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Vernonia amygdalina, a member of the daisy family, is a small to medium-sized shrub that grows in tropical Africa. V. amygdalina typically grows to a height of 2–5 m (6.6–16.4 ft). The leaves are elliptical and up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. Its bark is rough. [1] V. amygdalina is commonly called bitter leaf in English because of its bitter ...
Justicia adhatoda is a shrub with 10-20 lance-shaped leaves 8-9 centimeters in length by four wide. They are oppositely arranged, smooth-edged, and borne on short petioles. [citation needed] When dry they are of a dull brownish-green colour.
Za'atar shrub growing in Jerusalem Origanum syriacum. According to Ignace J. Gelb, an Akkadian language word that can be read sarsar may refer to a spice plant. This word could be attested in the Syriac satre (ܨܬܪܐ), and Arabic za'atar (زعتر, or sa'tar, صعتر), possibly the source of Latin Satureia. [5]
Mulukhiyah (Arabic: ملوخية, romanized: mulūkhiyyah), also known as mulukhiyya, molokhiyya, melokhiyya, or ewédú, is a type of jute plant and a dish made from the leaves of Corchorus olitorius, commonly known in English as jute, jute leaves, jute mallow, nalta jute, or tossa jute.
Teff (Amharic: ጤፍ), also known as Eragrostis tef, Williams lovegrass, [1] or annual bunch grass, [2] is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to Ethiopia, where it first originated in the Ethiopian Highlands. [3] [4] It is cultivated for its edible seeds, also known as teff. Teff was one of the earliest plants domesticated.
Ziziphus spina-christi, known as the Christ's thorn jujube, is an evergreen tree or plant native to the Levant, East Africa, and Mesopotamia. [3] Fruit and leaves from the tree were used in preparing ancient Egyptian foods, in cultural practices, and in skincare routines - especially with qasil powder derived from the Ziziphus spina-christi tree leaves.
Phytolacca dodecandra, commonly known as endod, gopo berry, or African soapberry, is a trailing shrub or climber native to Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, and Madagascar. [1] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Morphologically, it is highly variable. [2]
Lippia abyssinica, or koseret (Amharic: ኮሰረት, romanized: koserēt), is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It is endemic to Ethiopia but cultivated throughout tropical African countries. [2] [3] [4] The specific epithet abyssinica derives from Latin and means 'of or from Ethiopia '. [5] Herbarium specimen