradish on guiacum was first noted in 1810 by Planche.
As a food additive Guaiacum has the E number of E314 and is classified as an antioxidant.
A widely used derivative drug is the expectorant known as guaifenesin.
The soap fragrance oil of guaiac comes from Bulnesia sarmientoi, a South American tree from the same family.
Members of the genus are grown in Florida and California as ornamental plants.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaiacum
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Among many other applications, gum from the wood was once used to treat syphilis. For example, Benvenuto Cellini records this use of it in his memoirs. See also the quote by Nashe in the article Honorificabilitudinitatibus (there spelled 'guiacum'). Guaiacum resin has been used to treat a variety of medicinal conditions from coughs to arthritis. Wood chips can also be used to brew a tea.
The artist Jan van der Straet (also known as Johannes Stradanus) painted a scene of a wealthy man receiving treatment of syphilis with Guaiacum wood sometime around 1580. The title of the work is "Preparation and Use of Guayaco for Treating Syphilis." Epidemic syphilis had been raging through Europe for nearly a century at the time of the painting, and hopes were high that this plant from the New World would provide a cure. The richly colored and detailed work depicts four servants preparing the concoction while a physician looks on, hiding something behind his back while the hapless patient drinks.
A phenolic compound derived from the resin of Guaiacum trees is used in a common test for blood in human stool samples. The presence of haem in the blood causes the formation of a coloured product in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The effect of peroxidases in horseradish on guiacum was first noted in 1810 by Planche.
As a food additive Guaiacum has the E number of E314 and is classified as an antioxidant.
A widely used derivative drug is the expectorant known as guaifenesin.
The soap fragrance oil of guaiac comes from Bulnesia sarmientoi, a South American tree from the same family.
Members of the genus are grown in Florida and California as ornamental plants.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaiacum
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Guaiacum
Guaiacum, sometimes spelled Guajacum, is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of slow-growing shrubs and trees, reaching a height of approximately 20 m (66 ft) but are usually less than half of that. All are native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas. The word guaiacum originated in Maipurean, the language spoken by the native Taínos of the Bahamas; it was adopted by English in 1533, the first word in that language of American origin.
Members of the genus have a variety of uses, including as lumber, for medicinal purposes, and as ornamentals. The trade of all species of Guaiacum is controlled under CITES Appendix II.
Guaiacum officinale is the national flower of Jamaica, while Guaiacum sanctum is the national tree of The Bahamas.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaiacum
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Members of the genus have a variety of uses, including as lumber, for medicinal purposes, and as ornamentals. The trade of all species of Guaiacum is controlled under CITES Appendix II.
Guaiacum officinale is the national flower of Jamaica, while Guaiacum sanctum is the national tree of The Bahamas.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaiacum
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Eryngium foetidum
Eryngium foetidum is a tropical perennial and annual herb in the family Apiaceae. It is native to Mexico and South America but is cultivated worldwide. In the United States, where it is not well known, the name culantro sometimes causes confusion with Coriandrum sativum (also in Apiaceae), the leaves of which are known as cilantro, and which culantro is even said to taste like.
Eryngium foetidum is also known as culantro; culantro coyote (Costa Rica); alcapate (El Salvador); long, wild, or Mexican coriander; culantro burrero (Venezuela); fitweed; spiritweed; duck-tongue herb; sawtooth or saw-leaf herb; cilantro cimarron; chardon benit (French chardon béni); shado, shadon, or shadow beni (English-speaking Caribbean); recao (Puerto Rico); sachaculantro (Peru); bhandhanya (Hindi); donnia; Sinhala: ngò gai (Vietnam); Txuj Lom Muas Loob los yog Nplooj Hniav Kaw (Hmong); and pak chi farang (Thai: ผักชีฝรั่ง).
In the United States, Eryngium foetidum grows naturally in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. In Broward and Miami-Dade counties, Florida, it is sold in grocery stores as a culinary herb. It is sold under the common name "culantro" (pronounced koo-lawn-tro).
Eryngium foetidum is also known as Eryngium antihystericum. The name Eryngium antihystericum reflects the fact that this plant has traditionally been used as a treatment for epilepsy. The plant is said to calm a person's spirit and thus prevents epileptic fits (seizures). The plant is therefore known by the common names spiritweed and fitweed. The anticonvulsant properties of this plant have been scientifically investigated.
