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Scientific name - Nees Acanthus Montanus Synonyms - Cheilopsis montana, Acanthus barteri. Popular names - mountain thistle, african mountain acanthus, inyinyi ogwu. Distribution and Habitat - a native of tropical Africa. Description - herbaceous perennial, stems erect, branched 1.5 m height. Leaves simple, opposite, oblong, lamina lanceolata, penatifida or winding-lobata, margin toothed with short spines, top caudate-acuminata. Zygomorfe flowers, grouped in terminal spikes 20-25 cm long, calyx tube, four sepals unequal, upper sepals oblong, 3-3.5 cm, the lower 2.5-3 cm, corolla lobes 5, white-pink, 3.5-4.5 cm tube 0.5-0.7 cm long, stamens 4; inferior ovary, bracts obovata. Loculicida fruit capsule, small seeds numerous. Growth rate - fast. Tolerances - tolerate semi-shade. Requirements - Soil binon-drained, sunny exhibitions. Management - Propagation - by seeds and seedlings. Seed is sown at the soil surface, apply a layer of mulch. Properties and Uses - plant is used in central African countries to treat various diseases such as rheumatism, hypertension and skin infections.
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Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana alata - perennial species, native to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. The genus name 'Nicotiana' was given in honor of Jean Nicot of Villemain, French consul in Lisbon, which in 1560 sent seeds to France. Stellar media (L.) Vill.
Popular names - Italy: centocchio, lugarina Erba, Erba di li addine; English: chickweed, satin flower. Stellar Media - herbaceous perennial, 80 cm, green stem, square in section, creeping with ascending branches, the root issue internoduri contact with the earth. Leaves oval-elliptical, the rod is round or cordiforme, the tip is acuminata, edge around Canarina canariensis
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Acacia glaucoptera - prostrate or erect shrub, native of south-western Australia. Saxifraga squarrosa
Saxifraga squarrosa - endemic sub-species of sub-Eastern Alps, grows on limestone rocks and debris, from 1200 m to 2500 m altitude. |
 
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