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  2. Petasites japonicus - Wikipedia

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    Petasites japonicus, illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804). Petasites japonicus, also known as butterbur, giant butterbur, great butterbur and sweet-coltsfoot, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. [3]

  3. Millennium Seed Bank Partnership - Wikipedia

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    A placement student cleaning Pilosella officinarum seeds under a dust hood at the Millennium Seed Bank. Seed collections arrive at the MSBP in varying states, sometimes attached to fruits, sometimes clean. The collections usually also include a voucher specimen that can be used to identify the plant. The collections are immediately moved to a ...

  4. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    It was traditionally used as an antiseptic and for mental health purposes. It was also used in ancient Egypt in mummifying bodies. There is little scientific evidence that use of lavender affects health. [100] Lawsonia inermis: Henna: Leucojum aestivum: Summer snowflake Linum usitatissimum: Flaxseed: The plant is most commonly used as a laxative.

  5. Entada rheedii - Wikipedia

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    Its seeds are found on east and southern African beaches, having grown on river and estuary banks and in swamp forest. As a result of its ready dispersal by sea, Entada rheedii is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas (excluding the Americas): tropical Africa, South Africa, tropical Asia and Queensland.

  6. Conservation and restoration of herbaria - Wikipedia

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    A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. [2] Originally, the word "herbarium" referred to books about medicinal plants. In 1700, French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort used the word to describe a collection of dried plants and Carl Linnaeus continued to use this term in his ...

  7. Descurainia sophia - Wikipedia

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    In Iran, the seeds are called khak-e shir (khakshir), and khak-e shir drinks are traditionally favored as thirst quencher during hot summer days. [9] Khakshir is also considered a medicinal substance in traditional Iranian medicine, consumed in varying combinations with other herbs and substances to gain effects ranging from antidiuretic to aphrodisiac.