Usage
E. foetidum is widely used in seasoning and marinating in the Caribbean. In the Caribean it is also referred to as "shadow benny" or "bandanya" and "recao", these are the most common names throughout Trinidad and Puerto Rico. It is also used extensively in Thailand, India, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia as a culinary herb. This variety of coriander dries well, retaining good color and flavor, making it valuable in the dried herb industry. It is sometimes used as a substitute for cilantro, but it has a much stronger taste.
Medicinally, the leaves and roots are used in tea to stimulate appetite, improve digestion, combat colic, soothe stomach pains, and eliminate gas. A decoction of the leaves has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
Eryngial is a patented extract of Eryngium foetidum Dr. Ralph Robinson, a Professor of Parasitology at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, has investigated the use of Enyngial as a treatment for human Strongyloides stercoralis infection (strongyloidiasis).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_foetidum
See Also: bunga, toko bunga, bunga papan
Eryngium foetidum is also known as culantro; culantro coyote (Costa Rica); alcapate (El Salvador); long, wild, or Mexican coriander; culantro burrero (Venezuela); fitweed; spiritweed; duck-tongue herb; sawtooth or saw-leaf herb; cilantro cimarron; chardon benit (French chardon béni); shado, shadon, or shadow beni (English-speaking Caribbean); recao (Puerto Rico); sachaculantro (Peru); bhandhanya (Hindi); donnia; Sinhala: ngò gai (Vietnam); Txuj Lom Muas Loob los yog Nplooj Hniav Kaw (Hmong); and pak chi farang (Thai: ผักชีฝรั่ง).
In the United States, Eryngium foetidum grows naturally in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. In Broward and Miami-Dade counties, Florida, it is sold in grocery stores as a culinary herb. It is sold under the common name "culantro" (pronounced koo-lawn-tro).
Eryngium foetidum is also known as Eryngium antihystericum. The name Eryngium antihystericum reflects the fact that this plant has traditionally been used as a treatment for epilepsy. The plant is said to calm a person's spirit and thus prevents epileptic fits (seizures). The plant is therefore known by the common names spiritweed and fitweed. The anticonvulsant properties of this plant have been scientifically investigated.
Usage
E. foetidum is widely used in seasoning and marinating in the Caribbean. In the Caribean it is also referred to as "shadow benny" or "bandanya" and "recao", these are the most common names throughout Trinidad and Puerto Rico. It is also used extensively in Thailand, India, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia as a culinary herb. This variety of coriander dries well, retaining good color and flavor, making it valuable in the dried herb industry. It is sometimes used as a substitute for cilantro, but it has a much stronger taste.
Medicinally, the leaves and roots are used in tea to stimulate appetite, improve digestion, combat colic, soothe stomach pains, and eliminate gas. A decoction of the leaves has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
Eryngial is a patented extract of Eryngium foetidum Dr. Ralph Robinson, a Professor of Parasitology at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, has investigated the use of Enyngial as a treatment for human Strongyloides stercoralis infection (strongyloidiasis).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_foetidum
See Also: bunga, toko bunga, bunga papan
Eclipta alba
Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. (syn. Eclipta prostrata L.), commonly known as False Daisy , yerba de tago, and bhringraj, is a plant belonging to the family Asteraceae. Root well developed, cylindrical, greyish. Floral heads 6-8 mm in diameter, solitary, white, achene compressed and narrowly winged. It grows commonly in moist places as a weed all over the world. It is widely distributed throughout India, China, Thailand, and Brazil. In ayurvedic medicine, the leaf extract is considered a powerful liver tonic, rejuvenative, and especially good for the hair. A black dye obtained from Eclipta alba is used for dyeing hair and tattooing. Eclipta alba also has traditional external uses, like athlete foot, eczema and dermatitis, on the scalp to address hair loss and the leaves have been used in the treatment of scorpion stings. It is used as anti-venom against snakebite in China and Brazil (Mors, 1991). It is reported to improve hair growth and colour (Kritikar and Basu 1975 and Chopra et al. 1955)
The herb Eclipta alba contains mainly coumestans i.e. wedelolactone (I) and demethylwedelolactone (II), polypeptides, polyacetylenes, thiophene-derivatives, steroids, triterpenes and flavonoids. Coumestans are known to possess estrogenic activity (Bickoff et al. 1969) Wedelolactone possesses a wide range of biological activities and is used for the treatment of hepatitis and cirrhosis (Wagner et al. 1986), as an antibacterial, anti-hemorrhagic (Kosuge et al. 1985). and for direct inhibition of IKK complex resulting in suppression of LPS-induced caspase-11 expression (Kobori et al. 2004)
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The herb Eclipta alba contains mainly coumestans i.e. wedelolactone (I) and demethylwedelolactone (II), polypeptides, polyacetylenes, thiophene-derivatives, steroids, triterpenes and flavonoids. Coumestans are known to possess estrogenic activity (Bickoff et al. 1969) Wedelolactone possesses a wide range of biological activities and is used for the treatment of hepatitis and cirrhosis (Wagner et al. 1986), as an antibacterial, anti-hemorrhagic (Kosuge et al. 1985). and for direct inhibition of IKK complex resulting in suppression of LPS-induced caspase-11 expression (Kobori et al. 2004)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipta_alba
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Kamis, 10 Juni 2010
Catharanthus
Catharanthus (Madagascar Periwinkle) is a genus of eight species of herbaceous perennial plants, seven endemic to the island of Madagascar, the eighth native to the Indian subcontinent in southern Asia . C. roseus goes by its common name "sadaphuli" (perennially flowering) in parts of Western India.
