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Scientific name - Madhuca longifolia (L.) MACBA. Synonyms - Bassia longifolia L. Popular names - Mahu, tree butter, butter tree, mahva, erappe, irippa, IPPA. Distribution and Habitat - native in central India, is common in sub-mountainous regions of Himalaiei. Description - deciduu tree, 20 meters high, round crown. Leaves alternate, elliptic, 7.5-13 cm, margin entire, top acute, 10/12 pairs of ribs, stalks 1-2 cm long. Flowers axillary, creamy, fragrant, calyx covered with dense hairs; Corola pale yellow, 1 cm long, 6-12 petals, tube brushless. Stamens 16-20, in two rows. Blooms in February-April. Fruit baca green, yellow at maturity, ovoid, with brown hairs. Seeds 1-3, black. Properties and Uses - the leaves contain thelcaloizi, seeds contain fatty oil, bark is astringent and tonic properties. Flowers have an effect on bronchitis and colds. 30 g with 250 ml of milk. For rheumatism, decoction of bark. The oil extracted from seeds can be applied to interesting places. For diabetes, decoction of bark, beneficial results. The oil extracted from seeds is used in treating hemorrhoids, has laxative properties, treatment of chronic constipation. Madhuca leaves are effective in treating eczema. Fresh flowers are sweet, rich in vitamin A, are edible fresh or cooked. References Dinesh Kumar Tyaqi - Pharma Forestry - Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, 2005 HKBakhru - Herbs That Heal - Orient Paperbacks, 1998 James A. Duke - Nuts - CRC, 2000 Orient Longman - Indian Medicinal Plants - South Asia Books, 1995
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Ceratonia siliqua L.
Dioecious tree, 8 meters high. Body iregulat, erect with the latita. Gray-brown bark with longitudinal fissures. Vast and dense crown. The branches are fine young tomentoase become glabrata with timpu. Leaves persistent, alternate, paripenat-compound, with 2.5 pairs of Folio, ovata, coriacee, margin entire, glossy dark green on the upper Anchusa italica Retz. - Ox tongue, large miruta
Anchusa italica species is a perennial or biennial, erect stem, up to 150 cm high, much branched, rarely simple, hispida. Originally from the Mediterranean. Myrsine africana
Evergreen shrub or small tree, 1-2 m high. Branched or with a single stem, thin, often branched stalk with fine hairs, covered with scars of fallen leaves. Leaves alternate, elliptic-round, 5-15 x 5-10 mm, top and tapered-round basis, margins finely toothed or entire, glossy dark green on upper side, more pale green inside; countries, glabra, occasionally glandular, ribbed very short. Glycine max - soybean
Originally from north-eastern and central China, Kazakhstan, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Glycine max is cultivated soybean, and Glycine soja is the wild. Growing soie was now domesticated 3000-5000 years ago in China. In Europe was introduced into the U.S. in 1700 and 1800. Ilex aquifolium
Ilex aquifolium is a shrub native to Britain, 8 meters high. Crown dense pyramid. Bark is smooth, gray, alternate leaves, coriacee, ovat-elliptical or pointed spinal rigid, acute, those tricky steps and with the lower branches of the PA wave the upper branches, evergreen, bright green, toxic. Magnoliopsida
Silene acaulis
Herbaceous perennial. Floral stem erect, 3-15 cm high. Basal leaves often nested, lamina lanceolata, 0.4-1.5 cm x 0.8-2.0 mm, margins cartilaginous, top acute, glabra, nauseating. Flowers solitary, bisexual or unisexuate. Pedicel 2-40 mm. Bellium artrutxensis sp.nov. Balearic Islands
Bellium L. is a genus of the family Asteraceae (tribe Astereae, subtrib Bellidinae), very close to the genus Bellis L. Bellium artrutxensis is a new species of the Balearic Islands. Dombeya tiliacea (Endl.) Planch.
Shrub or small tree, 3.10 x 2.7 m, trunk branched, bark dark gray, rough. Leaves alternate, 4.9 x 3-7 cm, three-lobed basis cordata, margine teeth face bottom covered with fine hairs, stalks pelos, 1-3 cm. Flowers campanulata, 3-4 cm diameter, axillary or terminal, solitary or grouped in a raceme, petals white, obovata. Acer platanoides - norway maple
Acer platanoides - used as an ornamental species in parks and gardens, but also the green street. In the United States was introduced around 1700 in East Pensilveniei. It was introduced as ornamental species, the green street, in many areas of culture out of control and become invasive species. Ilex aquifolium
Ilex aquifolium is a shrub native to Britain, 8 meters high. Crown dense pyramid. Bark is smooth, gray, alternate leaves, coriacee, ovat-elliptical or pointed spinal rigid, acute, those tricky steps and with the lower branches of the PA wave the upper branches, evergreen, bright green, toxic. |
 
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