Uses and cultivation
The species are self-propagating from seed; the seeds require a period of total darkness to germinate. Cuttings from mature plants will also root readily.
One species, C. roseus, has been widely cultivated and introduced, becoming an invasive species in some areas.
Pharmacological uses
C. roseus has gained interest from the pharmaceutical industry; the alkaloids vincristine and vinblastine from its sap have been shown to be an effective treatment for leukaemia and lymphoma. Although the sap is poisonous if ingested, some 70 useful alkaloids have been identified from it. In Madagascar, extracts have been used for hundreds of years in herbal medicine for the treatment of diabetes, as hemostatics and tranquilizers, to lower blood pressure, and as disinfectants. The extracts are not without their side effects, however, which include hair loss.
Vinca alkaloids
Vinca alkaloids are anti-mitotic and anti-microtubule agents. They are now produced synthetically and used as drugs in cancer therapy and as immunosuppressive drugs. These compounds are vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine and vinorelbine. Periwinkle extracts and derivatives, such as vinpocetine, are also used as nootropic drugs.
Catharanthus lanceus contains up to 6% yohimbine in its leaves.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharanthus
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Uses and cultivation
The species are self-propagating from seed; the seeds require a period of total darkness to germinate. Cuttings from mature plants will also root readily.
One species, C. roseus, has been widely cultivated and introduced, becoming an invasive species in some areas.
Pharmacological uses
C. roseus has gained interest from the pharmaceutical industry; the alkaloids vincristine and vinblastine from its sap have been shown to be an effective treatment for leukaemia and lymphoma. Although the sap is poisonous if ingested, some 70 useful alkaloids have been identified from it. In Madagascar, extracts have been used for hundreds of years in herbal medicine for the treatment of diabetes, as hemostatics and tranquilizers, to lower blood pressure, and as disinfectants. The extracts are not without their side effects, however, which include hair loss.
Vinca alkaloids
Vinca alkaloids are anti-mitotic and anti-microtubule agents. They are now produced synthetically and used as drugs in cancer therapy and as immunosuppressive drugs. These compounds are vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine and vinorelbine. Periwinkle extracts and derivatives, such as vinpocetine, are also used as nootropic drugs.
Catharanthus lanceus contains up to 6% yohimbine in its leaves.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharanthus
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Rabu, 09 Juni 2010
Quince
The quince (pronounced /ˈkwɪns/), or Cydonia oblonga, is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region. It is a small deciduous tree, growing 5–8 m tall and 4–6 m wide, related to apples and pears, and like them has a pome fruit, which is bright golden yellow when mature, pear-shaped, 7–12 cm long and 6–9 cm broad.
The immature fruit is green with dense grey-white pubescence, most of which rubs off before maturity in late autumn when the fruit changes colour to yellow with hard, strongly-perfumed flesh. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, 6–11 cm long, with an entire margin and densely pubescent with fine white hairs. The flowers, produced in spring after the leaves, are white or pink, 5 cm across, with five petals.
Quince is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail, Bucculatrix bechsteinella, Bucculatrix pomifoliella, Coleophora cerasivorella, Coleophora malivorella, Green Pug and Winter Moth.
Four other species previously included in the genus Cydonia are now treated in separate genera. These are the Chinese Quince Pseudocydonia sinensis, a native of China, and the three flowering quinces of eastern Asia in the genus Chaenomeles. Another unrelated fruit, the Bael, is sometimes called the "Bengal Quince".
Turkey ranks first in world quince production by producing a quarter of the total world production.
The fruit was known to the Akkadians, who called it supurgillu; Arabic سفرجل safarjal "quinces" (collective plural). The modern name originated in the 14th century as a plural of quoyn, via Old French cooin from Latin cotoneum malum / cydonium malum, ultimately from Greek κυδώνιον μῆλον, kydonion melon "Kydonian apple". The quince tree is native to Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Pakistan and was introduced to Syria, Croatia, Bosnia, Turkey, Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Romania, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Cultivation of quince may have preceded apple culture, and many references translated to "apple", such as the fruit in Song of Solomon, may have been to a quince. Among the ancient Greeks, the quince was a ritual offering at weddings, for it had come from the Levant with Aphrodite and remained sacred to her. Plutarch reports that a Greek bride would nibble a quince to perfume her kiss before entering the bridal chamber, "in order that the first greeting may not be disagreeable nor unpleasant" (Roman Questions 3.65). It was a quince that Paris awarded Aphrodite. It was for a golden quince that Atalanta paused in her race. The Romans also used quinces; the Roman cookbook of Apicius gives recipes for stewing quince with honey, and even combining them, unexpectedly, with leeks. Pliny the Elder mentioned the one variety, Mulvian quince, that could be eaten raw. Columella mentioned three, one of which, the "golden apple" that may have been the paradisal fruit in the Garden of the Hesperides, has donated its name in Italian to the tomato, pomodoro.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince
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The immature fruit is green with dense grey-white pubescence, most of which rubs off before maturity in late autumn when the fruit changes colour to yellow with hard, strongly-perfumed flesh. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, 6–11 cm long, with an entire margin and densely pubescent with fine white hairs. The flowers, produced in spring after the leaves, are white or pink, 5 cm across, with five petals.
Quince is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail, Bucculatrix bechsteinella, Bucculatrix pomifoliella, Coleophora cerasivorella, Coleophora malivorella, Green Pug and Winter Moth.
Four other species previously included in the genus Cydonia are now treated in separate genera. These are the Chinese Quince Pseudocydonia sinensis, a native of China, and the three flowering quinces of eastern Asia in the genus Chaenomeles. Another unrelated fruit, the Bael, is sometimes called the "Bengal Quince".
Turkey ranks first in world quince production by producing a quarter of the total world production.
The fruit was known to the Akkadians, who called it supurgillu; Arabic سفرجل safarjal "quinces" (collective plural). The modern name originated in the 14th century as a plural of quoyn, via Old French cooin from Latin cotoneum malum / cydonium malum, ultimately from Greek κυδώνιον μῆλον, kydonion melon "Kydonian apple". The quince tree is native to Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Pakistan and was introduced to Syria, Croatia, Bosnia, Turkey, Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Romania, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Cultivation of quince may have preceded apple culture, and many references translated to "apple", such as the fruit in Song of Solomon, may have been to a quince. Among the ancient Greeks, the quince was a ritual offering at weddings, for it had come from the Levant with Aphrodite and remained sacred to her. Plutarch reports that a Greek bride would nibble a quince to perfume her kiss before entering the bridal chamber, "in order that the first greeting may not be disagreeable nor unpleasant" (Roman Questions 3.65). It was a quince that Paris awarded Aphrodite. It was for a golden quince that Atalanta paused in her race. The Romans also used quinces; the Roman cookbook of Apicius gives recipes for stewing quince with honey, and even combining them, unexpectedly, with leeks. Pliny the Elder mentioned the one variety, Mulvian quince, that could be eaten raw. Columella mentioned three, one of which, the "golden apple" that may have been the paradisal fruit in the Garden of the Hesperides, has donated its name in Italian to the tomato, pomodoro.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince
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Monstera deliciosa
Monstera deliciosa is a creeping vine native to tropical rainforests from southern Mexico south to Panama. It is also called Ceriman, Swiss Cheese Plant (or just Cheese Plant), Fruit Salad Plant, Monster fruit, Monsterio Delicio, Monstereo, Mexican Breadfruit, Monstera, split-leaf philodendron, Locust and Wild Honey, Windowleaf and Delicious Monster.
It has a thick stem growing up to 20 m height and large, leathery, glossy, heart-shaped leaves 25-90 cm long by 25-75 cm broad. On young plants the leaves start out smaller and entire with no lobes or holes, but older plants soon produce lobed and holed leaves. The fruit is up to 25 cm long and 3-4 cm diameter, looking like a green ear of maize lined with hexagonal scales. When it first flowers, the fruit contains so much oxalic acid that it is poisonous, causing immediate and painful blistering and irritation, swelling, itching, and loss of voice. It takes a year for the fruit to ripen, at which point it is safe to eat.
The seedlings grow towards the darkest area they can find until they find a tree to latch onto, at which point they start to grow up towards the light, creeping up the tree.
Cultivation
The fruit may be ripened by cutting the fruit when the first scales begin to lift up and the fruit begins to exude a pungent odor, then wrapping in a paper bag and setting aside until the kernels begin popping off. The kernels are then brushed off; they fall away to reveal the edible flesh underneath. The flesh, which is approximately like that of pineapple in texture, is then cut away from the core and eaten. It has a fruity taste similar to jackfruit and pineapple. Eating fruit which has not matured and still has the kernels firmly attached, exposes the throat to the oxalic acid and is dangerous.
Uses
Monstera deliciosa is commonly grown as a houseplant for decoration, typically in hotels, restaurants and offices, as well as in private homes. It grows best at a temperatures of 20 °C to 30 °C, requires high humidity, and needs shade. Growth ceases below 10 °C and frost will kill it. It's often cultivated in open air in the coastal zones of Sicily, especially in Palermo area, where is called "Zampa di leone" ("Lion's paw"). It flowers around 3 years after it is planted in ideal conditions, and takes 1 year longer for the fruit to ripen. Flowering is rare when grown indoors. The plant can be transplanted by taking cuttings of a mature plant or by air layering.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstera_deliciosa
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It has a thick stem growing up to 20 m height and large, leathery, glossy, heart-shaped leaves 25-90 cm long by 25-75 cm broad. On young plants the leaves start out smaller and entire with no lobes or holes, but older plants soon produce lobed and holed leaves. The fruit is up to 25 cm long and 3-4 cm diameter, looking like a green ear of maize lined with hexagonal scales. When it first flowers, the fruit contains so much oxalic acid that it is poisonous, causing immediate and painful blistering and irritation, swelling, itching, and loss of voice. It takes a year for the fruit to ripen, at which point it is safe to eat.
The seedlings grow towards the darkest area they can find until they find a tree to latch onto, at which point they start to grow up towards the light, creeping up the tree.
Cultivation
The fruit may be ripened by cutting the fruit when the first scales begin to lift up and the fruit begins to exude a pungent odor, then wrapping in a paper bag and setting aside until the kernels begin popping off. The kernels are then brushed off; they fall away to reveal the edible flesh underneath. The flesh, which is approximately like that of pineapple in texture, is then cut away from the core and eaten. It has a fruity taste similar to jackfruit and pineapple. Eating fruit which has not matured and still has the kernels firmly attached, exposes the throat to the oxalic acid and is dangerous.
Uses
Monstera deliciosa is commonly grown as a houseplant for decoration, typically in hotels, restaurants and offices, as well as in private homes. It grows best at a temperatures of 20 °C to 30 °C, requires high humidity, and needs shade. Growth ceases below 10 °C and frost will kill it. It's often cultivated in open air in the coastal zones of Sicily, especially in Palermo area, where is called "Zampa di leone" ("Lion's paw"). It flowers around 3 years after it is planted in ideal conditions, and takes 1 year longer for the fruit to ripen. Flowering is rare when grown indoors. The plant can be transplanted by taking cuttings of a mature plant or by air layering.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstera_deliciosa
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Mammee apple
Mammea americana, commonly known as Mammee, mammee apple, Mamey, mamey apple, Santo Domingo apricot or South American apricot, is an evergreen tree of the family Clusiaceae, whose fruit is edible. The species is a close relative of the mangosteen.
Mammea americana is often confused with the Mamey sapote tree (Pouteria sapota), whose fruit is also called mammee or mamey.
The mammee tree is 18–21 m high and is similar in appearance to the southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). Its trunk is short and reaches 1.9-1.2 m in diameter. The tree's upright branches form an oval head. Its dark-green foliage is quite dense, with opposite, leathery, elliptic leaves. The leaf can reach 10 cm wide and twice as long.
The mammee flower is fragrant, has 4 or 6 white petals, reaches 2.5–4 cm wide when fully blossomed. The flowers are borne either singly, or in clusters of 2 or 3 on short stalks. There can be in one flower pistils, stamens or both, so there can be male, female or hermaphrodite flowers on one tree or separately.
The mammee apple is a berry, though it is often misinterpreted to be a drupe. It is round or slightly irregular, with a brown or grey-brown 3-mm thick rind. In fact, the rind consists of the exocarp and mesocarp of the fruit while the pulp is formed from the endocarp. The stem is thick, short. The mammee apple has more or less visible floral remnant at the apex.
Mammee apples' diameter ranges from 10 to 20 cm. When unripe, the fruit is hard and heavy, but its flesh slightly softens when fully ripe. Beneath the skin, there is a white, dry membrane, whose taste is astringent, that adheres to the flesh. The flesh is orange or yellow, not fibrous, and can have various textures (crispy or juicy, firm or tender). Generally the flesh smell is pleasant and appetizing.
Small fruits contain a single seed, while larger ones might have up to four. The seeds are brown, rough, oval and around 6 cm long. The juice of the seed leaves an indelible stain.
The tree comes from tropical South America. In 1529 it was included by Oviedo in his Review of the Fruits of the New World. It was then introduced to various regions in the Old World: West Africa, particularly Sierra Leone, Zanzibar, Southeast Asia and Hawaii. In the United States, the species is uniquely found in Hawaii and Florida. In the latter state, mammee apples were probably introduced from the Bahamas.
The Mammea apple tree is confined to tropical or subtropical climates. In Central America the species is found to grow up to an altitude of 1,000 m. It thrives best in rich, deep and well-drained soil but is very adaptive: it also grows on limestone in Jamaica, in the oolithic limestone of the Bahamas or on coral keys off the coast of Florida.
The tree is very sensitive to low temperatures, but seems remarkably resistant to pests and diseases.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammee_Apple
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Mammea americana is often confused with the Mamey sapote tree (Pouteria sapota), whose fruit is also called mammee or mamey.
The mammee tree is 18–21 m high and is similar in appearance to the southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). Its trunk is short and reaches 1.9-1.2 m in diameter. The tree's upright branches form an oval head. Its dark-green foliage is quite dense, with opposite, leathery, elliptic leaves. The leaf can reach 10 cm wide and twice as long.
The mammee flower is fragrant, has 4 or 6 white petals, reaches 2.5–4 cm wide when fully blossomed. The flowers are borne either singly, or in clusters of 2 or 3 on short stalks. There can be in one flower pistils, stamens or both, so there can be male, female or hermaphrodite flowers on one tree or separately.
The mammee apple is a berry, though it is often misinterpreted to be a drupe. It is round or slightly irregular, with a brown or grey-brown 3-mm thick rind. In fact, the rind consists of the exocarp and mesocarp of the fruit while the pulp is formed from the endocarp. The stem is thick, short. The mammee apple has more or less visible floral remnant at the apex.
Mammee apples' diameter ranges from 10 to 20 cm. When unripe, the fruit is hard and heavy, but its flesh slightly softens when fully ripe. Beneath the skin, there is a white, dry membrane, whose taste is astringent, that adheres to the flesh. The flesh is orange or yellow, not fibrous, and can have various textures (crispy or juicy, firm or tender). Generally the flesh smell is pleasant and appetizing.
Small fruits contain a single seed, while larger ones might have up to four. The seeds are brown, rough, oval and around 6 cm long. The juice of the seed leaves an indelible stain.
The tree comes from tropical South America. In 1529 it was included by Oviedo in his Review of the Fruits of the New World. It was then introduced to various regions in the Old World: West Africa, particularly Sierra Leone, Zanzibar, Southeast Asia and Hawaii. In the United States, the species is uniquely found in Hawaii and Florida. In the latter state, mammee apples were probably introduced from the Bahamas.
The Mammea apple tree is confined to tropical or subtropical climates. In Central America the species is found to grow up to an altitude of 1,000 m. It thrives best in rich, deep and well-drained soil but is very adaptive: it also grows on limestone in Jamaica, in the oolithic limestone of the Bahamas or on coral keys off the coast of Florida.
The tree is very sensitive to low temperatures, but seems remarkably resistant to pests and diseases.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammee_Apple
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